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Arya Natarajan of iNaturalist describes how that online platform's user community is playing a central role in monitoring changes in global biodiversity and the creation of climate resilient ecosystems

In today's episode we're talking about the mysterious and massive horse conch, Florida's state shell. We will discuss the meaning behind its common and scientific name, what it looks like, where it's found, research on population numbers, some fascinating behaviors and benefits of this species, and of course, what each of us can do to help support our state shell, the horse conch. Learn More: VIDEO: Giant Horse Conch & Burglar Hermit Crabs (Blue Planet, BBC Earth) - https://youtu.be/P_hBp1sEwfs?si=Du1L_g7JXjSoN7n7  Shell of the Week: The Horse Conch - https://shellmuseum.org/blog/shell-of-the-week-the-horse-conch/  Sea Wonder: Horse Conch - https://marinesanctuary.org/blog/sea-wonder-horse-conch/  How You Can Help:  Support your local National Marine Sanctuary - https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/  Document sightings on iNaturalist - https://www.inaturalist.org/  Visit and support the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, host of the largest horse conch in the world - https://shellmuseum.org/  Participate in beach cleanups and local restoration projects, and support organizations working to protect Florida's waterways.  Sources: Age and growth of one of the world's largest carnivorous gastropods, the Florida Horse Conch, Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener, 1840), a target of unregulated, intense harvest - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265095  Sea Wonder: Horse Conch - https://marinesanctuary.org/blog/sea-wonder-horse-conch/ Mighty, the Horse Conch - https://shellmuseum.org/blog/mighty-the-horse-conch/  

AI seems like it's EVERYWHERE nowadays, and I know if you're a conservationist like me, you're concerned about its environmental impacts, and maybe even avoiding it because of them…But I recently read an article that scared the bejesus out of me. It basically stated: AI is here, and those who don't know how to use it well, WILL be left behind. And then I realized, AI is already here, not just in our everyday lives (you can't run a Google search without it), but it's also here in wildlife work. Big conservation organizations all over the globe are using AI to document, assess, and analyze biodiversity to combat huge losses. Platforms like iNaturalist, Merlin Bird ID, and Wildlife Insights all use AI models.  And now I'm starting to see it pop up in wildlife job advertisements. Posts are now asking for applicants to know how to use and run AI effectively in wildlife work by integrating Claude and ChatGPT in their workflow and processes. This episode is NOT about the environmental impacts of AI, but rather that it's that AI is here, hard to avoid to some extent, and that organizations are already using it. If you're pursuing wildlife work, they are now also asking you to adopt it. And just like the article I read, I'm concerned that if you don't adopt it, you'll be left behind. So in this episode of the Fancy Scientist podcast, I am talking all about AI in wildlife work. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous to record this one. It's a topic that can ruffle some feathers, and as you'll learn in the episode, there is a lot of real pushback from not just environmentalists, but society as a whole. My goal in providing you with this episode isn't to tell you whether to use AI or avoid it. I'll leave that up to you. Rather, it's to provide you with my perspective using 20+ years in wildlife work, and actually having worked on a large AI conservation project, on how it's already being used in nature and conservation research, how I expect it to be used in the future, and what it means for your career.In this episode, I walk you through how large conservation organizations are using AI with examples across different species and systems, and what it means for you as a job-seeker. Should you use AI to write your cover letters and resume? Is AI messing up the system so that your applications can't get through? I'll cover all of that for you.So if you're worried about what AI means for wildlife careers, or maybe you're curious and didn't realize the extent to which it is being used in conservation research right now, or just want to get the competitive edge when it comes to wildlife, conservation, or environmental careers, this episode is for you.  Specifically, we talk about:Real examples of how AI is being used in wildlife research right now, such as camera trap processing, animal behavior studies, in surveys, and moreHow AI is changing data processing roles and what this means for internships and field assistant positions. Will these jobs be gone? Why wildlife careers are becoming more quantitative and computer-heavy, and what skills to prioritizeHow AI is going to continue to affect wildlife jobs and careers at a variety of levelsHow AI is affecting the job application process. Should you use AI to write a cover letter? Resume? If AI is making it harder for your job application to move to the interview stageHow leaning on AI can actually hurt your career when it comes to job applications, networking, and standing outWhy it's more important than ever to be authentic and do something different to separate yourself from others when seeking jobs What conservation organizations are starting to ask for when it comes to AI in wildlife jobsAnd more!Jump Links:00:00 Welcome and Topic04:25 AI Environmental Impact and Context08:54 AI Is Already Here in Wildlife Work12:57 AI Tools in Conservation17:31 Research Automation Examples22:00 Jobs and Skills Shift26:21 Data Heavy Future30:10 Regular Job Postings Seeking AI Skills34:18 Authenticity Over Automation for Job Applications43:26 AI in the Hiring Process47:02 Final Thoughts and Next StepsDream of being a wildlife biologist, zoologist, conservation biologist, or ecologist? Ready to turn your love of animals into a thriving career?

If you've ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today's guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6... Read More ›

If you've ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today's guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6... Read More ›

If you've ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today's guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6... Read More ›

Have you ever thought about just how many insect species call your yard home? There are thousands of species to discover just outside your door.The app iNaturalist lets users upload photos to identify insects, animals, fungi and more. Each iNaturalist entry helps the team at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) catalogue every living species in the Vermont Atlas of Life. Two VCE biologists discuss ways to spot and catalogue local species: Kent McFarland, VCE's co-founder and the force behind the Vermont Butterfly Atlas, and Spencer Hardy, a bee biologist who runs VCE's Wild Bee Survey and the co-owner of The Farm Upstairs in Jericho.Amateur naturalist and community scientist Bernie Paquette of Jericho is one of the top bee observers in the world on iNaturalist, where he posts research-grade photographs of insects. Last year, he received the 2025 Julie Nicholson Community Science Award from VCE.

Lucy Jones is a journalist and the author of Losing Eden — an investigation into what nature does for the human psyche, written from inside her own recovery from depression — and Matrescence, a memoir-meets-neuroscience of the developmental transition into motherhood. The word was coined in the 1970s by anthropologist Dana Raphael and brought back into circulation in 2017 by reproductive psychiatrist Alexandra Sacks. Most cultures across human history have marked this transition with rites and rituals. Contemporary Western societies, broadly, do not.In this episode, Lucy and I talk about why the word matters, and why the built environment is a maternal mental health issue — narrow pavements, dominant cars, playgrounds without benches, libraries closing under austerity. Why Bogotá's manzanas del cuidado (care blocks) might be the most underrated urban infrastructure in the world. Why nearby nature — the cemetery five minutes from the door, the pocket forest at the bottom of the walk-up — is not a consolation prize but the entire point. How a community bioblitz, iNaturalist, and the City Nature Challenge can give a beloved patch of land enough teeth to survive a planning meeting. And the question I have been quietly reorganising my whole intellectual life around: what if we stopped asking how nature heals us, and started asking how to design communities that don't require us to heal constantly?Find Lucy at lucyfjones.com. Matrescence and Losing Eden are available wherever you buy books.

Guest Jeff Young | Daniel Shown Panelists Richard Littauer | Eriol Fox Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer and Eriol Fox talk with Jeff Young from Georgia Tech and Daniel Shown from Saint Louis University (SLU) about how academic OSPOs are bringing students into open source in meaningful, sustainable ways. They discuss experiential learning, research software engineering, near-peer mentorship, student motivation, maintainer burnout, and how universities can help students build real-world skills while strengthening open source communities. Press download now! [00:01:46] Jeff describes Georgia Tech's OSPO focus. [00:03:49] Daniel explains SLU's experiential learning model. [00:05:29] Daniel and Jeff share how many students they're working with in their programs. [00:06:13] Jeff talks about how students engage with open source and Daniel describes meeting students and the wide range of student experience levels. [00:09:33] They discuss what the students bring to the sustainability of open source software and the value of seeing open source as a community effort. [00:13:05] Richard asks how academic programs connect students with maintainers when many open source maintainers are already overwhelmed. Daniel explains how SLU uses internal tech leads as near-peer mentors and describes training student maintainers. [00:15:26] Daniel describes training student maintainers. [00:16:45] Jeff discusses Georgia Tech's growing mentor model. [00:18:55] Eriol asks the guests what their “dream programs” would be if they had more resources. [00:23:44] Richard asks how to excite universities, funders, administrators, teachers, students, and other stakeholders about open source education. They discuss open source, AI, student excitement, grounded storytelling, and real impact. [00:28:24] Find out where you can learn more about Georgia Tech and SLU's OSPOs programs online. Quotes [00:05:24] “I call the students developers. They're not students, they're actual developers.” [00:10:50] “Those students may not be the greatest developers, but they still have a great perspective and insight that helps grow and diversify some of these open source projects.” [00:13:20] “Our project is fun in that I don't have to put pressure on upstream projects to find maintainers to support the contributions from students.” [00:13:57] “It helps create a sense of empathy for maintainers of bigger projects that are out there.” [00:26:39] “I had a student tell me at the end of last semester: 'More grounded, fewer aspirations.'" [00:27:18] “You wouldn't have stoplights without OSS.” Spotlight [00:29:19] Eriol's spotlight is ScienceUX.org. [00:29:53] Richard's spotlight is Logeion, a project out of UChicago. [00:30:34] Jeff's spotlight is the App, iNaturalist and iNat INQUIRE Project. [00:31:13] Daniel's spotlight is Processing.org. Links SustainOSS podcast@sustainoss.org richard@sustainoss.org SustainOSS Discourse SustainOSS Mastodon SustainOSS Bluesky SustainOSS LinkedIn Open Collective-SustainOSS (Contribute) Richard Littauer Socials Eriol Fox Website Jeffrey Young LinkedIn Jeffrey Young Website Daniel Shown LinkedIn Georgia Tech Open Source Program Office Georgia Tech OSPO Virtual Summer Internship Program (VSIP) GT Open Source Program Office LinkedIn Saint Louis University Open Source with SLU Open Source with SLU-Opening Skills & Solutions Open Source with SLU LinkedIn ScienceUX logeion iNaturalist iNat x INQUIRE Project- GT Center for Scientific Software Engineering iNatInq ML Pipeline-GitHub Processing Sustain Podcast-Episode 274: Qianqian Ye on p5.js SustainOSS – AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum (11 June 2026) Sponsor CURIOSS Credits Produced by Richard Littauer Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound Special Guests: Daniel Shown and Jeff Young.

