After a little break, TTAW is back with The Thing About Reflections #2, where I'm joined by guest co-host Dr Krishna Anujan to look back upon Season 2. We spoke about the range of guests and topics we had on the podcast and dissected this season's highlights and shortcomings. We also fantasized about upcoming episodes and seasons.  Let us know your thoughts and feedback too! Write to us at thethingaboutwildlife@gmail.com

After a little break, TTAW is back with The Thing About Reflections #2, where I'm joined by guest co-host <a href="https://krishnaanujan.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Krishna Anujan</a> to look back upon Season 2. We spoke about the range of guests and topics we had on the podcast and dissected this season's highlights and shortcomings. We also fantasized about upcoming episodes and seasons.  Let us know your thoughts and feedback too! Write to us at thethingaboutwildlife@gmail.com

#28 The Thing About Reflections #2

Tejaswini Nagesh is a product designer who works with the World Wide Fund for Nature - India in Tezpur. Her current work focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to elephant collisions with trains in Assam, so as to minimize them as far as possible. She is on a mission to explore how she can bring her unique skill set to this field of wildlife conservation through creative collaborations and her focused problem-solving mindset. After doing her Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and her Masters in Product Design from the National Institute of Design, she found her way, rather serendipitously towards creating solutions for conservation problems. Instagram: @tejaswininagesh The Jumbo Problem You can find her Behance profile here.

<a href="https://www.tejaswininagesh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tejaswini Nagesh</a> is a product designer who works with the World Wide Fund for Nature - India in Tezpur. Her current work focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to elephant collisions with trains in Assam, so as to minimize them as far as possible. She is on a mission to explore how she can bring her unique skill set to this field of wildlife conservation through creative collaborations and her focused problem-solving mindset. After doing her Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and her Masters in Product Design from the National Institute of Design, she found her way, rather serendipitously towards creating solutions for conservation problems. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tejaswininagesh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tejaswininagesh</a> <a href="https://www.tejaswininagesh.com/the-jumbo-problem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Jumbo Problem</a> You can find her Behance profile <a href="https://www.behance.net/tejaswininagesh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

#27 The Thing About Building Camera Traps

Labonie Roy is a multi-media illustrator and educational content designer with a passion for nature-based learning. She has worked alongside various environment and education initiatives to bring both children and adults closer to nature through creative perspectives like upcycling, art and theatre. You can see a lot of her work featured in the educational content at Nature Classrooms, an initiative by the Nature Conservation Foundation. She's now a freelancer, and her interests lie in issues surrounding sustainability, gender and education. Instagram: @labonie.roy Her work for Current Conservation can be found here. Connecting school communities in peri-urban Bengaluru to their local ecology and biodiversity How the Myna Ate the Sun, a children's book by Labonie Roy. ~~ Deepika Nandan is an illustrator, animator, and stick-poke tattoo artist. With an interest in the environment, wildlife and traditional knowledge, she investigates the biosphere and people's detrimental impacts on it through art. Her creative practice often involves natural, sustainable and found materials that combine analogue and digital techniques. She began working with the Centre for Wildlife Studies, and now is a freelancer as well! She is also the fab artist behind the scenes of the podcast, and is responsible for making us look so good! Instagram: @deepikanandan | @dipandpoke Behance portfolio here. Her work for Current Conservation can be found here. Creature Conserve

