“Hit them hard and hit them well.” Possums, Pollution, and the Past in Aotearoa/New Zealand
The killing of possums as “pests” is framed as a caring relationship towards Aotearoa/New Zealand’s natural environment.
The killing of possums as “pests” is framed as a caring relationship towards Aotearoa/New Zealand’s natural environment.
Jean M. Langford explores different modes of interspecies communications at an urban parrot sanctuary, suggesting that humans can alter their interactions to ease parrots’ distress.
Considering the role of sound in shifting conceptions of the ocean, Ritts and Shiga explore how the US Navy mimicked whale, dolphin, and popoise communication techniques during the Cold War.
Etienne Sabatier and Charlie Huveneers examine media portrayals of human-shark encounters between 2011 and 2013 in the state of Western Australia, arguing that negative framing by media feeds public anxiety.
In the 1980s, Bárbara d’Achille traveled through Peru as one of the country’s first environmental writers and activists.
In this episode from Outrage + Optimism, hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson talk about the visibility of women in the context of sciences, the soundscapes and animals of Antarctica, as well as human intervention in this natural sphere.