(FT Michael McGraw and Matthew Halley) In this episode Billy talks to one of his literary idols, Thomas Palmer, about Palmer’s classic Landscape with Reptile: Rattlesnakes in an Urban World, and to rattler researcher Anne Stengle about the current state of … Continue reading →

Episode 3*: Timbers on a Boston Island

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Billy talked with author Scott Weidensaul about the wonders of bird migration and how urbanite humans can make their city habitats better for avian visitors. Topics include shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, outdoor cats, dogs, urban parks, window collisions, artificial light at … Continue reading →

Urban Life Rafts for Migrating Birds

Tony and Billy talk with one of their urban wildlife heroes, Stan Gehrt, who has been studying Chicago’s coyotes for more than 20 years. Dr. Gehrt has just authored a new book Coyotes Among Us: Secrets of the City’s top … Continue reading →

Urban Coyotes with Stan Gehrt

Tony and Billy talk about one of their favorite critters, the (urban) woodchuck (a.k.a. groundhog, monax, whistle pig, etc.) and its marmot relatives around the globe. Other topics include yellow-bellied and hoary marmots; when iNaturalist makes it look like a … Continue reading →

It’s Always Groundhog Day

Tony and Billy got together ostensibly to talk about urban beavers (Castor canadensis), but the conversation wandered far and wide, touching on such subjects as hunting and conservation, rowhouse rednecks, groom cakes, Coleman coolers, the absurdity of private land ownership, … Continue reading →

Tony and Billy Catch up and Opine on Beavers, Hunting & Conservation, and Land.

The biggest animal in Philadelphia (and other port cities) isn’t a deer or a coyote, it’s a fish. We talk with biologist Shannon White about Atlantic sturgeon and her research into their depressingly reduced populations. We talk about how the … Continue reading →

Episode 3*: Timbers on a Boston Island

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