We talk with Vince from the Invasive Species Centre about how emerald ash borer is driving black ash toward endangered status in Ontario and what it means for wetlands, forests, and people. We also share practical ways to prevent the spread of invasive species and how listeners can help map and preserve black ash through seed collection and citizen science. • Vince's path from criminology to environmental field work • Why black ash is especially vulnerable in wetland habitats • How to identify black ash by leaves, buds, and branching • How emerald ash borer spreads and kills ash trees • What epicormic shoots can signal in stressed ash • How to join the Black Ash Community Action Network • How to use iNaturalist and the Ontario Black Ash Inventory • Clean drain dry for boats and watercraft • Why not moving firewood prevents pest spread • What the invasion curve shows about early action • Hammerhead worms, safe handling, and what not to do All you have to do is head over to our website, Chaga Health and Wellness.com, place a few items in the cart, and check out with the code CANOPY, C-A-N-O-P-Y. 

O acesso à água é um direito humano, proclamado pelas Nações Unidas desde 2010. No entanto, a água é também um bem económico, cuja propriedade e valor depende do uso que fazemos dela.Neste episódio, a economista Catarina Roseta-Palma e o humorista Manel Rosa exploram as diferenças entre a água como bem privado, bem comum e bem público puro. A propósito da gestão deste recurso, fala-se do que distingue o uso consumptivo do não consumptivo, e o que se entende por «tragédia dos comuns».A conversa navega também pelos setores principais do consumo da água, do doméstico ao agrícola e ao industrial – sabia que 70% da água captada, em Portugal e no mundo, é usada na agricultura?A dupla analisa ainda as características que conferem à água um valor particular, desde a definição do preço às características específicas deste mercado.Por fim, debatem-se questões atuais: que critérios devemos aplicar para otimizar a gestão da água? Devemos defender o interesse económico ou promover o equilíbrio dos ecossistemas?Um episódio [IN]Pertinente essencial, claro e transparente – como a água. A não perder.Referências úteisAPA «Estado das massas de água superficiais e subterrâneas», (Portal do Estado de Ambiente, 2024)  BOCCALETTI, G. «Água: uma biografia» (Ed. Desassossego, 2022)BRUNO, E. M., & JESSOE, K. «Using price elasticities of water demand to inform policy» (Annual Review of Resource Economics, 13(1), 427-441, 2021) EEA, «Ecological status of surface waters in Europe» (2025)ESTEBAN, E., & ALBIAC, J. «The problem of sustainable groundwater management: the case of La Mancha aquifers, Spain» (Hydrogeology journal, 20(5), 851-863, 2012)BiosManel RosaHumorista. Estreou-se no stand up comedy em 2019, quando tinha 15 anos. Em 2023, lançou «Mais isto do que aquilo», o seu primeiro espetáculo em nome próprio. No mesmo ano, criou «DISNARRATIVO», uma espécie de vlog no Youtube, que manteve até 2025. Juntou-se ao leque de apresentadores do Curto Circuito, um programa da SIC Radical, em 2024 Catarina Roseta PalmaProfessora associada de Economia no ISCTE-IUL, onde foi diretora da Sustentabilidade. Tem trabalhado na área do ambiente, incluindo a gestão de recursos hídricos, a energia e outros temas da sustentabilidade. Consultora para diversos organismos públicos e membro da Comissão para a Reforma da Fiscalidade Verde. Foi vice-presidente da «European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists». Tem mais de 2000 observações no «iNaturalist»

In Episode 271, Greg and Pam discuss name origins, bearded dragon bites, and instructions. Many thanks to Greg's Computer for the episode introduction! We would love to have YOU record an introduction to the show! You can find details in the Ravelry Group Pages or on our website here. Check out our group on Facebook! We would love to have you join us there. GIVEAWAY: Check out our MONTHLY giveaway just because our listeners are AWESOME! You can enter the monthly giveaway using this Google Form. SUPPORT THE SHOW KnitPicks & Crochet.com We are KnitPicks and Crochet.com (owned by KnitPicks) Affiliates! This means if you are going to shop at KnitPicks or Crochet.com, and start by clicking their names, the Unraveling Podcast will get a small commission at no extra cost to you! It's an easy way to support the podcast passively. (Note: links to specific yarns or products will appear like https://shrsl.com/3xzh0 or https://tidd.ly/4mGsyws. These are correct and are custom links to track our account. They are safe!) Patreon You can financially support Unraveling…a knitting podcast on Patreon! Monthly membership levels are available at Swatch ($1), Shawl ($3), and Sweater ($6) and come with rewards like early access to book club episodes, access to a quarterly Zoom call, discounts on all Knitting Daddy patterns, and holiday cards. Everything available via Patreon is extra, the show remains unchanged and free. Financial support through through Patreon helps us cover expenses like web hosting, prizes, prize shipping, and equipment upgrades. ***Next Patreon Zoom will be Sunday, May 31 at 3:30pm Eastern.*** NOTES Greg's Projects Greg is paused on fingerless mitts using yarn from Leading Men Fiber Arts. Greg finished socks with yarn from String Theory Colorworks and started a new pair. Greg is stalled on a Baby Surprise Jacket with yarn from String Theory Colorworks. Pam's Projects Pam is working a pair of Fish Lips Kiss Heel Socks. She is using String Theory Colorworks yarn in the displacement base and the colorway Black Body Radiation. Pam worked on the Cloud Iridescence blanket by Kathyrn Bernard. She is using KnitPicks Mighty Stitch in fingering weight and several colors of mohair/alpaca silk yarns. Pam finished the Winding Road Scarf by Tetiana Otruta. She used yarn from Knitting Notions. Pam worked on Sun Salutation by Celia McAdam Cahill. She is using KnitPicks Gloss and Trailhead Yarns Cabot Trail. Pam talked about some future plans including Davis tee and Buttonside Sweater. Miscellaneous Greg mentioned the Seek app from iNaturalist and Pam mentioned the Merlin app. Pam mentioned the TV show Company Retreat. Pam talked about the Savannah Bananas. Some of our Denver area listeners are meeting to knit monthly. If you are in the area and want to join in, reach out to martaschmarta. Greg can also be found talking about knitting and playing Dungeons & Dragons at Crits and Knits on Twitch. Affiliate Link Disclosure We are a KnitPicks Affiliate! This means that if you click on a KnitPicks link or Crochet.com, or the banner ad and make a purchase, we will receive a commission at no extra cost to you. This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click on a link to Amazon and subsequently make a purchase, we'll receive a small commission from the sale. You pay the same, and the commissions will help cover our podcasting expenses. Our opinions are always our own. Find us all over the Internet Patreon: Unraveling…a knitting podcast Subscribe in iTunes: The Unraveling Podcast Podcast RSS Feed: Unraveling Podcast Facebook: Unraveling Podcast Instagram: @UnravelingPodcast Ravelry Group: Unraveling Podcast Greg is KnittingDaddy on Ravelry, @KnittingDaddy on Instagram, and also writes the KnittingDaddy blog. Pam is pammaher on Ravelry  and @pammaher on Instagram

Nesse episódio do Sons da Terra, os repórteres do programa conversam com o diretor do Instituto ConservAção Brasil sobre uma ação que será realizada entre os dias 18 a 24 de maio no país: A Semana Nacional da Biodiversidade.Essa mobilização tem o propósito de incetivar as pessoas a se reunirem e registrarem a diversidade de fauna e flora brasileira e compartilhar os arquivos na plataforma iNaturalist.Todos os registros feitos nessa ação irão fornecer dados e informações importantes para a conservação da natureza. Para participar é necessário fazer uma inscrição prévia. Confira todos os detalhes no episódio completo! Foto: Ananda Porto/TG

