Category Archives: Podcast

What are bottlenose dolphins saying?

On this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett chats with guest Emma Chereskin about her work on male dolphin alliances using vocal communication to ‘bond-at-a-distance’.



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Manatees Communicating

In this week’s episode Dr Beth Brady from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium shares her recent work on how manatees communicate with one another with squeaks, squeals, and chirps.

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The history of whaling, pt 2

In this episode, returning guest Dr. Chris Parsons continues discussing the history of whaling. Dr Parsons talks about whaling in more recent times.

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The history of whaling, pt 1

On this episode, returning guest Dr. Chris Parsons provides us with a timeline of the history of whaling. Whaling dates back more than three thousand years and on this first of two episodes Dr Parsons talks about whaling’s early beginning.

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Reproduction in female dolphins: the mechanics of the clitoris

On this episode, host Dr. Scarlett chats with marine mammal reproductive biologist Dr. Dara Orbach about her recent discoveries on the anatomy and function of the female dolphin clitoris.

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The science behind how pinnipeds control their whiskers

On this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett chats with Dr Alyx Milne, a sensory biologist. They talk about the way pinnipeds, and how they help them to sense what is around them in their natural environment.

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The exposure of baleen whales to microplastics

On this episode Dr Ashley Scarlett talks to guest Laura Julia Zantis about some shocking discoveries she made while studying whale poop!
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From Bats to Polar Bears

On this episode Dr Ashley Scarlett is blown away by what guest Dr Stephanie Penk has to say about polar bears and the importance of their energy stores.

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Saving Australia’s sea lion pups

On this week’s episode Dr Rachael Gray, a veterinarian, shares with us her most recent  study investigating how to  mitigate the impacts of hookworm and lice on Australian sea lions.

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Community of Dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico

In this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett and guest Jamie Bolanos-Jimenez have a fun time chatting about his most recent work studying the population structure and dynamics of the Common Bottlenose Dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico

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