BioScience Talks

By American Institute of Biological Sciences

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Episodes: 153

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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.

Episode Date
One Health (and more) with DeeAnn Reeder
Mar 27, 2024
Spy Satellites for Ecology, with Catalina Munteanu and Volker Radeloff
Mar 08, 2024
Pollinator Roadside Habitat, with Thomas Meinzen, Diane Debinski, and Laura Burkle
Feb 15, 2024
Shipwreck Ecology, with Avery Paxton, Chris Taylor, and Melanie Damour
Jan 10, 2024
The Global Women in Herpetology Project (and Book), with Sinlan Poo
Jan 03, 2024
The Re-Envisioning Culture Network, with Simone Soso
Dec 15, 2023
Rewilding Governance, with Jeremy Bruskotter and John Vucetich
Dec 01, 2023
READI-Net, with Adam Sepulveda
Oct 27, 2023
Organization of Biological Field Stations
Oct 19, 2023
On Site at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Sep 28, 2023
Wolf Recovery and Its Challenges, with David Mech and David Ausband
Sep 06, 2023
A Dispatch from the AIBS Congressional Visits Day
Aug 11, 2023
The Past, Present, and Future of Water, with Peter Gleick
Jul 31, 2023
50 Years of SACNAS, with Executive Director Juan Amador
Jul 25, 2023
Under the Weather with John Van Stan: Scientists Should Spend More Time in the Rain
Jun 14, 2023
Talking Science, Policy, and Congressional Visits with the Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award Winners
Jun 08, 2023
Food Security in High Mountains of Central Asia, with Roy Sidle
May 12, 2023
Nature's Chefs, with Robert Dunn and Pia Sörensen
May 01, 2023
Evolution in the City: Urban Wildlife Coloration with Samantha Kreling
Apr 19, 2023
Richard Hill Discusses "Living Naked in the Cold"
Apr 12, 2023
Urban Green Spaces with Brenda Lin and Erik Andersson
Mar 30, 2023
Roberto Efraín Díaz
Mar 23, 2023
Neoclassical Economics from a Biologist's Perspective: Charles A. S. Hall
Mar 17, 2023
In Their Own Words: Osvaldo Sala
Mar 09, 2023
Leopold's Preserve: Protecting Nature in a Fast-Growing Region
Dec 01, 2022
Textiles that Pollute: Microfibers in the Environment
Nov 22, 2022
The Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Directorate at NSF
Oct 26, 2022
Communicating Disease Spillover Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oct 17, 2022
The Plan to "Rewild" the American West
Sep 30, 2022
40 years of Ecological Research, the Effects of Climate Change
Sep 19, 2022
Mass Extinction, Mayan Temples, and the Origins of Modern Reef Fish
Jul 27, 2022
In Their Own Words: Daniel Simberloff
Jul 13, 2022
Public Health and Analogies in the COVID-19 Era
Jul 06, 2022
Transformative Change to Protect Biodiversity, Climate
Jun 29, 2022
Social Justice and Conservation Education
Jun 17, 2022
Learning What Our Ancestors Ate with Stable Isotope Analysis of Amino Acids
Jun 09, 2022
Dams and Their Evolutionary Consequences
May 11, 2022
Drought Response and the Decline of Eastern Oaks
Apr 19, 2022
Public Engagement Benefits Scientists
Feb 23, 2022
Minority-Serving Institutions and Grant Review Representation
Feb 10, 2022
Resist–Accept–Direct, a Paradigm for Management
Jan 06, 2022
In Their Own Words: Thomas Lovejoy III (Republication)
Dec 30, 2021
Coral Reefs: Insults and Prospects
Dec 16, 2021
Biodiversity Collections Enable Foundational and Data Skills
Dec 08, 2021
Disease Transmission: The Case of Sarcoptes Scabiei
Nov 17, 2021
Values and Water Security in a Dry Era
Oct 27, 2021
Empowering Communities through Local Monitoring