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Long time listeners know that I'm a huge fan of iNaturalist. Their app literally changed my life by dramatically improving my relationship with, and knowledge of nature.And iNaturalist is much more than just a nature identification app. When you use iNaturalist, yes, you get a helping hand in identifying plants, animals and fungi. But you're also contributing to perhaps the largest community science dataset on Earth, which starts to get to the heart of iNaturalist's mission.After our Jumpstart Nature episode on iNaturalist, I received many questions about how iNaturalist works - just how does it know how to ID so many organisms? How are sensitive species, such as rare plants that are subject to poaching, protected?And with the increased concern about the environmental impact of certain types of AI, how does iNaturalist's AI, called Computer Vision, compare?So who better to answer those questions than Scott Loarie. And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out the Jumpstart Nature Podcast! Episode #5 profiles three creative and inspirational uses of iNaturalist!Be sure to check out the iNaturalist blog and newsletter as well!FULL SHOW NOTESLINKSCalifornia Academy of SciencesiNaturalist, their blog, and their newsletterJumpstart Nature Episode 5 profiles inspiring uses of iNaturalistSupport Us On Patreon!Buy our Merch!Music: Spellbound by Brian Holtz MusicLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist site: https://brianholtzmusic.com Discover the Jumpstart Nature Podcast - entertaining and immersive, it's the nature fix we all need.Check past Nature's Archive episodes for amazing guests like Doug Tallamy, Elaine Ingham, and Rae Wynn-Grant, covering topics from bird migration to fungi to frogs and bats!

Key Takeaways & Discussion Highlights The Railroad Roots: Joey's transition from a Union Pacific engineer to a "vigilante botanist." He discusses the influence of Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World and using science as a "candle in the dark" in a consumerist society. Botany for the "Jaded Working Class": Why academic botany often fails to connect with the public and why Joey targets the "cynical, maladjusted stiff" who needs the living world the most. Horticultural Atrocities: A critique of "horticultural fluff"—boxwoods, crepe myrtles, and cloned cultivars that offer no ecological value. Joey explains why he'd rather see a lawn than a line of "garbage" cultivars. The Concrete Cage & Mental Health: How our disconnection from the land and our "unwalkable sprawling excerpts" contribute to a massive mental health crisis. The Field Record: Joey's process in the wild—using iNaturalist, herbarium vouchers, and photography to document the "living machine." Geology & Evolution: An exploration of edaphic endemics (plants that grow only on specific soils like serpentine or gypsum) and how stressful geology creates new species. Disturbance Ecology: Why "weeds" are actually pioneer species and how disturbance—when understood correctly—is the engine that enables diversity. Beyond "Is it Edible?": Why the question "Can I eat it?" is the most common and least interesting way to interact with a plant. Concrete Botany: A preview of Joey's new book and his fascination with "unintentional ecology" in neglected urban spaces like railroad tracks and abandoned warehouses. Resources Mentioned Book: Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance (Released April 2026) YouTube/Podcast: Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't App: iNaturalist (Joey's primary tool for citizen science) Literature: The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan Project: Thornscrub Sanctuary (South Texas conservation) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

There are many great tools for identifying birds, some of them right on your phone. If you're stumped on an unfamiliar plant species, iNaturalist is a great resource. When you upload a photo to iNaturalist's website or mobile app, it uses AI to make an educated guess on the species ID. A community of online naturalists then helps confirm the ID. Finding the links between plants and birds can show you how birds see the world, and what they need to survive and raise their young. Support comes from Wild Delight Bird Food, offering a variety of blends designed to mimic the natural resources wild birds crave, available at Chewy. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks.  BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In Episode 270, Greg and Pam discuss nature, priorities, and cooking. Many thanks to kbamr Keri for the episode introduction! Keri is hosting a Spring Make Along in her group, you can find details here! We would love to have YOU record an introduction to the show! You can find details in the Ravelry Group Pages or on our website here. Check out our group on Facebook! We would love to have you join us there. GIVEAWAY: Check out our MONTHLY giveaway just because our listeners are AWESOME! You can enter the monthly giveaway using this Google Form. SUPPORT THE SHOW KnitPicks & Crochet.com We are KnitPicks and Crochet.com (owned by KnitPicks) Affiliates! This means if you are going to shop at KnitPicks or Crochet.com, and start by clicking their names, the Unraveling Podcast will get a small commission at no extra cost to you! It's an easy way to support the podcast passively. (Note: links to specific yarns or products will appear like https://shrsl.com/3xzh0 or https://tidd.ly/4mGsyws. These are correct and are custom links to track our account. They are safe!) Patreon You can financially support Unraveling…a knitting podcast on Patreon! Monthly membership levels are available at Swatch ($1), Shawl ($3), and Sweater ($6) and come with rewards like early access to book club episodes, access to a quarterly Zoom call, discounts on all Knitting Daddy patterns, and holiday cards. Everything available via Patreon is extra, the show remains unchanged and free. Financial support through through Patreon helps us cover expenses like web hosting, prizes, prize shipping, and equipment upgrades. ***Next Patreon Zoom will be Sunday, May 31 at 3:30pm Eastern.*** NOTES Greg's Projects Greg is paused on fingerless mitts using yarn from Leading Men Fiber Arts. Greg started socks with yarn from String Theory Colorworks. Greg started a Baby Surprise Jacket with yarn from String Theory Colorworks. Pam's Projects Pam is working a pair of Fish Lips Kiss Heel Socks. She is using String Theory Colorworks yarn in the displacement base and the colorway Black Body Radiation. Pam worked on the Cloud Iridescence blanket by Kathyrn Bernard. She is using KnitPicks Mighty Stitch in fingering weight and several colors of mohair/alpaca silk yarns. Pam worked on the Winding Road Scarf by Tetiana Otruta. She using yarn from Knitting Notions. Pam worked on Sun Salutation by Celia McAdam Cahill. She is using KnitPicks Gloss and Trailhead Yarns Cabot Trail. Pam talked about some future plans including Davis tee and Buttonside Sweater. She also mentioned the shawl she made called Vamping and Find Your Fade came up also. Miscellaneous Greg mentioned the Seek app from iNaturalist and Pam mentioned the Merlin app. Greg mentioned the Fix-a-Stitch tool. Pam got Shokz headphones. Pam mentioned a Lentil Sloppy Joe recipe. Greg talked about the Easter Sunrise Service at Old Salem. Greg is watching Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball again. Greg went to see some live music: The Connells and Yo-Yo Ma (not at the same time). Some of our Denver area listeners are meeting to knit monthly. If you are in the area and want to join in, reach out to martaschmarta. Greg can also be found talking about knitting and playing Dungeons & Dragons at Crits and Knits on Twitch. Affiliate Link Disclosure We are a KnitPicks Affiliate! This means that if you click on a KnitPicks link or Crochet.com, or the banner ad and make a purchase, we will receive a commission at no extra cost to you. This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click on a link to Amazon and subsequently make a purchase, we'll receive a small commission from the sale. You pay the same, and the commissions will help cover our podcasting expenses. Our opinions are always our own. Find us all over the Internet Patreon: Unraveling…a knitting podcast Subscribe in iTunes: The Unraveling Podcast Podcast RSS Feed: Unraveling Podcast Facebook: Unraveling Podcast Instagram: @UnravelingPodcast Ravelry Group: Unraveling Podcast Greg is KnittingDaddy on Ravelry, @KnittingDaddy on Instagram, and also writes the KnittingDaddy blog. Pam is pammaher on Ravelry  and @pammaher on Instagram

Florida is known for having alligators, a fact that brings fear to many visitors and residents. But, alligators are an important species in many of our ecosystems. While we continue to develop the State, our chances of encountering an alligator increase, but there are many ways we can learn to coexist with them.Celebrate Earth Month with us as we revisit a favorite topic from season 1 with a freshly re-edited Alligator episode.Learn more:Living with Alligators: a Florida Reality: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/uw230Watch an 8ft+ alligator climb a 6ft fence: https://youtu.be/z7DMjQJD7vM (ABC Channel 6, WATE)Information on alligator hunting in Florida (FWC) - https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/alligator/harvest/hunt-guide/How You Can Help:Never feed an alligator - If you suspect anyone of feeding alligators, intentionally or not, please consider reporting it to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). You will not get anyone in trouble! The 1st offense is a warning and education visit. Call the wildlife alert hotline: 888-404-FWCC (3922). Cell phone users in Florida can dial *FWC or #FWC, depending on the service provider.Sources for this Episode:Ober, et al., Managing Conflicts with Wildlife: Living with Alligators. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw393Swiman, et al., Living with Alligators: A Florida Reality. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw230Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program. https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/alligator/snap/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Alligator Management Program. https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/alligator/If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend who might enjoy learning about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here!If you're active on iNaturalist, consider joining our iNaturalist project, Naturally Florida's Listener Observations, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/naturally-florida-s-listener-observations

