Specimens

In episode 042 Elle chats with Sophie Pavelle, science communicator and author. Sophie finds creative routes to storytelling, putting a contemporary twist on the natural history genre across wide audiences through her compelling science communication and candid approach.

Sophie currently works as Communications Coordinator for Beaver Trust and presented their award-winning documentary Beavers Without Borders. She is also an Ambassador for The Wildlife Trusts, and sits on the RSPB England Advisory Committee. Sophie co-hosts The LodgeCast for Beaver Trust, and has narrated several independent natural history documentaries, as well as narrating her own audiobook for Bloomsbury. She also narrates the long-read articles for the Geographical podcast. Sophie has been a keynote speaker for festivals and conferences, including Kendal Mountain Festival, The Southwest Outdoor Festival, Top of the Gorge Festival, the Festival of Nature, the University of Exeter, University of Bristol and UWE.

Her research into science communication via social media (2020) is peer reviewed, and published in academic journal Frontiers. Her data and related seminars have been presented at institutions including the University of Washington (USA), Brown University (USA) and UWE.

Sophie's writing has appeared in New Scientist, The i Newspaper, National Geographic Traveller, The Guardian, The Metro, BBC Wildlife, BBC Countryfile, Coast and The Scotsman.

She has featured as an expert panelist and contributor on programmes for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as on Channel 4 News, BBC Points West, BBC Spotlight and ITV Westcountry.

Sophie's social links

Website: https://www.sophiepavelle.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiepavs/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiepavs

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Mmjm22GiY

Sophie Pavelle is the author of Forget Me Not: Finding the forgotten species of climate-change Britain, published in paperback by Bloomsbury on 22nd June.

Pre-Order Paperback Forget Me Not!

https://linktr.ee/forgetmenotbook

Audible Version

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Forget-Me-Not-Audiobook/B0B2F62Q2G

Guardian review/Book of the Day: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/24/forget-me-not-sophie-pavelle-review-britain-undersung-species-hares-salmon-climate-crisis

Caught by the River review: https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2022/06/sophie-pavelle-forget-me-not-review/

Geographical review: https://geographical.co.uk/book-reviews/forget-me-not-by-sophie-pavelle

Podcast interviews: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5t2oWcDdlQj7QiEqucvHnG?si=a5e516a555c14eb2

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Nxw2WIjuxQev5CaHI5dZG?si=524aadc483d0477c

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

In episode 041 Elle chats with Celina Chien, intersectional environmentalist and storyteller. She combines her work as an ecologist, photojournalist and artist to harness empathy for change and to advocate for biodversity. Celina contextualises her work within the climate and biodiversity crises, whilst also discussing enviornmental and social issues.

As a photographer, Celina's documentary work has focused on exploring the nuances of environmental topics from palm oil expansion to the zoo debate to the wildlife trade. She also releases her work as fine art pieces, most recently after a successful exhibition in October 2022 in support of leopard conservation with Dolce&Gabbana. This work strives to forge links between the fashion, artistic and conservation worlds with more collaborative releases to follow. In 2021, Celina placed in the prestigious 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition as a highly commended finalist in the photojournalism category. She sits on the judging panel of the same competition hosted by the Natural History Museum of London in 2023.

Celina is a TEDx speaker and serves on the board and council of numerous international NGOs such as Panthera, Rewriting Extinction, Reserva Youth Land Trust, Girls Who Click and more. In 2021, Celina was a highly commended finalist in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and currently sits on its 2023 judging panel. She has a BSc in Biological Sciences and MRes in Tropical Forest Ecology from Imperial College London.

Celina's social links

Website: celinachien.com

Instagram: @celinaxchien

Twitter: @celinaxchien

Panthera Exhibition + Press for 'Leopard Honouring the Muse': A Celina Chien X Dolce&Gabbana Photographic Exhibition

https://panthera.org/leopard-honouring-muse

https://celinachien.sumupstore.com/product/honouring-the-muse-a-visual-companion

Reserva: The Youth Land Trust

https://reservaylt.org/

Girls who Click

https://girlswhoclick.org/

Outside reading + watching on Celina:

'In Conservation with...' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDIx65y0bVc

Wildlife Photographer of the Year - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-nature-through-a-different-lens.html

TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFP5SuaOB0

Women of STEM Interview - https://women-of-stem.medium.com/provoking-conservation-action-with-photography-celina-chien-19a02bd8d1bf

Article in Wild Lens Magazine - https://www.thewildlensmagazine.com/past-issues

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

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 040 Elle chats with Ben Rothery, natural history author and illustrator. He shares his journey of discovery, from growing up in South Africa to opening his art and plant haven 'Hidden Planet' in London. Ben discusses the pitfalls and postives of working across two genres - art and science - and how he copes with Imposter Syndrome.