Labonie Roy is a multi-media illustrator and educational content designer with a passion for nature-based learning. She has worked alongside various environment and education initiatives to bring both children and adults closer to nature through creative perspectives like upcycling, art and theatre. You can see a lot of her work featured in the educational content at <a href="https://www.natureclassrooms.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature Classrooms</a>, an initiative by the Nature Conservation Foundation. She's now a freelancer, and her interests lie in issues surrounding sustainability, gender and education. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/labonie.roy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@labonie.roy</a> Her work for Current Conservation can be found <a href="https://www.currentconservation.org/people/labonie-roy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://www.ncf-india.org/education-and-public-engagement/suttha-muttha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connecting school communities in peri-urban Bengaluru to their local ecology and biodiversity</a> <a href="https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/375319-how-the-myna-ate-the-sun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How the Myna Ate the Sun</a>, a children's book by Labonie Roy. ~~ Deepika Nandan is an illustrator, animator, and stick-poke tattoo artist. With an interest in the environment, wildlife and traditional knowledge, she investigates the biosphere and people's detrimental impacts on it through art. Her creative practice often involves natural, sustainable and found materials that combine analogue and digital techniques. She began working with the <a href="https://cwsindia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre for Wildlife Studies</a>, and now is a freelancer as well! She is also the fab artist behind the scenes of the podcast, and is responsible for making us look so good! Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deepikanandan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@deepikanandan</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dipandpoke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dipandpoke</a> Behance portfolio <a href="https://www.behance.net/deepikanbh9f52" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Her work for Current Conservation can be found <a href="https://www.currentconservation.org/people/deepika-nandan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://creatureconserve.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creature Conserve</a>

#26 The Thing About Art for Conservation

Munib Khanyari has just emerged from having completed his fascinating doctoral work in the Himalayas. He did his PhD from the University of Bristol/University of Oxford, and has been associated with the High Altitudes Program at the Nature Conservation Foundation as a Research Scholar for quite some time. His work focuses on the ungulates of the mountains – how they survive, how they interact with livestock, and even their health in the up-high cold deserts. He is also a conservation optimist! Instagram: @munibkhanyari | Twitter: @KhanyariMunib Munib is a prolific academic! You can find and download all his research publications here. To know more about Conservation Optimism, check out this link. To follow the Conservation Optimism India page, follow them @conservationoptimismindia

Munib Khanyari has just emerged from having completed his fascinating doctoral work in the Himalayas. He did his PhD from the University of Bristol/University of Oxford, and has been associated with the High Altitudes Program at the Nature Conservation Foundation as a Research Scholar for quite some time. His work focuses on the ungulates of the mountains – how they survive, how they interact with livestock, and even their health in the up-high cold deserts. He is also a conservation optimist! Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/munibkhanyari/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@munibkhanyari</a> | Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KhanyariMunib" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@KhanyariMunib</a> Munib is a prolific academic! You can find and download all his research publications <a href="https://www.ncf-india.org/author/646893/munib-khanyari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> To know more about Conservation Optimism, check out <a href="https://conservationoptimism.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this link</a>. To follow the Conservation Optimism India page, follow them <a href="https://www.instagram.com/conservationoptimismindia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@conservationoptimismindia</a>

#25 The Thing About Himalayan Ungulates

Parvathi K Prasad is a Research Affiliate at Conservation Initiatives and PhD student at Deakin University. She began her journey into this field through a human-animal interactions project in the Western Ghats with the Centre for Wildlife Studies, following which, she found her way to the dynamic ecosystems of Assam in Northeast India. After being introduced to Kaziranga and its megaherbivores, she chose to stay put and study its elephants for her PhD. Twitter: @ParvathiKPrasad| Instagram: @e.minimus Journal Articles: 1. Patterns of human–wildlife conflicts and compensation: Insights from Western Ghats protected areas 2. Towards a reliable assessment of Asian elephant population parameters: the application of photographic spatial capture–recapture sampling in a priority floodplain ecosystem 3. Conservation opportunities and challenges emerge from assessing nuanced stakeholder attitudes towards the Asian elephant in tea estates of Assam, Northeast India