This is a slime mold. Cat Chang is an urban designer. But in her spare time, she likes to examine other life-forms.这是一种黏菌。凯特·张是一名城市设计师。但在业余时间，她喜欢研究其他生命。Ever since I was a little girl, I've been interested in the natural world. We're native Hawaiian. Our family and my grandmother would take me around her yard.从我还是个小女孩起，我就对自然界感兴趣。我们是夏威夷原住民。我的家人和祖母会带我在她的院子里转转。She would show us all the plants and how you use them. And later when I was interested in learning about fungi, I didn't have anybody to help me with it.她会向我们展示所有的植物以及如何使用它们。后来当我对学习真菌感兴趣时，却没有人能在这方面帮助我。Someone suggested iNaturalist to me, and it's on your cell phone.有人向我推荐了iNaturist， 在手机上就可以使用。iNaturalist is a joint initiative of National Geographic and the California Academy of Sciences.iNaturist是国家地理和加州科学院联合发起的应用。Essentially, people can take a photo of anything living, plants, animal, fungus, slime mold, put it on the website and other people identify it.从本质上讲，人们可以给任何生物拍照，比如植物、动物、真菌、黏菌，然后把照片上传到网站上，由其他人来识别它们。The app compares the image with those already in the database to begin the identification process. But ultimately, human experts weigh in.该应用程序将图像与数据库中已有的图像进行比对，以启动识别过程。但最终，还需要人类专家进行评估。The best part of it is there's a community of people that can also participate.最棒的部分就是有一个我们可以参与进来的社区。It's used by scientists to collect data, and actually write papers, as well as just amateur people who are really interested in getting more involved and caring more about nature.科学家们用它来收集数据，甚至撰写论文，同样适用于那些真正热衷于更深入参与、更加关心自然的业余爱好者。This time of year, I'm particularly looking for salamanders. Oh, there he is poking out of the wood although.每年这个时候，我特别喜欢找蝾螈。它正从木头里探出头来呢。And I always like to see mammals, they're one of my favorites, and birds of course. I have almost 55,000 observations. It's a lot.我总是喜欢观察哺乳动物，它们是我的最爱之一，当然还有鸟类。我已经记录了近55000条观察记录。这数量相当多。iNaturalist has observations from every country in the world. Right now, I believe we have over 26 million observations and about 700,000 active users.iNaturalist拥有来自世界各国的观察记录。目前，我相信我们已经收集了超过2600万条观察记录，拥有约70万活跃用户。This collaboration across continents led recently to a surprising discovery in California.这种跨大洲的合作最近在加利福尼亚州有了一个惊人的发现。The type of giant sunfish whose normal habitat is thousands of miles to the south, an indication perhaps of a rapidly changing world. 这种巨型太阳鱼的正常栖息地在数千英里以南，这或许表明世界正在迅速变化。

Bucureștenii sunt asteptați să participe la prima ediție a City Nature Challenge. Este vorba despre o inițiativă globală anuală de implicare a cetățenilor în documentarea biodiversității urbane, cu peste 100 de mii de participanți din 650 de orașe în 2025. Locuitorii fotografiază și înregistrează plante, insecte, păsări sau alte forme de viață din jurul lor, folosind aplicația iNaturalist. Scopul este de a înțelege mai bine biodiversitatea din orașe și de a implica oamenii în observarea și protejarea naturii din spațiul urban. Cristina Simionescu, de la Asociația Culturalis explică în ce constă această inițiativă aflată la prima ediție pentru București.

Join us for the March edition of Juniper Hour as we sit down with Tyson, a new member of our local community who is working with a nonprofit focused on native plants and regional flora. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of documenting local plant species and how community members can get involved in learning more about the landscape around them. Tyson shares his interests in the work he is doing with the nonprofit and his passion for learning about local plant species. We also discuss recent workshops and a few field trips where participants explored the outdoors while contributing observations through iNaturalist. Tune in for a discussion about plants, community science, and ways to connect with the land through observation and learning.

There are plenty of taxonomists who use museum collections as a resource, but not everyone makes collections the basis of their work. Rodrigo Dios studies Tachinid flies, a group that displays some of the most diverse parasitism behavior of all animals. By reorganizing and rediscribing museum specimens, he finds that we have a lot to learn from both flies and museum collections. “It's crazy,” says Rodrigo, about working in collections. “You can actually assess all this knowledge, all this variation between time and between space as well. It's like infinite knowledge.”Rodrigo Dios' paper “Taxonomic update on Cordyligasterini, new generic synonyms and new species of Neosophia Guimarães” is in volume 29 of Entomological Science. It can be found here: www.doi.org/10.1111/ens.70003A transcript of this episode can be found here: Rodrigo Dios - English TranscriptThis transcript translated into portuguese: Rodrigo Dios - Portuguese Transcript New Species: Neosophia argentifasciata, Neosophia pakitzaEpisode image credit: Rodrigo DiosFollow Rodrigo on Instagram: @rodrigodiosRodrigo's paper about the fly that lays eggs on plants: www.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-54Connect with Rodrigo on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rodrigodiosDon't be shy! Contact Rodrigo about flies: rodrigodios@gmail.comBe sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast).Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom)If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.comIf you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodIf you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

In this conversation, Emily sits down with Jenny Odell — artist and author of "Saving Time" and "How to Do Nothing" — to explore the importance of reclaiming our attention and time in a digital age. We explore how "learning" is becoming a lost art (and what to do about that),   experience and the role of technology in shaping our lives. From years of observation, research and her own study, Jenny brings a world-changing perspective to how we find our freedom from the forces that pull to commodify and measure every minute and relationship in our lives. In this episode, we discuss: The moment at summer camp that shaped how Jenny thinks about learning, presence, and attention How we can retain human agency in a world constantly fighting for our attention The historical roots of "productivity culture" and how it lives on today The role of language in shaping our relationship to time What the "attention economy" is and the impact it is having Why people sitting in a circle might be "the highest form of human existence" The nuance beneath the statement "the internet is bad" Why repair cafes, cooperatives, and habitat restoration projects point toward the world we're trying to build inside the one we're currently in  Resources & Links Connect with Jenny at her website, www.jennyodell.com, on instagram https://www.instagram.com/jennitaur/ or on Mastadon https://social.coop/@jennitaur/ Check out her books How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy , Inhabiting Negative Space  and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock  Also mentioned in this episode: iNaturalist, Mastodon, The Repair Cafe movement, Vivarium (2019 film),  An Immense World by Ed Yong  Bring this conversation into practice: Join The Third Space, a practice prayer and play space to bring these visions to life with other "revillagers" who are tending to their communities IRL. Learn more or sign up here: www.revillagingmama.com/offers#thethirdspace To stay in touch: Follow This Is How We Care on Instagram  Send an email to Emily at emily@thisishowwecare.com  Read the transcript over at  thisishowwecare.com  

Klajā nākusi jaunākājā Latvijas Sarkanā grāmata – tā vairs nav viena neliela izmēra grāmatiņa, bet seši lieli sējumi ar 1069 Latvijā reti sastopamām vai izzūdošām sugām. Vai Sarkanā grāmata palikusi biezāka un ja tā ir, ko tas stāsta par Latvijas dabas daudzveidību? Kam izdevies izsprukt no Sarkanās grāmatas lappusēm un kas diemžēl tur ir nonācis? Kā tapis šis izdevums un kas ir neparastākie šīs grāmatas varoņi? Raidījumā Zināmais nezināmajā stāsta dabas aizsardzības pārvaldes speciālists, viens no Sarkanās grāmatas veidotājiem Jēkabs Dzenis, Latvijas Universitātes pētniece, bioloģe Līga Strazdiņa, entomologs, Lielbritānijas Dabas vēstures muzeja speciālists un Daugavpils Universitātes vadošais pētnieks Dmitrijs Teļnovs un biologs Andris Andrušaitis. Jēkabs Dzenis norāda, ka objektīvi pateikt vienu konkrētu iemeslu, kāpēc šajā Sarkanās grāmatas izdevumā ir salīdzinoši tik liels sugu skaits iekļauts, nav iespējams. Laikiem mainoties, ir mainījušās iespējas ekspertu piesaistei vērtēšanai, arī metodika mainās un atšķiras no iepriekšējo sējumu veidošanas laikā izmantotās. Gatavojot šo izdevumu vērtētas 1600 sugas, iepriekšējā reizē - 1000. "Noteikti arī pārmaiņas dabā, politikā un saimnieciskajā darbībā. Ir daudz noticis, un mēs nevaram sagaidīt, ka sugu skaits, kas ir apdraudēts, samazināsies," atzīst Jēkabs Dzenis.   Latvijas dabas dārgumi - viens no tiem mīt mežā un mirdz kā koši violēts ametists; otrs ir bieži sastopams pilsētnieks. Gada ķērpis un gada sēne - divi varoņi, par kuriem loģiskā kārtā šodien vienots stāsts. Pirmkārt, tāpēc ka ķērpja organismu kopdzīvē ar aļģi veido arī sēne. Otrkārt, gan gada ķērpi, gan gada sēni izraugās Latvijas Mikologu biedrība. Varoņi tiek noskaidroti demokrātiskā ceļā, biedriem iesūtot kandidātu vārdus, un pēc tam notiek balsošana. Visvairāk balsis ieguvušais kandidāts saņem titulu.  Vispirms par gada ķērpi, un šogad šo titulu ieguvis dzeltenais sienasķērpis. Kas interesanti - gada ķērpis nosaukts pēc 15 gadu pauzes. Saruna ar Latvijas Mikologu biedrības pārstāvi Renāti Kaupužu, un, protams, pirmais jautājums, kāpēc bijis tik ilgs pārtraukums? Savukārt tuvāk iepazīt gada sēni dodos uz Latvijas Nacionālo dabas muzeju. Tur tiekos ar muzeja mikoloģi Initu Dānieli. Viņa stāsta, ka līdz šim par gada sēni izraudzītas gan ēdamās, gan indīgās, gan aizsargājamās sēnes, cepurīšu, piepju sēnes, pūpēžsēnes - tātad plašs spektrs. Gada sēnes titulu šogad ieguvusi ametista bērzlapene. Nosaukums jau liek domāt, ka sēne ir violetā ametista krāsā. Par gada ķērpi un gada sēni aicinām klausītājus ziņot dabas novērojumu portālā Dabasdati.lv, kā arī starptautiskā platformā “iNaturalist”. Tas svarīgi, lai iegūtu reprezentatīvus datus par Latviju un lai neveidotos ačgārna situācija, ka par retām un apdraudētām sugām ir ziņots vairāk nekā par bieži sastopamām, tostarp dzelteno sienasķērpi. Savukārt iepazīt Latvijas sēnes, tostarp ametista bērzlapeni kvalitatīvu foto veidā iespējams vietnē senes.lv.

