Wild Behavior

The man who stares at goats - GOATS with Christian Nawroth

Here's your intro to goat behaviour. What do goats understand about human behaviour? Goats vs sheep. The weirdness of goat eyes. How to make goats happy. How to avoi

Tales from the jungle - COCKATOOS with Mark O'Hara & Berenika Mioduszewska

Studying animals in the wild comes with challenges. You have to find the animals and build a research "villa" before you even start the science.  Mark O'Hara & Bere

How to train your alligator - ALLIGATORS with Stephan Reber

Professional alligator wrangler and IG Nobel prize winning scientist Stephan Reber joins us to tell us all about alligators. What’s the difference between alligators and

Paws and claws - WOLVES & DOGS with Sarah Marshall-Pescini

What's the difference between wolves and dogs? How did we create the noble pug? Let's enter the world of domestication with Dr Sarah Marshall-Pescini.  More ab

Calls of the wild - BIOACOUSTICS with Maxime Garcia

How do animals produce sound? How important is size? How to they adapt their sounds for their environment? How do they interpret the sounds they hear? Welcome to the worl

Gentle Giants - ELEPHANTS with Josh Plotnik

We've got elephants! In this episode with Dr Josh Plotnik we cover the cultural history of elephants in Thailand and ethical tourism. How to study an animal with a

Shifting the spotlight - MEGAN & RACHEL

It's time to put ourselves in the hot seat and introduce you to your Wild Behavior hosts.  Rachel and Megan interview each other about their scientific journeys. We

Mind reading - GREAT APES with Chris Krupenye

We covered some important questions with Dr Chris Krupenye, a leading figure in ape-hollywood as well as actual science. Can apes read minds? What skills are actually nee

Feathered toolmakers - NEW CALEDONIAN CROWS with Sarah Jelbert

Did you know some crows can make tools? But do the crows really understand what they're doing or do they just get lucky? In this episode of the Wild Behavior podcas

Below the surface - DOLPHINS with Stephanie King

How do you study an animal that lives in a totally different world?  In this first episode of the Wild Behavior podcast Dr Stephanie King tells us all about the incredib

Wild Behavior Teaser

Coming soon! Wild behavior - a journey into the world of animal behavior research.  We'll take you from amazing scientific discoveries to a behind the scenes peak in