Today we delve into the magical story of beavers being reintroduced to the green and fertile lands of the British Isles. We speak to Ben Jones about his experiences living and working within the wondrous beauty that is the Scottish Highlands. Find more info about the beaver trials in the UK here: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers and here: https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial And if you can a link to donate to the ongoing Devon Bear Trial is here: https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/devon-beavers-2020 You can also follow Ben @bojnature and Aigas Field Centre @aigas_field_centre and see their website here: https://www.aigas.co.uk/

Todays episode is a bit different; I speak of the glowing success of a whole national park not just one species! This story is known as one of the greatest successes in ocean conservation, restoring a whole coral reef to its former glory and abundance of life. Special guest Maren Toor joins me to talk more about corals themselves and what the world is doing to help these guys out. She can be found on Instagram @a.coral.a.day . I mention Speak Up For The Ocean in this episode, another amazing science podcast which you can find here https://open.spotify.com/show/3mE8fDuPv6OiTZ64EfIob9?si=JrwjQWmKTvee1p_CWSUYug (and anywhere else you find your podcasts). Instagram for the podcast is @turnonthelightpod , Twitter is @savingspecies and you can get me in email at [email protected]

Welcome to Episode Four, which tells the tale of the Gray Whale! Another ocean giant put at risk by the whaling activities of man, boo! I tell of their bounce back, and interview the wonderful Audrey Granger about all of her expeditions in the world and her paper all about killer whale teeth! Find her photography @granger.studios.photography and follow the Sicilian stray dogs Audrey photographs and fundraisers for by searching @inricordodiphoenix on Facebook. If you would like, you can help fund them here - https://www.gofundme.com/f/sicilianstrays. As always, the podcast Instagram is @turnonthelight_pod, Twitter is @savingspecies and email is [email protected]

This epsiode features the grand elegance of the ocean that is the Humpback Whale. My special guest this week is Molly Gray, a cetacean lover who commited herself to raising awareness of dolphin and whale plight during the annual hunting season in Taiji Japan with The Dolphin Project, (@dolphin_project and https://www.dolphinproject.com/) You can follow Molly's travels on Instagram @chasingourtaletravel. See https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.190368 for the recently published Humpback whale population paper. Instagram for the podcast - @turnonthelight_pod, twitter - @savingspecies and email address - [email protected]

This week I tell the story of the soaring magnificence that is the Mauritius Kestrel. My guest is Emily Linney, an ecologist working in London and the surrounding areas. Big news! I now also have an email address, and Instagram and a twitter for the podcast - [email protected], Instagram - @turnonthelight_pod and Twitter - @savingspecies

Episode One of Turn On The Light is here! Introducing you to the format of the show, what the podcast is all about and the story of the first chosen species, the Mountain Gorilla. The second half of the show includes an interview with the force of nature that is Jessie Panazzolo, founder of Lonely Conservationists.