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BioScience Talks

by American Institute of Biological Sciences

We hope you enjoy these in-depth discussions of recently published BioScience articles and other science stories. Each episode of our interview series delves into the research behind a highlighted story, giving listeners unique insight into scientists' work.

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Storms and Invasives in the Pacific, with Heather Kerkering and Elliott Parsons

For this episode, we’re joined by Heather Kerkering, the assistant regional administrator for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Cent

Oct 8
46 min

Florida Scrub-Jays at Archbold Biological Station, with Sahas Barve

For this episode, we're joined by Sahas Barve, Director of Avian Ecology at Archbold Biological Station. Today's episode focuses on Archbold's long-term research on the F

Oct 2
31 min

Science Communication, with Thom Sanger

For this episode, we're joined by Dr. Thom Sanger, Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago, in the Department of Biology. He was here to science communication, a

Sep 2
26 min

Type Localities and Topotypes, with Prosanta Chakrabarty and Bruno Soares

For this episode, we're joined by Prosanta Chakrabarty, Director of Louisiana State University's Museum of Natural Science, where he is also the Fish Curator and a profes

Jul 17
33 min

Policy and Public Engagement for Early-Career Scientists, with SNAP

For this episode, we were joined by Anna Rader Groves, Amanda Finn, and Alex Rich from the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy, or SNAP. They were here to discuss thei

Jun 23
39 min

Great Plains Grassland Management, with Jesse Nippert and Chris Helzer

For this episode, we're joined by Jesse Nippert, Professor in Biology at Kansas State University, and Chris Helzer, Director of Science and Stewardship for the Nature Con

May 20
28 min

The Red List Project

For today's episode, we're joined by Luiza F. A. de Paula, Vanessa Handley, Raphael Ocelli, and Peggy Fielder, who are four of the authors of the recent BioScience articl

Mar 24
1 h 04 min

Prairie Strips and Pollinators, with Amy Toth and Matt O'Neal

For this episode, we are joined by Amy Toth, Professor in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University, and Matt O'Neal, a Wallace Chair for Sustai

Feb 18
45 min

Canopy of Titans, with Paul Koberstein

For this episode, we're joined by journalist Paul Koberstein, who was here to discuss his first book, Canopy of Titans, which is about the connection between forests and

Jan 8
28 min

AI and Ecosystem Modeling, with Scott Spillias and Beth Fulton

For this episode, we were joined by Scott Spillias, who is a Research Scientist at CSIRO and affiliated with the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the University of Tasma

Dec 12 2025
45 min

A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan

For this episode, we're joined once again by John Van Stan, a Professor at Cleveland State University, in the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Scie

Nov 7 2025
24 min

BIOFAIR to Solve Key Challenges

For this episode, we were joined by members of the Biodiversity Collections Network, who discussed the NSF-funded BIOFAIR project, the subject of a recent Special Report

Oct 15 2025
41 min

Socioeconomics, Biodiversity, and Birdsong Beats, with Diego Ellis Soto

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Diego Ellis Soto, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and a research scientist at t

Sep 3 2025
42 min

iNaturalist and Biodiversity Research, with Brittany Mason and Corey Callaghan

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by two guests, Brittany Mason, a Data Management Analyst at the University of Florida, and Corey Callaghan, Assistant P

Aug 5 2025
21 min

Science Storytelling, with Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we were joined by Dr. Kristy Ferraro, who is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, and

Jul 16 2025
28 min

Systemic Sexism in Academia, with Olivia del Giorgio, María Piquer-Rodríguez, and Silvia Lomáscolo

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Olivia del Giorgio, at McGill University Department of Geography, in Montreal, Quebec, María Piquer-Rodríguez, at th

Jul 1 2025
29 min

Urban Rewilding, with Patt Finnerty

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Dr. Patt Finnerty, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Global Ecology Lab at the University of Sydney. We discusse

Jun 17 2025
24 min

Drones in Fieldwork, with Thilina Surasinghe, Kunwar Singh, and Amy Frazier

For today's episode, we are joined by Thilina Surasinghe, Professor at Bridgewater State University in the Department of Biological Sciences, Kunwar Singh, Senior Geospat

May 20 2025
29 min

Moving Beyond Crisis and Ecological Grief, with Marco Malavasi

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Marco Malavasi, plant ecologist and cartographer at the University of Sassari, in Italy. We discussed his recent Bio

Apr 18 2025
23 min

Gentoo Penguins in the Falklands, with John Bates, Sushma Reddy, and Rachael Herman

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by John Bates, Curator of Birds at the Field Museum, Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology at the University

Mar 14 2025
50 min

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