<a href="https://www.conservationinitiatives.org/team-pages" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parvathi K Prasad</a> is a Research Affiliate at <a href="https://www.conservationinitiatives.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conservation Initiatives</a> and PhD student at <a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deakin University</a>. She began her journey into this field through a human-animal interactions project in the Western Ghats with the <a href="//cwsindia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre for Wildlife Studies</a>, following which, she found her way to the dynamic ecosystems of Assam in Northeast India. After being introduced to Kaziranga and its megaherbivores, she chose to stay put and study its elephants for her PhD. Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ParvathiKPrasad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ParvathiKPrasad</a>| Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/e.minimus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@e.minimus</a> Journal Articles: 1. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713002176?casa_token=F1FHIe_WWSgAAAAA:UCyyhUyTYVsudsG-YYsSWficxUbP4nUqY4gIf4AtY2Pr9tGq8L-E5j1RzaLXRbD_jR7_LE6l8uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patterns of human–wildlife conflicts and compensation: Insights from Western Ghats protected areas</a> 2. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44795-y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Towards a reliable assessment of Asian elephant population parameters: the application of photographic spatial capture–recapture sampling in a priority floodplain ecosystem</a> 3. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419302173" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conservation opportunities and challenges emerge from assessing nuanced stakeholder attitudes towards the Asian elephant in tea estates of Assam, Northeast India</a>

#24 The Thing About Tea and Elephants

Ayushi Jain is a National Geographic Photo Ark EDGE Fellow focusing on the endangered Cantor’s giant softshell turtle, which is part of the work she first began during her master's research. Her primary research interests lie in community ecology, behavioural ecology, and evolution of various morphological and physiological traits in reptiles. Ayushi’s project aims to collect baseline ecological data for Cantor’s giant softshell turtle and its habitat at locations in three South Indian states, and to use this data to develop a Conservation Action Plan for the species. Instagram: @chelonia_crania | Twitter: @chelonia_crania Articles: 1. Pieces for Sanctuary 2. Vanishing Act: The Slow Decline of Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle 3. Saving One of the Largest and Rarest Turtles from Extinction 4. Conserving the Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle in Kerala

<a href="https://www.edgeofexistence.org/fellow/ayushi-jain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ayushi Jain</a> is a National Geographic Photo Ark EDGE Fellow focusing on the endangered Cantor’s giant softshell turtle, which is part of the work she first began during her master's research. Her primary research interests lie in community ecology, behavioural ecology, and evolution of various morphological and physiological traits in reptiles. Ayushi’s project aims to collect baseline ecological data for Cantor’s giant softshell turtle and its habitat at locations in three South Indian states, and to use this data to develop a Conservation Action Plan for the species. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelonia_crania/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram: @chelonia_crania</a> | <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/chelonia_crania" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: @chelonia_crania</a> Articles: 1. <a href="https://sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/award/ayushi-jain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pieces for Sanctuary</a> 2. <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/species/cantors-giant-softshell-turtle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanishing Act: The Slow Decline of Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle</a> 3. <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/conservation/cantors-giant-softshell-turtle-kerala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saving One of the Largest and Rarest Turtles from Extinction</a> 4. <a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/may/15/conserving-the-cantors-giant-softshell-turtle-in-kerala-2302634.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conserving the Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle in Kerala</a>

#23 The Thing About Softshell Turtles

Misha Bansal works with the Nature Conservation Foundation. After doing a Bachelor’s in Biochemistry and a Master’s in Life Sciences, Misha fell in love with birds through some early research work in the Aravallis in Delhi where she grew up. Ever since, she’s worked with various organizations to facilitate outreach and outdoor learning, most currently with the Early Bird program. Through her work with NCF, she has been working towards helping people build a greater connect with nature.  Twitter: @bansal_misha | Instagram: @little.brown.dove

<a href="https://www.ncf-india.org/author/1266478/misha-bansal-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Misha Bansal</a> works with the Nature Conservation Foundation. After doing a Bachelor’s in Biochemistry and a Master’s in Life Sciences, Misha fell in love with birds through some early research work in the Aravallis in Delhi where she grew up. Ever since, she’s worked with various organizations to facilitate outreach and outdoor learning, most currently with the <a href="https://www.early-bird.in/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Early Bird</a> program. Through her work with NCF, she has been working towards helping people build a greater connect with nature.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bansal_misha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@bansal_misha</a> | Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/little.brown.dove/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@little.brown.dove</a>

