The Natural Selection

In the second half of this double episode, Emily and Jimmy speak all things Seaspiracy with Dr. Bryce Stewart, a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, and surface for some much needed ocean optimism and hope for our future.

In the first half of this double episode, Emily and Jimmy talk with Dr. Bryce Stewart, a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, about the impact of Brexit on our UK fishing industry.

9Trees is a conservation project which fights climate change and improves biodiversity by planting 9 trees for each subscriber each year to balance their carbon footprint.

This week on the Natural Selection Podcast, Ellie and Daihan sit down with Ash Kent and Michael Cunningham, the founder of 9Trees, to talk about how planting trees can help to reach carbon neutrality and enhance biodiversity. We hope you enjoy listening!

Caroline and Amelia talk to PhD student Claire Collins about the importance of taking a multidisciplinary approach to shark management. In this episode, we discuss Claires recently published paper, which explores human perceptions and compliance towards the 2012 Thresher shark blanket ban in Sir Lanka. She highlights the importance of working with fishers and local collaborators when making management decisions and fills us with hope for the future of shark conservation. Help us prolong the heyday for sharks by tuning in and sharing this episode!

SafetyNet Technologies are a team of engineers and business planners collaborating with scientists to turn their theories into usable devices, such as LED systems, with the aim of making fishermen's lives easier and commercial fishing more sustainable.

This week on the Natural Selection Podcast, Francesca and Rob sit down with Dan Watson, the Co-Founder and CEO of SNTech and Tom Rossiter, the Sales Lead at SNTech. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed the conversation!

Rob talks to Sophie Pavelle about the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver to the UK. We discuss the story of beavers in Britain so far, how important collaboration is to reintroductions and why it’s important to recognise both the positive and negative changes that come along with beaver reintroductions. Tune in, enjoy and join the beaver believers!

Emily talk with Josh Styles, a highly distinguished Botanist, science communicator, and champion for some the UK’s most threatened plants and habitats. Josh talks about our severely threatened peatlands, their importance, and how they are being restored.

Listen now to find out how “we can make peatbogs sexy”!

We challenge you not to fall in love with peatlands by the end!

The Natural Selection Podcast is brought to you by students at

The University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation.

In this episode, we talk to Ian Cleasby about research methods used to estimate the flight heights of gannets around Bass Rock and discusses results which suggest there may be conflict between gannets and potential windfarms in the future.

Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth is home to around 70,000 breeding northern gannets and is the world's largest gannet colony.

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This podcast was produced by Rebekah Butler @rebekahbutler, Elizabeth Daly @_LizzieDaly, Sarah Ball @sarahb_012 and Charlotte Stewart @charxstewart