Ep. 31 – Zak Smith on ending the international wildlife trade

Ep. 31 – Zak Smith on ending the international wildlife trade

Author: Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School April 27, 2020 Duration: 54:29
The repercussions of the international wildlife trade, which is a primary driver of our planet’s biodiversity crisis, have recently hit close to home. With the society-altering impacts of Covid-19, which scientists think originated in wild animals, and the cultural storm around the Netflix hit “Tiger King,” the true cost of the wildlife trade and the …

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Duration: 1:02:06
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Duration: 1:03:33
From tiny cowries to giant clams, seashells have gripped human imaginations since time immemorial. In her magnificent new book, The Sound of the Sea, journalist Cynthia Barnett tells the epic history of humanity’s intera…
Ep. 42 – Edie Widder on the ocean’s spectacular light [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:32
Most of us land-lubbers assume that light-making among ocean creatures is an exotic and rare phenomenon. But that’s wrong. The majority of animals in the ocean, which means the majority of animals on the planet, are capa…