#22 The Thing About Learning with Birds

Tanmay Wagh is a marine ecologist with the Dakshin Foundation who has been working in the Andaman Islands since 2013. Ever since, he’s been a part of various projects related to coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and dugongs, elasmobranch fisheries and leatherback turtles. At the moment, in addition to being on the outset of his PhD, he is also the Project Coordinator of the Marine Programme as part of the Long Term Ecological Observatories programme of the MOEFCC. Twitter: @TanmayWagh5 Articles: 1. Protected areas and benthic characteristics influence the distribution of the Vulnerable bumphead parrotfish in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 2. Observations on the female flowers and fruiting of Tape Grass from South Andaman Islands, India

Tanmay Wagh is a marine ecologist with the <a href="https://www.dakshin.org/dt_team/4904/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dakshin Foundation</a> who has been working in the Andaman Islands since 2013. Ever since, he’s been a part of various projects related to coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and dugongs, elasmobranch fisheries and leatherback turtles. At the moment, in addition to being on the outset of his PhD, he is also the Project Coordinator of the Marine Programme as part of the Long Term Ecological Observatories programme of the MOEFCC. Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TanmayWagh5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@TanmayWagh5</a> Articles: 1. <a href="//Protected areas and benthic characteristics influence the distribution of the Vulnerable bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Protected areas and benthic characteristics influence the distribution of the Vulnerable bumphead parrotfish in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India</a> 2. <a href="https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/download/4253/6228" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Observations on the female flowers and fruiting of Tape Grass from South Andaman Islands, India</a>

#21 The Thing About Marine Adventures

Chayant Gonsalves is a naturalist, birder, artist and all-round snake enthusiast. After completing his training in wildlife biology and conservation from the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, he has returned to his roots and innate love for urban biodiversity, which he continues to engage with through snake rescues, filmmaking, nature trails and art.  Social media: Instagram @chayantgonsalves | Twitter @chayantg Shownotes: 1. Living with snakes: a short YouTube documentary 2. Annotated checklist of the snakes of Bengaluru Urban District 3. Romulus Whitaker | Gerry Martin | Gowri Shankar 4. Face of a Spider - an essay by David Quammen

Chayant Gonsalves is a naturalist, birder, artist and all-round snake enthusiast. After completing his training in wildlife biology and conservation from the <a href="https://www.ncbs.res.in/mscprogram/about-0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Centre for Biological Sciences</a> in Bangalore, he has returned to his roots and innate love for urban biodiversity, which he continues to engage with through snake rescues, filmmaking, nature trails and <a href="https://champaca.in/products/champaca-bookmarks?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8a4808b78&amp;_ss=r&amp;variant=39351209623587" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">art</a>.  Social media: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chayantgonsalves/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chayantgonsalves/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@chayantgonsalves</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/chayantg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @chayantg</a> Shownotes: 1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaAzNKFp6yE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living with snakes</a>: a short YouTube documentary 2. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358564784_Annotated_checklist_of_the_snakes_of_Bengaluru_Urban_District_Karnataka_India_with_notes_on_their_natural_history_distribution_and_population_trends_over_the_last_150_years" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annotated checklist of the snakes of Bengaluru Urban District</a> 3. <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/videos/romulus-whitaker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Romulus Whitaker</a> | <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/people/gerry-martin-snakes-wildlife-india/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerry Martin</a> | <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/people/gowri-shankar-snake-man-spell-king-cobra/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gowri Shankar</a> 4. <a href="http://wordpath.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/1/13218864/face_of_a_spider.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Face of a Spider</a> - an essay by David Quammen

#20 The Thing About Urban Snakes

Jobin Varughese is an ecologist with a masters in ecology from Pondicherry University. His initial training as an architect, and later as a landscape architect, now contributes in interesting ways to his work on animal behaviour and movement. With an increasing interest in the natural sciences, and growing experience within the field, Jobin entirely shifted gears towards ecology in 2015, and is now studying the bird communities of the wonderful Shola sky islands for his PhD at IISER Thirupathi with Dr. V V Robin. Instagram, featuring his fabulous illustrations: @varughesejobin | Twitter: @jobinvarughese Articles: 1. Oriental Pied Hornbill preying upon a Black-crested Bulbul nestling 2. Slow conservation in the Nilgiris field learning center: an integrative model of education, research, and practice