Ben social links

https://linktr.ee/brillustrations

Videos on Bens work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBbyH4OZnSU&ab_channel=ImageCentreOfficial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqtRJIpq8yY&ab_channel=benrothery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa4qduYIQSk&ab_channel=HyperFocusFilms

John Audubon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon

National Audubon Society

https://www.audubon.org/

Drypoint

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drypoint

Materials

https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/castell-9000

Penguin Roundhouse

https://www.penguin.co.uk/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/136755/ben-rothery

Ladybird Publishing

https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird

John Lewis

https://www.benrotheryillustrator.co.uk/pages/john-lewis-partners

Natural History Museum London

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Hidden Planet Hackney, London

https://www.instagram.com/hiddenplanetshop/?hl=en

Into the red BTO

https://www.bto.org/our-science/publications/bto-books-and-guides/red

WWF

https://www.wwf.org.uk/

Pangolin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

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

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 039 Elle chats with Arachnologist Tea Francis. Tea is a science communicator, Arachnologist and spider advocate. Her work includes working actively with contacts in the field of arachnology and taxonomy - which is her main area of interest. She works with a handful of museums and labs both within the UK & elsewher. In her advocacy she teaches through her Patreon, where she also shares her macro photography and resources for spider care. She is also an illustrator, multimedia artist and taxidermist.

Tea Social Links

https://linktr.ee/Scienteafic

https://twitter.com/tea_francis

https://www.patreon.com/scienteafic

https://www.instagram.com/scienteaficc

ICUN Redlist

https://www.iucnredlist.org/

Tring Museum

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring.html

Anthropomorphism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism

Pelican Spider

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeidae

Poecilotheria Metallica

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecilotheria_metallica

Imposter Syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome

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

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 038 Elle chats with Archaeology Researcher Aoife Sutton. Aoife is a doctoral researcher in archaeology at the University of Bradford. Her work looks at themes surrounding 18-19th century anatomical fluid preserved specimens in Britain - including death, dying and ethics. Aoife runs a blog called Pathological Bodies Project where she writes about many death related topics, including history of medicine, archaeology and bereavement. She has worked on death related projects - including the Dying 2 Talk project and the Continuing Bonds project. Aoife is also a trustee of Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford and has observed work in modern death industry settings.

TW: Death/Dying

Aoife Socials:

https://pathologicalbodiesproject.home.blog/

https://twitter.com/pathbodies

https://www.instagram.com/pathologicalbodiesproject/

Dying to Talk project

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoife-sutton-8249971b7/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://continuingbonds.live/what-is-dying-to-talk/

The Feminine Macabre

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=237726661507630

Aoife features in Vol IIII due out Autumn 2022

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

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 037 Elle chats with self-proclaimed 'nature boy' and half of Flock Together, Nadeem Perera. Nadeem shares when he started paying attention to nature, and how it developed to become the foundation of what he does today. We discuss the ethos of Flock Together, and who this community he has helped built represents.

Nadeem's socials

instagram.com/birdnerdeem

Flock Together

https://www.flocktogether.world/

instagram.com/flocktogether.world

linktr.ee/flocktogether.world

Join FT

https://mailchi.mp/41a0999a5b31/jointheflock

FT Book

amazon.co.uk/flock-together-outsiders-connecting-people/dp/1856754782

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nadeem-Perera/e/B09RN8ZZL7/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk

Press

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/theredbulletin/flock-together-birding

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/31/birdwatching-is-not-just-a-white-thing-flock-together-london

https://www.standard.co.uk/escapist/flock-together-bird-watching-ollie-olanipekun-nadeeem-perera-b1015910.html

https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-birdwatching-group-flock-together-is-bringing-out-a-book-062022

https://inews.co.uk/news/flock-together-twitchers-of-colour-shaking-up-birdwatching-1718471

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

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 036 Elle chats with internationally-recognised visual artist Claire Morgan about her work. Claire speaks about her multi-faceted practice; drawing, the use of taxidermy and 3D sculpture using natural and organic materials. She also shares her approach to these large-scale works, and how she finds patterns and rhythms through the installation of these pieces. Claire speaks about being an artist, Imposters Syndrome, and how working close to nature can reflect thoughts on life and death.

