Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 035 Elle chats with Dr. Michelle Taylor about her work as Director of Marine Biology at Essex University in the United Kingdom and President of the Deep-Sea Biology Society. She discusses her journey into marine biology, and where around the world her research and exploration has taken her. She shares details about her research in deep-sea corals deep-sea ecosystems, what drives their biodiversity and how we can limit human impacts in vulnerable habitats such as coral reefs.

Dr. Michelle Taylor socials

https://twitter.com/Dr_MTaylor

https://taylorlab.science/

https://www.instagram.com/dr_mtaylor/

Dr. Michelle Taylor's research

https://taylorlab.science/publications/

https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/taylo51908/michelle-taylor

Reef Doctor Madagascar

https://www.reefdoctor.org/

DSBOC

https://dsbsoc.org/

Resources

https://dsbsoc.org/deep-sea-resources/

International Seabed Authority

https://www.isa.org.jm/

Nautilus Camera

https://nautiluslive.org/

E.O Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson

Additional links/videos

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=10155175070021819

https://www.facebook.com/uniofessex/videos/10155162616986819/

Shackleton's Discovery

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ernest-shackleton-ship-discovery-antarctic-explorer-history-180979702/

Greenland Shark Discovery

https://www.livescience.com/rare-greenland-shark-uk-stranding

Elle Kaye socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.twitter.com/ellektaxidermy

Podcast socials

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/ellektaxidermy

www.patreon.com/specimenspod

www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration

Music

Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com

Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye