As indigenous languages die out, will we lose knowledge about plants?
There are more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth, but by the end of the century, 30% of these...
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Podcasts de Conservation
Killing the Skydancer: episode one, Susie’s Chicks
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, Guardian biodiversity reporter...
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Killing the Skydancer: episode 2, The Perfect Crime
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, Guardian biodiversity reporter...
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Revisited: Otters, badgers and orcas – can the pandemic help rewild Britain? Podcast
Sound recordist Chris Watson shares the birdsong from his English garden, while environmentalist...
Should we determine species through DNA? (part two)
In part two of The Age of Extinction takeover of Science Weekly, Patrick Greenfield and Phoebe...
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Why has the African elephant been split into two species?
Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the African...
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The elephant vanishes: how a circus family went on the run – podcast
Dumba has spent her life performing in circuses around Europe, but in recent years animal rights...
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Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight
When a US businessman took over a beloved garden a decade ago, he decided on a radical new...
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Best of 2023 … so far: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight
Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case...
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‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling...
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From the archive: How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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The insect crisis: where did all the bugs go?
What does the drastic decline in insect populations mean for our lives? The Guardian’s Oliver...
Professor Andrew Balmford: Nature's glass: half-full or half-empty?
The world’s governments failed to meet their pledge of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by...
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Soundscape ecology with Bernie Krause – Science Weekly podcast
Do you know what noise a hungry sea anemone makes? Soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause does. Armed...
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Tricky taxonomy: the problems with naming new species – Science Weekly podcast
Species are hard to define, as they don’t fit neatly into the categories that science wants to...
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Conservation: there will (not) be blood - Science Weekly podcast
Invasive species have been blamed for wiping out native populations. Conservationists face a hard...
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What can the evolutionary history of turtles tell us about their future?
Turtles have been around for more than 200m years, and can be found almost everywhere on the...
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Professor Andrew Balmford: Nature's glass: half-full or half-empty?
The world’s governments failed to meet their pledge of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by...
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Modelling for decision-making: simulating the building environment
This talk summarises the outcomes of the Building Environment Simulation (BES) project and...
#12 Margaret Cooke - Sustainable buildings that work for everyone
#12 Margaret Cooke - Sustainable buildings that work for everyone
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