Oct 13, 2021
In Their Own Words: Nalini Nadkarni
Aug 31, 2021
The Climate Emergency in a COVID Year
Aug 25, 2021
Blackologists and the Promise of Inclusive Sustainability
Jul 12, 2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Viral Evolution, Vaccines, and Variants
Jun 24, 2021
Environmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2
May 27, 2021
In Their Own Words: John E. Burris
Apr 14, 2021
Urban Ecology, Segregation, and the Work of the Baltimore Field Station
Apr 08, 2021
Using Citations to Find Scientific Communities
Mar 17, 2021
In Their Own Words: Thomas Lovejoy
Feb 15, 2021
Indigenous Systems of Management for Healthier Fisheries
Feb 10, 2021
SlothBot: Engaging the Public with Robot Ecology
Jan 27, 2021
In Their Own Words: Peter Raven
Jan 08, 2021
In Their Own Words: Alan Covich
Dec 21, 2020
Virtual Meetings in the Pandemic Era: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
Dec 16, 2020
Science Leaders Issue Clarion Call for Evidence-Based Policy
Dec 08, 2020
Trump Administration Delists Gray Wolves: Response from the Experts
Nov 11, 2020
In Their Own Words: Paul Ehrlich
Oct 28, 2020
In Their Own Words: Marvalee Wake
Oct 16, 2020
Often Understudied, Fences Pose Ecological Threats
Oct 14, 2020
In Their Own Words: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Sep 18, 2020
Measuring Metabolism: How Much Food Does a Bear Need?
Sep 09, 2020
In Their Own Words: Gene E. Likens
Aug 17, 2020
21st Century Natural History Collections
Aug 12, 2020
Hot Days and Tree Transpiration
Jul 28, 2020
In Their Own Words: Douglas Futuyma
Jul 08, 2020
Leveraging Biodiversity Science Infrastructure in the COVID-19 Era
Jun 23, 2020
Using Metacommunities for Better Biological Assessments
Jun 09, 2020
In Their Own Words: Judith Weis
May 29, 2020
In Their Own Words: Gregory Anderson
May 18, 2020
Lessons from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study
May 13, 2020
Addressing COVID-19 Supply Shortages with 3D Printing
May 08, 2020
Race and STEM Diversity
Apr 27, 2020
Impact Series: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing, Next Steps, and the Role of Small Business
Apr 13, 2020
In Their Own Words: Joel Cracraft
Apr 08, 2020
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research 2019 Annual Meeting (Denver)
Mar 31, 2020
The Ecological Context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Mar 24, 2020
In Their Own Words: Susan Stafford
Mar 11, 2020
Fireflies Face Global Threats
Feb 24, 2020
In Their Own Words: Diana Wall
Feb 12, 2020
Impact Series: Tympanogen, Gels, and Helping Children Heal
Jan 30, 2020
Room for Complexity? The Many Players in the Coffee Agroecosystem
Jan 22, 2020
Better Science through Peer Review
Jan 08, 2020
In Their Own Words: Kent Holsinger
Dec 31, 2019
In Their Own Words: Rita Colwell
Dec 11, 2019
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting Report
Dec 06, 2019
Impact Series: Solving Medical Mysteries with Aperiomics
Nov 13, 2019
Threshold-Dependent Gene Drives in Wild Populations
Oct 08, 2019
Bridging the Gap between Behavioral Science and Animal Ethics
Sep 11, 2019
Readying the National Park Service for Change
Aug 14, 2019
Better Governance for Better Resource Management
Aug 06, 2019
Advancing Opportunities for Convergence at NSF BIO
Jul 10, 2019
The Makings of an Invasion: The Slender False Brome
Jun 12, 2019
Building a Better Understanding of "Resilience"
May 28, 2019
ASGSR Annual Meeting - Maryland
May 08, 2019
Biodiversity and the Extended Specimen Network