On a very cold day in February, while trailing a Algonquin Wolves (Canis lycaon) across the frozen Lake of Two Rivers, South of highway 60 running through Algonquin Provincial Park, a fellow tracker and I came across a nest. I took out my phone and quickly took some measurements and moved on. It wasn't too long, as it was -30°C (-22°F/243K) and my hands we're screaming at me, but this little discovery started itching my memory of the day and pestering me to figure out who it was. I did a little bit of research, through which I came to the conclusion that the nest may have been built by a Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). This is the story of that discovery and some of the readings which led me to a possible answer to an ageless question; whodunnit?To learn more : A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds by Colin Harrison. Collins, 1978.Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds' Nests by Hal H. Harrison. Houghton Mifflin, 1975.Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests by Casey McFarland, Matt Monjello, and David Moskowitz. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.Bird Nest Finder by Dorcas Miller. Nature Study Guide Publishers, 2024.Inaturalist identifications of Red-winged Blackbirds in the area of the nestInaturalist identifications of Swamp Sparrow in the area of the nest

Making observations in nature isn't just about what we see. Scientists use (almost) all of their senses to make observations, and in this video, we are focusing on the sense of touch. After exploring nature through sight, sound, and smell, it's now time to focus on the textures of nature and discover how different plants, surfaces, and organisms actually feel. Make sure to watch the ENTIRE video and read ALL of the text here for best practices for you and wildlife, as well as helpful apps to identify organisms.In this activity, I challenge you to head outside and search for as many different textures as you can find in nature. Can you find something rough like bark? Soft like moss? Fuzzy, smooth, or prickly? Even in wintertime, you'll find lots of different textures to explore!IMPORTANT: Before touching anything, make sure you know what wildlife in your area could be harmful, such as poison ivy or venomous animals. If you're ever unsure about an organism, don't touch it.Some organisms may surprise you! For instance, I talk about the cup plant, which has leaves that feel like tough sandpaper.Even in wintertime, you'll find lots of different textures to explore!IMPORTANT: Before touching anything, make sure you know what wildlife in your area could be harmful, such as poison ivy or venomous animals. If you're ever unsure about an organism, don't touch it. Tools like the Seek by iNaturalist app can assist with identifications through their built-in AI system. IMPORTANT: When it comes to animals, completely avoid touching mammals and birds, as this can harm them. Some amphibians, reptiles, and insects may be handled carefully if they are safe and non-venomous, and any animal you handle should be handled minimally and released afterward to reduce stress on the animal. Wear gloves when handling amphibians to protect their sensitive skin.Observing nature through touch and the other senses helps kids slow down and mindfully engage with their surroundings. I invite you to ask your children to reflect not only on WHAT they feel, but HOW they feel. For instance, how does being in nature make your child feel? Calm? Curious? Excited? Join us as we step outside, explore textures, and practice observing the natural world with fresh curiosity!Does your child love animals? Support and grow your child's passion for wildlife in my free training, Animals Everywhere! Parents, caretakers, and educators: You'll discover how to get your child outside, curious, and engaged in REAL science for a lifetime of experiential learning...without one-off kits, a lot of time, or complicated instructions. Enroll here to reserve your spot: https://stephanieschuttler.com/animals-everywhere/.Are you a parent wanting to get your kids outside and learning about wildlife? Join the Wildlife Biology for Kids Club! Every week, you'll receive exclusive access to the accompanying downloadable activities, printables, get connected with a community of like-minded individuals, and more. 

In this deeply informative episode of The Think Wildlife Podcast, host Anish Banerjee is joined by Nibedita Chakraborty, a wildlife and biodiversity researcher whose work focuses on wetlands, urbanization, and citizen science. The conversation centres on the East Kolkata Wetlands, one of India's most important urban wetlands, and uses this globally significant landscape to explore broader questions of wetland conservation, urban biodiversity, and climate change.The East Kolkata Wetlands represent a rare example of an urban wetland system that continues to deliver critical ecological, social, and economic services despite intense development pressure. Spanning over 12,500 hectares, these wetlands function as a natural wastewater treatment system, support fisheries and agriculture, reduce flood risk, and sustain exceptional wetland biodiversity. Nibedita explains why this mosaic of sewage-fed fish ponds, croplands, and open water bodies is recognised as a Ramsar site of international importance, and why its survival is inseparable from the future of urban conservation in India.A major focus of the episode is avifaunal diversity and how bird communities respond to rapid urbanization. Drawing on extensive field surveys, Nibedita describes how different bird groups use core wetlands, transitional zones, and urban sprawls in distinct ways. As urban expansion accelerates, foraging grounds shrink, water quality declines due to wetland pollution, and migratory birds are increasingly absent from areas where they were once abundant. These changes offer powerful indicators of ecosystem stress and reveal how urban wetland biodiversity is being reshaped in real time.The discussion also highlights the role of climate change in amplifying existing threats to wetlands. Altered rainfall patterns, rising temperatures, and increased eutrophication interact with urban pressures to further destabilize wetland ecosystems. Nibedita explains how long-term monitoring of wetlands and birds is essential to understanding these combined impacts and designing effective urban wetland conservation strategies that can withstand future climatic uncertainty.Citizen science emerges as a central theme in the conversation. Platforms such as eBird and iNaturalist have become invaluable tools for tracking wetland biodiversity, supporting birding communities, and generating data at spatial and temporal scales that traditional research alone cannot achieve. By involving local communities, birders, and residents, citizen science strengthens urban wetland biodiversity conservation while fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility for these ecosystems.This episode offers a compelling case for why wetlands must be central to discussions on urban biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable city planning. It is essential listening for anyone interested in wetlands, wetland conservation, urban wetlands, avifaunal diversity, birding, and the future of urban conservation in a rapidly urbanizing world.#wetlands #wetlandconservation #wetlandbiodiversity #urbanbiodiversity #urbanconservation #urbanwetlands #urbanwetlandconservation #urbandwetlandbiodiversity #urbanwetlandbiodiversityconservation #climatechange #avifaunaldiversity #birding #wetlandpollution Get full access to The Think Wildlife Podcast at anishbanerjee.substack.com/subscribe

Imagine a creature that is born already pregnant with its own grandchildren. No mating, no waiting—just a continuous, telescopic unfolding of life. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but it's likely happening on the underside of a leaf in your backyard. Today, we're looking past the 'pest' label to discover the mind-bending biology of the aphid.Our guest today is aphidologist Natalie Hernandez. If you are on iNaturalist, you might recognize her as one of the most prolific identifiers of aphids.Today we learn about these incredible insects, including why ants tend to aphids like livestock, how telescopic reproduction works, and we investigate why aphids are incredibly important to ecosystems. While a few aphid species can be pests to agriculture, most are critical parts of the food web.I've grown to love finding new aphid species when I'm out exploring, and I hope today's episode will help inspire you to look under a few more leaves this spring and summer.Find Natalie on iNaturalist and instagram! FULL SHOW NOTESLINKSAphids on the World's Plants - excellent online resource for identifying aphids Thanks to Brook Neely for editing this episode.Support Us On Patreon!Buy our Merch!Music: Spellbound by Brian Holtz MusicLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist site: https://brianholtzmusic.com Discover the Jumpstart Nature Podcast - entertaining and immersive, it's the nature fix we all need.Check past Nature's Archive episodes for amazing guests like Doug Tallamy, Elaine Ingham, and Rae Wynn-Grant, covering topics from bird migration to fungi to frogs and bats!

