In the book Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, journalist Ben Goldfarb details how roads have transformed our world. On this week’s show, Ben shares insights from his reporting on the science of studying how roads interact with animals and ecosystems. He recounts tales of tallying roadkill, scooping up stranded frogs, and visiting the roadkill capital of the world. Along with discussing the problems wrought by roads, Ben shares how efforts to help animals, such as wildlife crossings, have fared. And we talk about what roads reveal about people and our societies.
#446 Frogs From the Skin In
#445 AI: Ant Intelligence
#444 The V-Word (Rebroadcast)
#443 Batteries
#442 From Nobel to Ig Nobel
#441 Superhuman
#440 Weapons of Math Destruction (Rebroadcast)
#439 Flooded
#438 Big Chicken
#437 Tiny Bubbles, Big Impact
#436 Beauty is A Beast (Rebroadcast)
#435 Total Eclipse of the Sun
#434 The Dictionary
#433 The State of Science Journalism
#432 A Sting In The Tail (Rebroadcast)
#431 Memory and Emotion
#430 Bacteria in Bodies and On The Farm
#429 Gene Drives
#428 Cities of the Future (Rebroadcast)
#427 The Life Project
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