Apr 10, 2019
Inequality and the Human Right to Food
Mar 13, 2019
Half-Earth Preservation with Natura 2000
Feb 13, 2019
Chromatin Looping: Seeing DNA in 3D
Jan 09, 2019
Saving Species with Better Monitoring
Dec 12, 2018
Using the Plant Microbiome to Restore Native Grasslands
Nov 14, 2018
Tracking Aedes aegypti across the Ages
Oct 31, 2018
Scientists Warn that Proposed US–Mexico Border Wall Threatens Biodiversity, Conservation
Oct 10, 2018
Big Data is Synergized by Team and Open Science
Sep 12, 2018
Synbio Ethics: What the Researchers Think
Aug 03, 2018
Undergraduate Research Makes for Better Science
Jul 11, 2018
Bonus Episode: Disease-Carrying Ticks and How to Avoid Them
Jun 13, 2018
Bridging the Gaps in Global Conservation
May 09, 2018
One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Chains Link Health, Development, and Conservation
Apr 11, 2018
ASGSR Annual Meeting
Mar 14, 2018
Urban Mind: Measuring the Benefits of Nature in Real Time
Feb 14, 2018
Specimen Collection, Populations, and Biodiversity Science
Jan 10, 2018
A Waterway Bounces Back following the Passage of the Clean Water Act
Nov 08, 2017
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Wildlife Trade Management
Oct 11, 2017
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Urban Green Spaces
Sep 13, 2017
Damming and Its Effects on Fish
Aug 09, 2017
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2017 Annual Meeting
Jul 26, 2017
Low Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay
Jul 12, 2017
Understanding River Thermal Landscapes
Jun 14, 2017
Conservation Endocrinology in a Changing World
May 10, 2017
Episode #23: The Redomestication of Wolves
Apr 11, 2017
Episode 22: Nature's Mental Health Benefits
Mar 08, 2017
Episode 21: Bright Spots of Resilience to Climate Disturbance
Feb 08, 2017
Episode #20: Eucalypts Spotlight Biosecurity Failures
Jan 11, 2017
Episode #19: Microbial Biodiversity in the Environment Can Alter Human Health
Dec 14, 2016
Episode #18: Reservoirs Are a Major Source of Greenhouse Gases
Nov 09, 2016
Episode #17: Big Data and Good Science
Oct 13, 2016
Bonus Episode: Bear Behavior and the Recent Montana Grizzly Mauling
Oct 05, 2016
Episode #16: Hardened Shorelines Are a Threat to Ecosystems
Sep 14, 2016
Episode #15 - Marine Citizen Science: Room for Growth
Aug 10, 2016
Episode 14: Hydroelectric Dams Kill Insects, Wreak Havoc with Food Webs
Jul 13, 2016
Gene Drive Technology: Where is the Future? (Bonus Episode)
Jun 29, 2016
Episode #13: Landscape Ecology and its Role in Policymaking
Jun 08, 2016
Episode #12: Current Methods Cannot Predict Damage to Coral Reefs
May 11, 2016
Episode #11: How to Save Aggregate-Spawning Fish
Apr 13, 2016
Episode #10: Nitrogen's Threat to Biodiversity
Mar 09, 2016
Episode #9: Plague-Afflicted Prairie Dogs and Modeling Animal-Borne Disease
Feb 10, 2016
Episode #8: Preventing Midwest Grain Failures
Jan 13, 2016
Episode #7: Contact with Nature May Mean More Social Cohesion, Less Crime
Jan 12, 2016
Bonus Episode: Complex Data Integration
Nov 25, 2015
Episode #6: A Successful Intervention Boosts the Gender Diversity of STEM Faculty
Nov 11, 2015
Episode #5: When Tree Planting Hurts Ecosystems
Oct 14, 2015
Episode #4: Fire in the Amazon
Sep 09, 2015
Episode #3: Extracellular Vesicles Everywhere
Aug 12, 2015
Episode #2: Transgenic Fish on the Loose?
Jul 08, 2015
BioScience Talks Episode #1: Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Jun 10, 2015
Preview of BioScience Talks Episode 1
May 28, 2015