Today we welcome Christina Wolfe from IslandWood school on beautiful Bainbridge Island. Christina is passionate about building and sustaining community. At IslandWood, she is known for her joyful and energetic instructional style with her students.  Working with local and regional stakeholders and community partners, she leads with caring candor in all creative pursuits.  According to her co-workers and friends, she has "big Leslie Knope energy." As our Senior Naturalist, she strives to facilitate experiences that drive connection between people and place and make natural history accessible, lively and intriguing to all who wish to study it.  As a civic ecologist, she is a student and participant in conservation work, community science projects, and stewardship events. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology and has spent over twenty years as an outdoor educator and teaching naturalist in the eastern hardwood forests of New York, the piedmont in South Carolina, coastal Georgia, the saltmarsh and barrier islands in Florida and of course, our mossy temperate rainforest here Washington State. Christina currently serves as a curator for the Bainbridge Island Biodiversity Project on INaturalist, a wetland monitor for WA Dept. of Fish in Wildlife in amphibian egg mass monitoring, a lead facilitator in FrogWatch USA since 2004, and a Conservation Steward & Wildlife Consultant for the Bainbridge Island Land Trust since 2006. She holds certifications as a  Master Birder (Seattle Audubon) since 2011, certified Beach Naturalist (WSU) since 2014, Certified Interpretative Guide with the National Association of Interpretation since 2015, and Washington State Master Naturalist (WSU, 2024). Thank you for your support! The B.I.Stander Podcast is a listener supported podcast so please consider subscribing.   BE A FRIEND OF PODCASTVILLE AND TELL A FRIEND  Thank you to our very supportive sponsors! Blue Canary Auto Locations in Bainbridge Island & Bremerton Sound Reprographics Locations in Bainbridge Island & Poulsbo Tideland Magazine Pick up a copy on the Ferry Sheldon Orthodontics Free Consultation  KitsapSmokestack.org Be your own aligrithom, find what to do in your neighborhood Miguelitos  Best Mexican food on the island!  2 great locations on Beautiful Bainbridge Island Editing by: Cherie Newman Magpie Audio Productions Fly on the Wall performed by LeRoy Bell

What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the hosts from TED Talks Daily, TED Radio Hour, TED Business, and TED Tech!Elise Hu, Manoush Zomorodi, Modupe Akinola and Sherrell Dorsey got together to share the biggest ideas dominating their industry and the lesser-known insights they wished garnered more attention. From pushing back against AI advances to sharing the TED Talks that inspired them, Elise, Manoush, Modupe, and Sherrell reflect on 2025 and look ahead to 2026.Conversations MentionedTED Radio HourRay Kurzweil, "Could AI extend your life indefinitely? Futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks so" LINK Victor Riparbelli, “Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?” LINKPhilip Johns, “Singapore's otters are butting heads with their human neighbors. Can they coexist?” LINKRestoring trust in government, "Move fast...and fix democracy?" LINKTED TalksSitoyo Lopokoiyit in conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz "A story of moral imagination and bold entrepreneurship" LINKSarah Beery, "How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge" LINKScott Loarie (of iNaturalist), "The surprising power of your nature photos" LINKDaniel Zavala-Araiza, "The best way to lower Earth's temperature — fast" LINKJennifer Pahlka, "Coding a better government" LINKPinky Cole (Slutty Vegan), "How I make vegan food sexy" LINKJason Huang, "The high-wire act of unlocking clean energy" LINKJennifer Doudna, "CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think" LINKJonny Sun, "You are not alone in your loneliness" LINK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the hosts from TED Talks Daily, TED Radio Hour, TED Business, and TED Tech! Elise Hu, Manoush Zomorodi, Modupe Akinola and Sherrell Dorsey got together to share the biggest ideas dominating their industry and the lesser-known insights they wished garnered more attention. From pushing back against AI advances to sharing the TED Talks that inspired them, Elise, Manoush, Modupe, and Sherrell reflect on 2025 and look ahead to 2026.Conversations MentionedTED Radio HourRay Kurzweil, "Could AI extend your life indefinitely? Futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks so" Victor Riparbelli, “Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?” Philip Johns, “Singapore's otters are butting heads with their human neighbors. Can they coexist?” Restoring trust in government, "Move fast...and fix democracy?" TED TalksSitoyo Lopokoiyit in conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz "A story of moral imagination and bold entrepreneurship" Sarah Beery, "How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge" Scott Loarie (of iNaturalist), "The surprising power of your nature photos" Daniel Zavala-Araiza, "The best way to lower Earth's temperature — fast" Jennifer Pahlka, "Coding a better government" Pinky Cole (Slutty Vegan), "How I make vegan food sexy" Jason Huang, "The high-wire act of unlocking clean energy" Jennifer Doudna, "CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think"Jonny Sun, "You are not alone in your loneliness" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the hosts from TED Talks Daily, TED Radio Hour, TED Business, and TED Tech!Elise Hu of TED Talks Daily hosted a conversation with Manoush Zomorodi, Modupe Akinola and Sherrell Dorsey, where they discussed the biggest ideas dominating their industry and the lesser-known insights they wished garnered more attention. From pushing back against AI advances to sharing the TED Talks that inspired them, Elise, Manoush, Modupe, and Sherrell reflect on 2025 and look ahead to 2026.Conversations MentionedTED Radio HourRay Kurzweil, "Could AI extend your life indefinitely? Futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks so" Victor Riparbelli, “Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?” Philip Johns, “Singapore's otters are butting heads with their human neighbors. Can they coexist?” Restoring trust in government, "Move fast...and fix democracy?" TED TalksSitoyo Lopokoiyit in conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz "A story of moral imagination and bold entrepreneurship" Sarah Beery, "How AI is unearthing hidden scientific knowledge" Scott Loarie (of iNaturalist), "The surprising power of your nature photos" Daniel Zavala-Araiza, "The best way to lower Earth's temperature — fast" Jennifer Pahlka, "Coding a better government" Pinky Cole (Slutty Vegan), "How I make vegan food sexy" Jason Huang, "The high-wire act of unlocking clean energy" Jennifer Doudna, "CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think"Jonny Sun, "You are not alone in your loneliness" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Madeline chats with Bill Jacobs and Kat Hoenke, both ecologists and conservationists. During their conversation, they discuss the St. Kateri Conservation Center, the connections of the Seven Deadly Sins to environmental issues, ecology and relationships, how Bill and Kat got acquainted, the importance of planting native plants, rewilding, creation becoming the creator, saints who loved the outdoors, and so much more.-link: Bill Patenaude's episode, Between Earth and SkyDuring the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn, the St. Kateri Conservation Center, Morning Star Seed Company, the iNaturalist app, the St. Kateri National Shrine, Laudato 'Si, the Message for World Day of Peace 1990, the Message for the World Day of Peace 2010, and episodes 41 and 77 of this podcast.Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcastDon't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

In this episode, Nadina sits down with Adrian Wong, SUGi's UK Forest Lead, in the middle of the Forest of Thanks—a 10,000 m² Miyawaki forest planted in one of London's most under-resourced boroughs. What was once a simple lawn is now a thriving woodland of oaks, elders, cherry trees, brambles, birds, and even resident foxes.Adrian explains the Miyawaki method, a powerful approach to creating fast-growing, self-sustaining native forests in urban areas by planting densely, rebuilding living soils, and embracing the natural “messiness” of ecological succession. With 31 SUGi forests across London, most no bigger than a tennis court, Adrian shares how tiny forests can improve biodiversity, clean the air, soften noise, cool neighborhoods, and help stitch ecological corridors back into the city.We also explore the human side of this work—from greening schoolyards next to airport runways, to kids planting their first-ever trees, to how daily access to nature boosts mental health and builds community resilience. Along the way, we discuss bioacoustics, iNaturalist, parakeets, fox dens, community gardening, and why messy forests may be the future of urban greening.This is an episode about what happens when you loosen your grip on a piece of land—and watch life flood back in.