Jobin Varughese is an ecologist with a masters in ecology from Pondicherry University. His initial training as an architect, and later as a landscape architect, now contributes in interesting ways to his work on animal behaviour and movement. With an increasing interest in the natural sciences, and growing experience within the field, Jobin entirely shifted gears towards ecology in 2015, and is now studying the bird communities of the wonderful <a href="https://www.skyisland.in/people.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shola sky islands</a> for his PhD at <a href="http://www.iisertirupati.ac.in/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IISER Thirupathi</a> with <a href="http://www.iisertirupati.ac.in/faculty/robin/robin.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. V V Robin</a>. Instagram, featuring his fabulous illustrations: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/varughesejobin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@varughesejobin</a> | Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jobinvarughese" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jobinvarughese</a> Articles: 1. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343223953_Oriental_Pied_Hornbill_Anthracoceros_albirostris_preying_upon_a_Black-crested_Bulbul_Pycnonotus_flaviventris_nestling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oriental Pied Hornbill preying upon a Black-crested Bulbul nestling</a> 2. <a href="https://www.currentconservation.org/slow-conservation-in-the-nilgiris-field-learning-center-an-integrative-model-of-education-research-and-practice-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slow conservation in the Nilgiris field learning center: an integrative model of education, research, and practice</a>

#19 The Thing About Landscape Avifauna

The Thing About Wildlife offers long and insightful conversations with Indians working closest to nature: researchers, educators and conservationists.

Ishaan Patil is an early career scientist who is not sure what to call himself yet: anthropologist, environmental scientist or social scientist? He studied Life Science at St. Xaviers’ College, Autonomous, Mumbai, and then took a year off to intern close to home at the Centre for Wildlife Studies and the Nature Conservation Foundation. Next, he did his Masters in Environmental Anthropology at the University of Kent, and now works as a research assistant at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland. He is multi-talented, with interests both personal and professional ranging from art and video making to social media and social justice. Social Media: Instagram: @ishaanpatil | Twitter: @Ish2an

Ishaan Patil is an early career scientist who is not sure what to call himself yet: anthropologist, environmental scientist or social scientist? He studied Life Science at St. Xaviers’ College, Autonomous, Mumbai, and then took a year off to intern close to home at the <a href="//cwsindia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre for Wildlife Studies</a> and the <a href="https://www.ncf-india.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature Conservation Foundation</a>. Next, he did his <a href="https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/787/social-anthropology-and-humanitarian-environmental-crises" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Masters in Environmental Anthropology at the University of Kent</a>, and now works as a research assistant at the J<a href="https://www.hutton.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ames Hutton Institute</a> in Scotland. He is multi-talented, with interests both personal and professional ranging from art and video making to social media and social justice. Social Media: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ishaanpatil/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ishaanpatil</a> | Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Ish2an" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Ish2an</a>

#18 The Thing About Getting Started

Mrunal Ghosalkar, a National Geographic certified educator, began her conservation journey with the Nature Conservation Foundation by studying the occupancy of hornbills through interviews in northeast India. She later started a program called 'Janata Waghoba' in rural Maharashtra with Wildlife Conservation Society - India to build awareness about leopards in human-dominated landscapes across various stakeholders. She has also worked as a project coordinator for the wild shale EE program at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, and now, she is working as conservation education manager on the Great Indian Bustard Program with WCS. Instagram: @mrunalghosalkar YouTube: Mrunal has a couple of very informative documentaries up on her channel. Click here to check them out! Multimedia Outreach &amp; Shownotes: 1. Young protectors of Bandhavgarh 2. Earth Day Series: Wildlife Conservationist Mrunal Ghosalkar on Living With Leopards 3. Great Indian Bustard Project 4. Janata Waghoba: A Story of People and Leopards in Rural Maharashtra 5. Friends of the Feline