TW: Death/Dying/Taxidermy/Dead Animals

Claire Morgan socials

www.claire-morgan.co.uk

www.instagram.com/clairemorganstudio

www.twitter.com/clairemorganstu

Previous exhibits

https://galerie-karsten-greve.com/en/artists/detail/claire-morgan?tab=start&cHash=7206c8f2b002243a6da6d7a434cb19ea

https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Claire-Morgan/DC6FC94876E4EB50/Exhibitions

Current exhibs

https://dortmunder-u.de/programm/?cat=43

https://www.goodplanet.org/fr/domaine/vivant/

Nick Knight

https://www.instagram.com/nick_knight/

Alexander McQueen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McQueen

Press + features

https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/about-the-art-claire-morgan/

https://claire-morgan.co.uk/press-2/

https://saywho.co.uk/interviews/claire-morgan/

Film + talk

https://claire-morgan.co.uk/films/

https://youtu.be/c_fm9ZVjc-c

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

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

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 034 Elle chats with Dr. Ryan Terrill about his work as an ornithological postdoctoral researcher and the work he does at the Moore Lab of Zoology in California. We discuss the primary focus of his research in molt and character evolution through feather replacement in birds; and the biogeography and natural history of the birds of the New World tropics. Ryan Terrill Socials

https://twitter.com/enicurus

http://www.ryansterrill.com/

https://www.instagram.com/terrilldactyl_

Research

Simultaneous Wing Molt as a Catalyst for the Evolution of Flightlessness in Birds: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/711416

Feather growth rate increases with latitude in four species of widespread resident Neotropical birds: http://www.ryansterrill.com/uploads/1/0/3/7/103769142/auk-17-176_crx.pdf

Threshold models improve estimates of molt parameters in datasets with small sample sizes: https://academic.oup.com/auk/article-abstract/138/3/ukab038/6304580?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Evolution of breeding plumages in birds: A multiple-step pathway to seasonal dichromatism in New World warblers (Aves: Parulidae): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.6606

Moore Lab of Zoology

https://moorelab.oxy.edu/

https://www.instagram.com/mlzbirds/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/oxymlz?lang=en

Birding in California

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/newsletter/2022-05-12/la-tr-best-secret-birding-spot-southern-california-the-wild

Ryan Terrill Profile Oxy

https://moorelab.oxy.edu/person/ryan-terrill

Further Reading

Non-breeding changes in at-sea distribution and abundance of the threatened marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in a portion of its range exhibiting long-term breeding season declines: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35446906/

A Matter of Timing: Can Birds Keep Up With Earlier and Earlier Springs?:

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2022/a-matter-timing-can-birds-keep-earlier-and

Birding Organisations California

https://ca.audubon.org/

https://www.labirders.org/about.html

https://www.instagram.com/fbc.la/

https://www.laaudubon.org/

Elle Kaye socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Podcast socials

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

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

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 033 Elle chats with Dr. Ben Garrod about his work: from primatology and evolutionary biology to broadcasting and lecturing. Ben discusses the objective behind his new children's book series 'Extinct' and how he helps empower children about conservation. Ben discusses what it means to be a scientist and his thoughs on how the subject is intersectional and multi-faceted.

Dr. Ben Garrod Socials

www.twitter.com/ben_garrod

www.instagram.com/ben_garrod

www.bengarrod.co.uk

Dr. Jane Goodall Institute

https://janegoodall.org/

ZSL

https://www.zsl.org/

Royal Vet Collage

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/

Darwins Finches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_finches

University of East Anglia

https://www.uea.ac.uk/

Norfolk Wildlife Trust

https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/home

Youth STEMM Awards

https://ysawards.co.uk/

Ben's Books 'EXTINCT'

https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/extinct

Ben's TEDX Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEzAHZJnp5M

Elle Kaye socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Podcast socials

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

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