In this episode, we discuss our recent paper quantifying turkey abundance, highlighting the Florida Wildlife Corridor and exploring how this project preserves turkey habitat amidst increasing development pressures. Paper will be linked as soon as it is released.   Resources:    Citizen science for turkeys Ep119 https://youtu.be/LEbFvaRhNKA?si=a1Mvzya561e0o52B eBird https://ebird.org/home Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/ FWC Summer Brood Survey https://myfwc.com/hunting/turkey/brood-survey/ iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/ Merlin Bird ID https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Snapshot USA https://www.snapshot-usa.org/   00:00 Introduction to the Conversation 01:23 Exploring Turkey Management and Habitat 02:48 The Impact of Human Population on Turkey Habitats 05:47 Florida Wildlife Corridor: A Case Study 11:38 Quantifying the Effects of the Corridor on Turkeys 20:47 Characterizing the Landscape for Turkeys 22:49 Understanding Turkey Occupancy and Abundance 25:09 The Impact of Human Population on Turkey Habitats 28:42 The Role of the Wildlife Corridor 31:19 Challenges Facing Osceola Turkey Populations 37:33 Management Strategies for Turkey Habitats 41:47 The Importance of Collaborative Conservation Efforts   Our lab is primarily funded by donations. If you would like to help support our work, please donate here: http://UFgive.to/UFGameLab   We've launched a comprehensive online wild turkey course featuring experts across multiple institutions that specialize in habitat management and population management for wild turkeys. Earn up to 20.5 CFE hours! Enroll Now!    Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance, Publications Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby, Publications Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow  UF Game Lab @ufgamelab, YouTube   Donate to our wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund    Want to help wild turkey conservation? Please take our quick survey to take part in our research!   Do you have a topic you'd like us to cover? Leave us a review or send us an email at wildturkeyscience@gmail.com!   Watch these podcasts on YouTube   Please help us by taking our (quick) listener survey - Thank you!    Check out the DrDisturbance YouTube channel! DrDisturbance YouTube   Want to help support the podcast? Our friends at Grounded Brand have an option to donate directly to Wild Turkey Science at checkout. Thank you in advance for your support!   Leave a podcast rating for a chance to win free gear!   This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to turkeysfortomorrow.org.    Music by Artlist.io Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak  

In this episode, we discuss our recent paper quantifying turkey abundance, highlighting the Florida Wildlife Corridor and exploring how this project preserves turkey habitat amidst increasing development pressures. Paper will be linked as soon as it is released.   Resources:    Citizen science for turkeys Episode 119  eBird https://ebird.org/home Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/ FWC Summer Brood Survey https://myfwc.com/hunting/turkey/brood-survey/ iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/ Merlin Bird ID https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Snapshot USA https://www.snapshot-usa.org/   00:00 Introduction to the Conversation 01:23 Exploring Turkey Management and Habitat 02:48 The Impact of Human Population on Turkey Habitats 05:47 Florida Wildlife Corridor: A Case Study 11:38 Quantifying the Effects of the Corridor on Turkeys 20:47 Characterizing the Landscape for Turkeys 22:49 Understanding Turkey Occupancy and Abundance 25:09 The Impact of Human Population on Turkey Habitats 28:42 The Role of the Wildlife Corridor 31:19 Challenges Facing Osceola Turkey Populations 37:33 Management Strategies for Turkey Habitats 41:47 The Importance of Collaborative Conservation Efforts   Our lab is primarily funded by donations. If you would like to help support our work, please donate here: http://UFgive.to/UFGameLab   We've launched a comprehensive online wild turkey course featuring experts across multiple institutions that specialize in habitat management and population management for wild turkeys. Earn up to 20.5 CFE hours! Enroll Now!    Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance, Publications Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby, Publications Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow  UF Game Lab @ufgamelab, YouTube   Donate to our wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund    Want to help wild turkey conservation? Please take our quick survey to take part in our research!   Do you have a topic you'd like us to cover? Leave us a review or send us an email at wildturkeyscience@gmail.com!   Watch these podcasts on YouTube   Please help us by taking our (quick) listener survey - Thank you!    Check out the DrDisturbance YouTube channel! DrDisturbance YouTube   Want to help support the podcast? Our friends at Grounded Brand have an option to donate directly to Wild Turkey Science at checkout. Thank you in advance for your support!   Leave a podcast rating for a chance to win free gear!   This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to turkeysfortomorrow.org.    Music by Artlist.io Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak  

Send us a textIn this episode I sit down with South Yellow Mountain Preserve manager Park Greer to share the full, behind-the-scenes story: the surprise Earth Day donation, the eight months of deed work and surveying across a 33-mile boundary, and the careful plan that turned a generous transfer into a resilient, living landscape.Park brings a rare mix of park ranger experience and land surveying chops, and it shows. He walks us through the amphibolite bedrock that fuels calcium-rich soils and exceptional biodiversity, then threads that geology into the mining legacy of Spruce Pine—mica, feldspar, and world-class quartz. From rare plants like Gray's lily and Roan Mountain bluet to a closely monitored peregrine falcon site, we talk about how data, training, and seasonal protections guide every decision, down to when and where people can visit.We also dig into the human side of stewardship: school groups that put down their phones and pick up field guides, citizen scientists mapping species with iNaturalist, and volunteers hauling out legacy trash from old mine dumps. You'll hear how invasive species removal, pollinator habitat plans, and watershed protection keep clean water flowing to Spruce Pine's reservoir and downstream wells. And you'll see why guided access, local partnerships, and humble storytelling create ambassadors who carry the work beyond any boundary line.If you care about Appalachia, clean water, wildlife corridors, and conservation that honors history as much as habitat, this story delivers both heart and detail. Mike AndressHost, Exploration Local828-551-9065mike@explorationlocal.comPodcast WebsiteFacebookInstagram: explorationlocal

What is the Earth Species Project?Can we talk to animals, or at least understand what they are saying to each other?  That's a question that researchers hope to answer with the help of AI. Earth Species Project, a non-profit that develops sophisticated AI technologies, hopes its software can help. Specifically, they have developed Nature-LM audio which is an audio-language machine learning algorithm with the potential to decipher animal communications.How does it work?By gathering and evaluating huge amounts of audio information from different species, Nature-LM audio can identify  “individuals in recordings”, and evaluate patterns.  For software users, it does not require the user to have any programming skills. Specifically “analyzing animal sounds… [allows for] decoding complex communication and behaviors to monitor the health of entire ecosystems.”This AI model was trained on “bioacoustic archives like Xeno-canto, iNaturalist, the Watkins Marine Mammal Sound Database, and the Animal Sound Archive” along with “general audio, human speech, and music data” while connecting this ”audio encoder to a leading language model.”Benefits of this approachNatureLM “can classify or detect thousands of species across diverse taxa including birds, whales, and aurans–without the need to retrain the model for each task.”. It has other capabilities like “predicting life-stage and simple call-types of birds, and captioning bioacoustic audio” which are useful when trying to analyze the behavior of different species and their associated cues. The software enables evaluation of large amounts of animal sounds and allows evaluation of that data “freely via human language text”.According to a benchmark that they established, called the Beans-zero, which “provides a standardized way to measure… performance across various bioacoustic tasks, enabling consistent comparisons and fostering progress in the field”, NatureLM-audio “achieves state-of-the-art performance on most tasks”. This is especially true in regards to bird and marine mammal sounds, which they are able to identify without fine-tuning–an extremely gruesome task in machine learning to change pre-existing models which better fit your data and train it for specific tasks.Potential DrawbacksLike all AI models, Nature LM-audio could impact employment opportunities, in this case for  animal biologists and researchers, and by using substantial amounts of energy to run the model.  And, like all AI programs, any conclusions and decisions made through the program need to be carefully evaluated.  It will take time and effort to determine how valuable the model is.   ConclusionRaskin believes that the creation of NatureLM has many positive implications because it allows humans to listen to the voices of animals. It gives us an understanding of their behavior to not only learn more about them, but also by giving insights on how to help them with conservation efforts. Moreover, it can alert researchers to what exactly is endangering certain species, prevent these efforts, and create a lot of more data necessary to analyze trends. About our guestAza Raskin is a trained mathematician and a dark matter physicist and  Co-Founder/President of the Earth Species Project.ResourcesEarth Species Project, Introducing NatureLM-audio: An Audio-Language Foundation Model for BioacousticsGrantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, What opportunities and risks does AI present for climate action? Forbes, The 15 Biggest Risks Of Artificial IntelligenceFurther ReadingEarth Species Project, About UsUniversity of Cincinnati, 9 Benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2025For a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/earth-species-with-aza-raskin

In this week's episode of The Backyard Naturalists, Debbie and Laurie take listeners on a fascinating update tour of several topics previously featured on the show, all of which continue to evolve in the natural world. From hopeful signs of recovery to growing ecological concerns, this episode is packed with new developments and ways for citizen scientists to get involved. You'll hear encouraging news about the Red Wolf Recovery Project, where careful management and breeding efforts in North Carolina are giving this critically endangered species a better shot at survival. Then, the hosts revisit the ongoing battle against Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer, often dubbed the “zombie disease.” Learn about the latest testing results, updated hunting restrictions, and why understanding this issue matters beyond state lines. The team also checks in on two invasive species making headlines: the striking but destructive Spotted Lanternfly, now spreading across the Southeast, and the large, brightly patterned Joro Spider, whose range has expanded into the Carolinas. You'll discover how to spot, report, and help manage these species using simple tools like iNaturalist, proving that everyone can play a role in conservation. Tune in for science, stories, and a few laughs (especially from those less-than-fond of spiders)! This episode reminds us that nature is always changing, and so is our understanding of it.