Mrunal Ghosalkar, a National Geographic certified educator, began her conservation journey with the Nature Conservation Foundation by studying the occupancy of hornbills through interviews in northeast India. She later started a program called 'Janata Waghoba' in rural Maharashtra with Wildlife Conservation Society - India to build awareness about leopards in human-dominated landscapes across various stakeholders. She has also worked as a project coordinator for the wild shale EE program at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, and now, she is working as conservation education manager on the Great Indian Bustard Program with WCS. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrunalghosalkar/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mrunalghosalkar</a> YouTube: Mrunal has a couple of very informative documentaries up on her channel. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBW7Doepj16JrLlPXp_eHWw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> to check them out! Multimedia Outreach &amp; Shownotes: 1. <a href="https://thelastwilderness.org/young-protectors-of-bandhavgarh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Young protectors of Bandhavgarh</a> 2. <a href="https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/earth-day-series-wildlife-conservationist-115602693.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Earth Day Series: Wildlife Conservationist Mrunal Ghosalkar on Living With Leopards</a> 3. <a href="https://india.wcs.org/About-Us/Teams/Great-Indian-Bustard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Great Indian Bustard Project</a> 4. <a href="https://www.conservationindia.org/articles/janata-waghoba-a-story-of-people-and-leopards-in-rural-maharashtra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Janata Waghoba: A Story of People and Leopards in Rural Maharashtra</a> 5. <a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2018/jun/24/friends-of-the-feline-1831663.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of the Feline</a>

#17 The Thing About People and Animals

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Taniya Gill is a doctoral candidate from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Delhi. She began her journey into understanding animal personalities with the rhesus macaques of Shimla during her M.Phil, which has now led her to study the individual unique behaviours and mannerisms of this species in the forest fringes of Delhi. She is also a talented guitarist, and is responsible for both today's stories and music! Twitter: @taniyagill2 Instagram: @t.an.i.ya_ Journal articles: 1. Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species 2. Grooming and Aggression: A Comparative Study of Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) and Hanuman langurs (Prebystis entellus) 3. An investigation of social interactions among rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) as a predictor of human-monkey interactions at the Jakhoo temple in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Taniya Gill is a doctoral candidate from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Delhi. She began her journey into understanding animal personalities with the rhesus macaques of Shimla during her M.Phil, which has now led her to study the individual unique behaviours and mannerisms of this species in the forest fringes of Delhi. She is also a talented guitarist, and is responsible for both today's stories and music! Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/taniyagill2?s=20&amp;t=6ETuAlt559jjeJaRvnuMCQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@taniyagill2</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/t.an.i.ya_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@t.an.i.ya_</a> Journal articles: 1. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78881-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species</a> 2. <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2277436X20170116?journalCode=ansa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grooming and Aggression: A Comparative Study of Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) and Hanuman langurs (Prebystis entellus)</a> 3. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=6Q7M_dUAAAAJ&amp;citation_for_view=6Q7M_dUAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An investigation of social interactions among rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) as a predictor of human-monkey interactions at the Jakhoo temple in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.</a>

#16 The Thing About Personalities

Nitya Prakash Mohanty is a herpetologist who has spent the last decade studying frogs and lizards, asking interesting questions about their patterns of invasion and sleep! He began his foray into wildlife with a master’s from the Wildlife Institute of India, wherein he studied spotted deer and frogs in the Andaman Islands. After a PhD and a postdoc in South Africa, Nitya is currently doing more post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Twitter: @NityaPM The new study that we chatted about in this episode: Urban lizards use sleep sites that mirror the structural, thermal, and light properties of natural sites To listen to our longer conversation from Season-1, head over to these links on Spotify / Google Podcasts!

