The WildLife with Laurel Neme

By Laurel Neme

What's The WildLife with Laurel Neme about?

A program that probes the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists and other wildlife investigators. Go to www.laurelneme.com/wildliferadio for complete archives.

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The WildLife with Laurel Neme episodes:

03.09.2016
The WildLife: Pangolin Rescue with Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Thai Van Nguyen and Gillian Fuller
Go behind the scenes of a pangolin rescue with Thai Van Nguyen, founder and executive director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, and Gillian Foster, the organization's Communications Advisor. Save Vietnam's Wildlife is the first Vietnamese NGO dedicated to saving pangolins. Pangolins...
03.09.2016
The WildLife: Pangolin Rescue with Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Thai Van Nguyen and Gillian Fuller
Go behind the scenes of a pangolin rescue with Thai Van Nguyen, founder and executive director of Save Vietnam's Wildlife, and Gillian Foster, the organization's Communications Advisor. Save Vietnam's Wildlife is the first Vietnamese NGO dedicated to saving pangolins. Pangolins...
02.01.2015
The WildLife: From bats to humans - echolocation for the blind, Carol Foster
While researching bats for one of her films, documentary filmmaker Carol Foster learned that humans were also doing what bats could do, namely using echolocation to see.That set her off on a project to help the blind in Belize learn this amazing skill. She’s...
01.31.2015
The WildLife: From bats to humans - echolocation for the blind, Carol Foster
While researching bats for one of her films, documentary filmmaker Carol Foster learned that humans were also doing what bats could do, namely using echolocation to see.That set her off on a project to help the blind in Belize learn this amazing skill. She’s...
09.15.2014
The WildLife: Madison Vorva, Girl Scout and Teen Activist for Orangutans
In 2007 fellow Girl Scouts Madison Vorva and her friend Rhiannon Tomtishen embarked on a campaign to save the orangutan by targeting unsustainable palm oil production and the many products that use it, including Girl Scout cookies. Both young women...
08.25.2014
The WildLife: Rhiannon Tomtishen, Girl Scout and Teen Activist for sustainable palm oil
Since she was in 6th grade, Rhiannon Tomtishen has been passionate about orangutans. As a Girl Scout, that passion led her to fight for deforestation-free palm oil together with her friend Madison Vorva. The story of these two girls inspires...
01.28.2014
The WildLife: Kevin Bewick, Anti-Poaching Intelligence Group of Southern Africa (APIGSA)
Kevin Bewick, head of the Anti-Poaching Intelligence Group of Southern Africa (APIGSA), provides his perspective on the fight against wildlife crime. His group undertakes investigations and focuses on intelligence gathering and research into wildlife poaching and trafficking.wildlife poaching research, intelligence...
04.18.2013
The WildLife: CITES CoP16 Outcomes, CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon
John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), provides his perspective on the major outcomes of CITES 16th Conference of Parties, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 3-14, 2013....
03.22.2013
The WildLife: Polar Bears, Global Warming and CITES Decision, Steven Amstrup
Dr. Steven Amstrup has been studying polar bears and their habitat since 1980, and much of what we know about them, and even how scientists study them, comes from his work. For instance, he was the first person...
02.24.2013
The WildLife: CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon
John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), reflects on the 40th anniversary of CITES, provides an overview of what to look for at the 16th Conference of Parties, and discusses species-specific issues, with an...
02.21.2013
The WildLife: A Lifetime with Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Iain Douglas-Hamilton reflects on a lifetime studying elephants and discusses the current surge in ivory poaching. At age 23, Iain Douglas-Hamilton pioneered the first in-depth scientific study of elephant social behavior in Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park. During the 1970s he...
02.18.2013
The WildLife: Celia's Campaign Against the Elephant Ivory Trade, Celia Ho
Fourteen-year-old Celia Ho from Hong Kong recently launched a campaign to stop the ivory trade after becoming inspired by Bryan Christy’s “Blood Ivory” article in National Geographic magazine. Her young voice represents a new hope for elephants that...
02.18.2013
The WildLife: Celia’s Campaign Against the Elephant Ivory Trade, Celia Ho
Fourteen-year-old Celia Ho from Hong Kong recently launched a campaign to stop the ivory trade after becoming inspired by Bryan Christy’s “Blood Ivory” article in National Geographic magazine. Her young voice represents a new hope for elephants that...
01.29.2013
The WildLife: Carbofuran impacts and forensic considerations, Ngaio Richards
Carbofuran was developed in the 1960s to replace more persistent pesticides such as DDT. Since then it has repeatedly been implicated in the mass mortality of nontarget wildlife, especially avian species. Conservationists worldwide have sought to regulate or ban the...
01.23.2013
The WildLife: The Rhino DNA Index System and it's Role in Anti-Poaching Efforts, Cindy Harper
The Rhino DNA Index System (RhODIS) is a secure database containing DNA profile data of individual rhinoceros. The extraction method has been optimized and is now used to individually identify rhinoceros horns from stockpiles and to link recovered horns to...
01.23.2013
The WildLife: The Rhino DNA Index System and it’s Role in Anti-Poaching Efforts, Cindy Harper
The Rhino DNA Index System (RhODIS) is a secure database containing DNA profile data of individual rhinoceros. The extraction method has been optimized and is now used to individually identify rhinoceros horns from stockpiles and to link recovered horns to...
10.03.2011
The WildLife: Nature Walks and Backyard Wildlife, Mark Fraser
Naturalist Mark Fraser shares his enthusiasm for wildlife and reveals simple things you can do to help wildlife in your own backyard. He takes "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme on a "virtual tour" of New England forests to meet local...
09.26.2011
The WildLife: Detection Dogs and Wildlife Conservation, Megan Parker
Megan Parker, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, reveals the secrets of using detection dogs for wildlife conservation. She tells "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme how she trains dogs to detect animals, plants and their...
09.19.2011
The WildLife: Wildlife documentaries, Carol Foster
Wildlife filmmaker Carol Foster reveals her secrets for filming wildlife in a manner that captures natural actions in a manner that does not disturb the animals. She tells "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme, about the special jungle studio that she...
09.11.2011
The WildLife: Nature Iraq, Anna Bachmann and Hana Ahmed Raza
Anna Bachmann, Director of Conservation for Nature Iraq, and Hana Ahmed Raza, their mammal specialist, discuss wildlife and nature in Iraq. They tell "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme, how, after 35 years of wars and sanctions, Iraq's environment is in...
09.05.2011
The WildLife: New Frog Species Discovery in Ecuador, Alejandro Arteaga
Alejandro Arteaga, a 19-year-old university student, talks about his discovery of a new frog species living in Ecuador’s Andean highlands, the Bamboo Rain-Peeper (Pristimantis bambu). He tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how he and his colleagues traipsed through the...
08.29.2011
The WildLife: The Secret Life of Seahorses, Helen Scales
Helen Scales, author of Poseidon’s Steed: The Story of Seahorses from Myth to Reality, reveals the unusual anatomy and strange sex lives of seahorses. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme that seahorses live mysterious lives, tucked away out of...
08.22.2011
The WildLife: Primate Smuggling and Tarantula Trade, David Kirkby
David Kirkby, veteran U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Special Agent, talks about wildlife law enforcement. He tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme about two of his most prominent cases: smuggling of primates for research institutions; and Operation Arachnid, an...
08.15.2011
The WildLife: Commercial Porcupine Farming in Vietnam, Emma Brooks
IUCN program officer Emma Brooks discusses illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam and her research on how commercial farming of a traded species, like porcupines, affects both the species and the trade. She tells “The WildLife” host Laurel Neme how most...

