The Naturalist Podcast

The Naturalist Podcast Season 2 Episode 36: Earth through Molly’s lens.

Anthony talks to the talented Molly Ferrill about her life in wildlife conservation, videography, and travel. If you’d like to folly Molly’s adventures you can find her

The Naturalist Podcast Season 2 Episode 35: Flowers and Gates at the Edge of the World with the Cryptonaturalist

Sea meets the Cryptonaturalist, aka Jarod K. Anderson in the spring age of Forsythia. Conversation runs wide and deep. Anthony keeps it all together and with at least a f

The Naturalists Episode 34: Conserving Southeastern Peru with Chris Ketola

Sea and Anthony have a chance to talk with Chris Ketola, who runs biodiversity programs for the not-for-profit “Fauna Forever” (http://Faunaforever.org) in Southeastern P

The Naturalists Episode 33: Exploring Southeast Australia with Maggie Galbraith

We have Maggie Galbraith a naturalist from Southeast Australia with Sea and Lev to discuss fall in the Southern Hemisphere, BlackBirdersWeek, and the announcement of our

The Naturalists Episode 32: Spring in the Time of COVID

Sea and Lev have a chance to catch up on a weird and quiet spring in the time of COVID, and try out video for the first time… available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b29Rm

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 31: Going Offshore with Kate Sutherland

“White-faced Black-capped Petrel” photo by Kate Sutherland Mesoplodon europaeus or Gervais’ Beaked Whale, photo by Kate Sutherland Sea gets a chance to talk about Black

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 30: Lev in Ethiopia with Endemics, Many Quelea, and the Pantene Monkeys

In the heat of the summer, Lev shares his adventures from a trip to Ethiopia, a place of extremes of climate and spectacular biodiversity. From the Gelada and Ethiopian W

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 29: Seaside Sparrows, Climate Change, and Reaching Out with Corina Newsome

Sea had a chance to talk with ornithologist and science communicator Corinna Newsome about salt marsh nesting birds, finding routes to natural history as adult, and what

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 28: The Giant Otters of the Amazon with Jess Groenendijk

Sea and Lev have a great conversation with science communicator and nature writer Jess Groenendijk about her recently published “The Giant Otter: Giants of the Amazon” ,

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 27: On Carrie Bow Cay with Lauren, Isaac, and Colin

DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR0136.JPG DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR2102.JPG In this episode Sea gets to talk with Lauren, Isaac, and Colin students from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, The N

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 26: Nature Journaling with Marley Peifer

Lev and Sea had a chance to talk with Marley Peifer, an educator with The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center about nature journaling, cognition, and the roots of our inte

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 25: Awaiting Spring, and thinking about Warmer Weather

Lev and Sea have a chance to catch up and compare notes on spring. Lev talks about winter in the neotropics and the start of his guiding season with Humpback Whales, Ocel

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 24: Caves, Fishprints, and Conservation with Dante Fenolio

Sea and Lev have a chance to talk with Dante Fenolio, Vice President of Conservation and Research at the San Antonio Zoo.  Dante’s passionate approach to conservation tak

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 23: Islands, Continents, and Squirrels with David Hembry

In this episode, Sea and Lev get a chance to talk with David Hembry, an Evolutionary Ecologist who works on island insect-plant mutualisms, and has wandered extensively a

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 22: Rita talks flowers, sharks, and scallops

Lev and Sea have a chance to talk with Rita Steyn, a marine ecologist and science communicator newly in Florida by way of South Africa.  The conversation wanders from the

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 21: Tackling prickly issues with Anthony Porter

Lev and Sea are joined this week by Anthony Porter who is an environmental educator experiencing the first touches of fall in Minnesota.  Talk of kids, bears, wonder and

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 20: In the Pacific Northwest with Brendan McGarry

Our guest this episode is Brendan McGarry, a Naturalist living and working in the upper Skagit River Basin and the Cascade mountains.  We had a great conversation about t

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 19: Summer Dragonflies, Reports from the Flow Edge, and Strong Feelings about Jurassic World

In this summer episode we wonder just how to define the season.  Dragonflies and damselflies prove to have more secret hiding spots in the Great Northern Boglands, as wel

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 17: Arctic Natural History with David Shaw

In this episode we compare the East and West arctic regions of North America with Alaska naturalist, wildlife photographer, and guide, David Shaw.  Dave introduces us to

The Naturalist Podcast Episode 16: Nature Club Adventures

In this episode we get to talk to John Dillon and Janna, who are part of the Minden High School Nature Club in Louisiana.  We talk about what has made for the exceptional