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From Wilderness to Breeding Farms: The Domestication of the Chinchilla lanigera
When Mathias Chapman opened his first chinchilla breeding farm in Southern California, he also saved the fur trade industry.
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How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean
In this episode of The Sound Aquatic, host Elin Kelsey interviews Daniel Kish about his experience with echolocation.
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Plenty of Fish
In this episode of The Sound Aquatic, host Elin Kelsey introduces listeners to the mating calls of fish.
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Traces of the Animal Past: Methodological Challenges in Animal History
Full volume of Traces of the Animal Past: Methodological Challenges in Animal History edited by Jennifer Bonnel and Sean Kheraj.
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The Age of the Soybean: An Environmental History of Soy during the Great Acceleration
An edited volume on the soybean, one of the world’s most important commodities.
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Philippe-Sirice Bridel, the Natural Landscape, and the Swiss National Sentiment
Philippe-Sirice Bridel’s youthful diary synthesizes the political and aesthetic issues related to nature, showing the environmental sensibility of the time.
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“his & nature’s expropriation”: Wetland Enclosure, Salvage Poetics, and Social Reproduction in Wendy Mulford’s East Anglia Sequence
Wendy Mulford’s poetry reflects on drainage, environmental loss, and social reproduction in the fens, reframing environmental history through a Marxist-feminist lens.
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Inger Andersen and Jane Goodall Are All In #ForNature
In this episode from Outrage + Optimism, hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson discuss the importance of biodiversity, the role of nature, and environmental justice.
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The Sounds of Antarctica: A Sonic Expedition!
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.
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Interview with Martin Puchner, author of Literature for a Changing Planet
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Martin Puchner is interviewed on his recent book, Literature for a Changing Planet .