Dazzling colors. Remote habitats. Gentle parenting. Fantastic genitalia. And yeah, swimming through sewers to surprise you. It's cockroaches and I promise you will find something to love about them in this chat with cockroach evangelist and Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista. Which are the prettiest? Are roaches better at raising kids than you? How do roach scientists feel about the ones in kitchens? How does one catch a cockroach in a dark rainforest? Can roaches pull a Ratatouille and steal our hearts with a casserole? Dominic explains it all. I swear they can be lovable, OKAY?Visit Dr. Evangelista's Roach Brain Lab and follow him on iNaturalist and Google ScholarA donation went to Teach for America and Entomologists of ColorMore episode sources and linksOther episodes you may enjoy: Spooktober: Topics to Startle and Love, Entomology (INSECTS), Mantodeology (PRAYING MANTISES), Odonatology (DRAGONFLIES), Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE), Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES), Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF), Fearology (FEAR), Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS), Speleology (CAVES)400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topicSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesSponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Should you buy produce "in season"? Why? And what does that even mean? How do you find out what's in season? Find out if seasonal produce is better for you or cheaper in this week's episode.SourcesSeasonal Food Guide - https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/why-eat-seasonallyAmerican Heart Association - https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/07/12/why-seasonal-eating-can-be-a-healthy-delightClemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center - https://hgic.clemson.edu/the-benefits-of-seasonal-eating-fresh-nutrient-dense-and-budget-friendly/Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererFalling Fruit - https://fallingfruit.org/iNaturalist - https://www.inaturalist.org/Patreon: patreon.com/greeningupmyactInstagram: @greeningupmyactFacebook: Greening Up My ActEmail us with questions: greeningupmyact@gmail.comYouTube: Greening Up My Act

Green anoles are some of Florida's most familiar—and most overlooked—neighbors. In this episode of Naturally Florida, we revisit our very first show from 2020 to explore what makes these little lizards so unique, how they interact with the introduced Cuban brown anole, and what you can do to help them thrive in your own backyard.Learn more:Cuban Brown Anole or Green Anole (video): https://youtu.be/KQhnzi9mkYILandscaping Solutions: Green Anoles: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/design/gardening-with-wildlife/anoles.htmlHow You Can Help:Help us document their populations! If you see a green anole in your yard or while out in one of Florida's many natural areas, snap a picture with your smartphone and upload it to ⁠iNaturalist.org.⁠ Add habitat to your yard or neighborhood. Consider adding native shrubs or small trees and changing part of your yard from lawn to Florida-Friendly Landscaping to provide habitat for a variety of small critters. Learn more here: ⁠https://ffl.ifas.ufl.edu/about-ffl/9-principles/principle-5-attract-wildlife/⁠Sources for this Episode:Invader Updater: Cuban Brown Anole, UF Wildlife Department (2011) ⁠⁠https://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/InvaderUpdater/pdfs/InvaderUpdater_Winter2011.pdf⁠⁠Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis), Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (n.d.) ⁠⁠https://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/anocar.htm⁠⁠Analysis of the effects of an exotic lizard on a native lizard in Florida ..., University of Tennessee (2000) ⁠⁠https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4722/⁠⁠Florida Lizards are Evolving, Fast, Science Connected (2014) ⁠⁠https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2014/10/florida-lizards-evolving-rapidly/⁠⁠If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a friend who might enjoy learning about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here!If you're active on iNaturalist, consider joining our iNaturalist project, Naturally Florida's Listener Observations, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/naturally-florida-s-listener-observations

In this episode, John Weir, Dr. Laura Goodman, and Dr. Mark Turner sit down for a laid-back, boots-on-the-ground talk about Forest Stand Improvement (FSI) and how it plays a big role in shaping better wildlife habitats for deer, turkey, and quail—especially right here in Oklahoma. They swap stories and share how FSI differs from Timber Stand Improvement (TSI), and why even folks without marketable timber can still benefit from these management techniques. You'll hear plenty of real-world advice—how to get more sunlight to the forest floor, which trees to keep or cut, and what tools make the job easier (spoiler: PlantNet and iNaturalist apps get some love). They also dig into strategies like girdling, hinge cutting, and selective herbicide use. And of course, no land management talk would be complete without prescribed fire. It's not just about burning—it's about building a better future for your land. Resources - OkState Range & Pasture Plant ID - PlantNet - iNaturalist

Hi friends! We're taking a much-needed August pause—we'll have new episodes for you in September. In the meanwhile, enjoy this pick from our archives! _____ [originally aired May 30, 2024] Maybe your idea of spiders is a bit like mine was. You probably know that they have eight legs, that some are hairy. Perhaps you imagine them spending most of their time sitting in their webs—those classic-looking ones, of course—waiting for snacks to arrive. Maybe you consider them vaguely menacing, or even dangerous. Now this is not all completely inaccurate—spiders do have eight legs, after all—but it's a woefully incomplete and drab caricature. Your idea of spiders, in other words, may be due for a refresh.  My guest today is Dr. Ximena Nelson, Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury, in New Zealand. Ximena is the author of the new book, The Lives of Spiders. It's an accessible and stunningly illustrated survey of spider behavior, ecology, and cognition.  In this conversation, Ximena and I do a bit of ‘Spiders 101'. We talk about spider senses—especially how spiders use hairs to detect the minutest of vibrations and how they see, usually, with four pairs of eyes. We talk about web-making—which, by the way, the majority of spiders don't do—and silk-making—which all do, but for more reasons than you may realize. We talk about how spiders hunt, jump, dance, pounce, plan, decorate, cache, balloon, and possibly count. We talk about why so many spiders mimic ants. We take up the puzzle of “stabilimenta”. We talk about whether webs constitute an extended sensory apparatus—like a gigantic ear—and why spiders are an under-appreciated group of animals for thinking about the evolution of mind, brain, and behavior. Alright friends, this one is an absolute feast. So let's get to it. On to my conversation with Dr. Ximena Nelson. Enjoy!    A transcript of this episode is available here.   Notes and links 3:00 – A general audience article about our “collective arachnid aversion” to spiders.  8:00 – An academic article by Dr. Nelson about jumping spider behavior.  8:30 – In addition to spiders, Dr. Nelson also studies kea parrots (e.g., here).  12:00 – A popular article about the thousands of spider species known to science—and the thousands that remain unknown. 16:30 – A popular article about a mostly vegetarian spider, Bagheera kiplingi. 18:00 – For the mating dance of the peacock spider, see this video. 20:00 – A recent study on spider “hearing” via their webs. 24:00 – The iNaturalist profile of the tiger bromeliad spider.  29:30 – A recent study of extended sensing in humans during tool use.  33:00 – A popular discussion of vision (and other senses) in jumping spiders.  40:00 – An earlier popular discussion of spider webs and silk.  45:00 – For a primer on bird's nests, see here.  48:00 – An article describing the original work on how various drugs alter spiders' webs.  49:00 – A recent salvo in the long-standing stabilimenta debate. 54:00 – A video about “ballooning” in spiders. 57:00 ­– An article by Dr. Nelson and a colleague about jumping spiders as an important group for studies in comparative cognition. 1:01:00 – A study of reversal learning in jumping spiders, which found large individual differences. 1:07:00 – A study of larder monitoring in orb weaver spiders. 1:10:00 – A study by Dr. Nelson and a colleague on numerical competence in Portia spiders. 1:16:00 – An academic essay on the so-called insect apocalypse.   Recommendations Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility, by M. Herberstein ‘Spider senses – Technical perfection and biology,' by F. Barth ‘Extended spider cognition', by H. Japyassú and K. Lala   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, which is made possible by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Indiana University. The show is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd. Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala. Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. s For updates about the show, visit our website or follow us on Twitter (@ManyMindsPod) or Bluesky (@manymindspod.bsky.social).

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In March of 2024, a park ranger and volunteer were taking their regular walk together around Big Bend National Park. They came across a teeny tiny fuzzy little plant with unusual ribbon-like flowers bursting out of the center – something neither of them had ever seen before. As it turned out, they had stumbled on a rare scientific discovery. Learn more about the woolly devil, and check out iNaturalist. For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itineraries, check out the Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to the National Parks.

Why would a spider have a frog best friend? Why do they love your shower? Does lemon repel them? Should you rehome them outside? Why so hairy? How do you identify the harmless ones? Which ones get kinky? Hey. This will be fun. If you're afraid of spiders, this is the best first step to conquering that fear forever. If you love spiders, you're in good company with Dr. Marshal Hedin, a San Diego State University professor who has dedicated his life to the diverse array of araneids. Also: why they need and deserve your love. Visit the Hedin Lab at SDSU and follow Dr. Hedin on Bluesky, iNaturalist, and Google ScholarA donation went to the San Diego State University Biodiversity MuseumMore episode sources and linksSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesOther episodes you may enjoy: Kinetic Salticidology (DANCING SPIDERS), Spidroinology (SPIDERWEBS), Fearology (FEAR), Herpetology (REPTILES), Culicidology (MOSQUITOES), Speleology (CAVES), Aperiology (MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY), Scorpiology (SCORPIONS), Entomology (INSECTS), Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES)Sponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn