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Science Talk

The Environment: birds; strategic conservation; big cats.

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2006

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Cambridge conservation scientist Andrew Balmford discusses the state of the world's birds; the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Rex Johnson talks about a new, strategic approach to conservation (both men were presenters at the recent conference "Conserving Birds in Human-Dominated Landscapes" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City); and the Wildlife Conservation Society's Alan Rabinowitz describes his efforts to save the world's big cats. Plus, test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American,

0:45.4

for the seven days starting May 10th.

0:47.5

I'm Steve Murski.

0:49.0

On this week's podcast, we're going to talk about conservation.

0:51.9

The U.S. Senate has designated May 11th as Endangered Species Day.

0:56.4

For a lot of senators, that might mean eating them. I don't know. But in keeping with that theme,

1:01.2

last week I attended a conference at the American Museum of Natural History here in New York City

1:05.8

called Conserving Birds in Human-dominated Landscapes. I spoke with a couple of the presenters there,

1:12.1

Andrew Baumford and Rex Johnson, and we'll hear from them. And this past weekend, I had a chance

1:17.5

to talk to Alan Rabinowitz, one of the great big cat researchers and conservation specialists, and

1:23.7

we'll play that interview. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.

1:29.0

First up, Andrew Boundford from the Zoology Department at the University of Cambridge.

1:33.8

In 2003, Scientific American Magazine named Boundford one of the top 50 science leaders

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