What's The WildLife with Laurel Neme about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The WildLife with Laurel Neme episodes:

The WildLife: Pangolin Rescue with Save Vietnam's Wildlife, Thai Van Nguyen and Gillian Fuller

The WildLife: Pangolin Rescue with Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Thai Van Nguyen and Gillian Fuller

The WildLife: From bats to humans - echolocation for the blind, Carol Foster

The WildLife: From bats to humans - echolocation for the blind, Carol Foster

The WildLife: Madison Vorva, Girl Scout and Teen Activist for Orangutans

The WildLife: Rhiannon Tomtishen, Girl Scout and Teen Activist for sustainable palm oil

The WildLife: Kevin Bewick, Anti-Poaching Intelligence Group of Southern Africa (APIGSA)

The WildLife: CITES CoP16 Outcomes, CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon

The WildLife: Polar Bears, Global Warming and CITES Decision, Steven Amstrup

The WildLife: CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon

The WildLife: A Lifetime with Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton

The WildLife: Celia's Campaign Against the Elephant Ivory Trade, Celia Ho

The WildLife: Celia’s Campaign Against the Elephant Ivory Trade, Celia Ho

The WildLife: Carbofuran impacts and forensic considerations, Ngaio Richards

The WildLife: The Rhino DNA Index System and it's Role in Anti-Poaching Efforts, Cindy Harper

The WildLife: The Rhino DNA Index System and it’s Role in Anti-Poaching Efforts, Cindy Harper

The WildLife: Nature Walks and Backyard Wildlife, Mark Fraser

The WildLife: Detection Dogs and Wildlife Conservation, Megan Parker

The WildLife: Wildlife documentaries, Carol Foster

The WildLife: Nature Iraq, Anna Bachmann and Hana Ahmed Raza

The WildLife: New Frog Species Discovery in Ecuador, Alejandro Arteaga

The WildLife: The Secret Life of Seahorses, Helen Scales

The WildLife: Primate Smuggling and Tarantula Trade, David Kirkby

The WildLife: Commercial Porcupine Farming in Vietnam, Emma Brooks