Inside Biodiversity

How Are the Birds Doing?

In this episode, macroecologist Damaris Zurell and host Volker Hahn look at what the data tell us about bird change worldwide. While bird numbers (abundance) have decline

What Does the New Living Planet Index Tell Us?

In this episode, podcast host Volker Hahn talks to Louise McRae about the new Living Planet Index (LPI) featured in WWF’s new Living Planet Report, published on 8 October

How Are the Reptiles Doing?

In this episode, host Volker Hahn speaks with macroecologist Shai Meiri about the state of reptiles worldwide. Which reptile groups are most threatened? Why do we know so

How Can We Make Sense of the Biodiversity Conservation Paradox?

Is biodiversity always declining? Or is the story more complicated? In this special review episode, host Volker Hahn revisits highlights from previous episodes to explore

How Are the Plants Doing?

In this episode, plant ecologists Ute Jandt and Helge Bruelheide explain why a greener planet isn’t necessarily a more diverse one. They discuss global greening, the rise

How Are the Mammals Doing?

In this episode, Volker Hahn talks to Carlo Rondinini, Professor of Zoology at Sapienza University of Rome, about wolves, beavers, otters, hedgehogs, jackals, and the glo

What Can Social Media Tell Us About Insect Trends?

Why are insects declining — and what can social media teach us about biodiversity? Entomologist Dr Shawan Chowdhury talks with host Volker Hahn about his research on inse

How Are the Insects Doing?

Are insect numbers really declining — and if so, why? In this episode, entomologist Roel van Klink explains what long-term data reveal about global and local insect trend

Why Are Conflicts Over Nature Escalating?

How can conservation succeed in a polarised society? This episode features Taylor Dotson, a Science and Technology Studies scholar and an associate professor at New Mexic

Is the Planetary Boundaries Concept Useful for Communication?

In this episode, Professor Katrin Böhning-Gaese, scientific director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, and podcast host Dr. Volker Hahn discuss th

How Does Climate Change Reshape Conservation Policy?

In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, Volker Hahn speaks with iDiv's sabbatical guest Miguel Bastos Araújo (Spanish Research Council at the National Museum of Natural S

Can Biospheric Tipping Points Scale up to Planetary Boundaries?

In this episode, Prof. Marten Scheffer from Wageningen University & Research explains critical transitions and tipping points, from shallow lakes and coral reefs to tropi

Can We Detect Tipping Points in the Biosphere?

Are there tipping points in ecosystems — and if so, can we detect them before the system tips? In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, host Volker Hahn talks with Helmut

How Detrimental Are Non-Native Species?

Not every species introduced by humans becomes a problem – but some do, especially on islands. In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, invasion biologist Marten Winter (i

Can We Go Back to Eden?

What should we really aim for in nature conservation—and who gets to decide? In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, science writer Emma Marris challenges long-held ideas

How Has Biodiversity Changed Over Millions of Years?

Why has biodiversity decreased over the past 20 million years? Why did large mammals, such as giant sloths, tapirs, and mammoths, go extinct at the end of the last ice ag

How Concerning Is Biodiversity Change?

While some biodiversity change trends are deeply worrying, such as the decline of common bird species in North America, others offer hope, such as the recovery of rare bi

Is Biodiversity Loss Always Bad?

Is biodiversity loss always bad? What if cutting down an old-growth forest actually increases the number of species? According to biodiversity researcher Jonathan Chase,

How Much Are Humans Changing Biodiversity?

In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, we talk to Andrew Gonzalez about how biodiversity is changing – and how humans are driving this process. Gonzalez discusses shifts

Is Biodiversity Declining Everywhere?

In this episode of Inside Biodiversity, we look at one of the most controversial questions in biodiversity research: How ubiquitous is biodiversity loss? Our guest, Maria