In his book Tenacious Beasts, philosopher and writer Christopher Preston explores creature comebacks. Some of these stories highlight the evolutionary advantages that animals have racked up over millennia, while others are marked by intensive human intervention. Along the way, Preston opens some big questions about conservation dilemmas, such as what to do when helping one species means harming another. Amidst the bad news about biodiversity loss, Tenacious Beasts brings snippets of hope and lessons learned from animals such as beavers, bison and humpback whales. On this week’s show, Christopher shares about these animal recoveries, insights collected from Indigenous communities and scientific research, and what coexisting with wildlife means for humans and our societies.
#406 Running Low (Rebroadcast)
#405 STEM Pipeline
#404 Sex In The Sea
#403 Indigenous DNA
#402 Boozy Science (Rebroadcast)
#401 The Serengeti Rules
#400 What Doesn't Kill You...
#399 The Sugar Pill
#398 Gifts For Nerds
#397 Risk Management
#396 Trench to Bedside
#395 Happy People (Rebroadcast)
#394 On the Origin of Bad Science
#393 Check Your Facts
#392 Venomous
#391 Effective Altruism (Rebroadcast)
#390 Decolonizing Colonization
#389 The Jazz of Physics
#388 Fish
#387 The Melting World (Rebroadcast)
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