I studied African forest elephants for my Ph.D. and have given many presentations on my research and their behavior. Here, I’ve aggregated questions regarding elephant welfare with my answers to them.
#37: Gifts to Connect People to Nature
Connecting people to nature is very important to me. Why do I care so much about you going outdoors?
#32: Clearing Up Coyote Misconceptions
What’s the deal with coyotes? It seems like people are seeing them more and more and some coyotes have unusual behavior. What’s going on?
#31: Can Coyotes and Humans Replace Apex Predators in the Eastern USA?
This week Colorado citizens voted to reintroduce grey wolves on their prey. Historically, grey wolves were all over the west, but currently they extirpated (locally extinct) through most of their range. Voters are now letting these apex predators come back…
#30: Eastern Cougars? How to Know if a Species is Really There
This week’s episode is inspired by photos posted to a Facebook group. A user posted these photos of part of a deer carcass high in a tree. They asked what animal would cause this? I watched the responses pour in and I knew what they would be…
Does Myrtle Beach Safari Really Promote Conservation?
The popularity of Netflix’s Tiger King brought important issues about big cats in captivity to the public stage. The biggest claim, perhaps, was that zoos are necessary to conserve big cats in the wild.