Nitya Prakash Mohanty is a herpetologist who has spent the last decade studying frogs and lizards, asking interesting questions about their patterns of invasion and sleep! He began his foray into wildlife with a master’s from the Wildlife Institute of India, wherein he studied spotted deer and frogs in the Andaman Islands. After a PhD and a postdoc in South Africa, Nitya is currently doing more post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nityapm?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@NityaPM</a> The new study that we chatted about in this episode: <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-021-03101-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban lizards use sleep sites that mirror the structural, thermal, and light properties of natural sites</a> To listen to our longer conversation from Season-1, head over to these links on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CtcUyBOtzBGgN55G9HIhw?si=1f_Ow8yOS1K9zIcgZvSdZw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> / <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81NTcwMmE5Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/MTUyZjgwZTMtMzdhYi00YWNkLTg5YzMtMTA1YjQ5YTU1ZGE4?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiA4vug1Pv1AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>!

#15 The Thing About Sleeping Lizards

Titir Debnath has been engaging with wildlife in many ways since she was in school, and stayed firmly on course through the years that followed. Now, after finishing her masters in environmental science and wildlife biology, she is learning as much as she can about the field of primatology by working on projects with different macaque species in India. You can find her on Instagram at @debnathtitir where she often expresses the lighter side of wildlife through memes and reels! Select articles in which she features: 1. Cottonians play important role in Dehing Patkai Reserve Forest 2. Rhesus Macaque of Guwahati city: Baseline Survey reveals that popular perception about the increase in its population is far from reality

Titir Debnath has been engaging with wildlife in many ways since she was in school, and stayed firmly on course through the years that followed. Now, after finishing her masters in environmental science and wildlife biology, she is learning as much as she can about the field of primatology by working on projects with different macaque species in India. You can find her on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/debnathtitir/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@debnathtitir</a> where she often expresses the lighter side of wildlife through memes and reels! Select articles in which she features: 1. <a href="https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/cottonians-play-important-role-in-dehing-patkai-reserve-forest-478567" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cottonians play important role in Dehing Patkai Reserve Forest</a> 2. <a href="https://www.nezine.com/info/bWlQeDRWSTNzMUZxTjRKeTVQZWw5Zz09/rhesus-macaque-of-guwahati-city:-baseline-survey-reveals-that-popular-perception-about-the-increase-in-its-population-is-far-from-reality.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhesus Macaque of Guwahati city:</a> Baseline Survey reveals that popular perception about the increase in its population is far from reality

#14 The Thing About Pulpuli

Neeharika Gogoi is a PhD scholar with Dr. Narayan Sharma in the Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University.. Her work focusses on the gorgeous capped langur found close to where she lives in Assam, where she studies how their diet varies across wild and human-occupied areas.  Select popular articles: 1. Why do we need to save Dehing Patkai? 2. Pig-tailed Macaque: Elusive Monkey of the Deep Forest  Journal Article: 1. Size matters! The largest wild stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides troop ever reported, located in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, northeastern India

Neeharika Gogoi is a PhD scholar with <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1LUTi4WizGtVfoBXelMEBJ?si=da8f92616aa341cb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Narayan Sharma</a> in the Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University.. Her work focusses on the gorgeous capped langur found close to where she lives in Assam, where she studies how their diet varies across wild and human-occupied areas. Select popular articles: 1. <a href="https://www.natureinfocus.in/environment/why-do-we-need-to-save-dehing-patkai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why do we need to save Dehing Patkai?</a> 2. <a href="https://sustain.round.glass/species/conservation-pig-tailed-macaque/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pig-tailed Macaque: Elusive Monkey of the Deep Forest</a> Journal Article: 1. <a href="https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Volumes/jbsc/046/00/0039.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Size matters! The largest wild stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides troop ever reported, located in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, northeastern India</a>

#13 The Thing About Forest Fires

Welcome to Season-2 and an all-new segment on the podcast: The Thing About Wildlife - In a Nutshell. Here, I talk to researchers, students, educators, artists, field assistants and wildlife enthusiasts who bring you stories from their time in nature. Episode 1 will be up next week! 

Welcome to Season-2 and an all-new segment on the podcast: The Thing About Wildlife - In a Nutshell. Here, I talk to researchers, students, educators, artists, field assistants and wildlife enthusiasts who bring you stories from their time in nature. Episode 1 will be up next week!

#00 The Thing About Introductions: Season-2

Dear listener, On this last episode of Season One, we revisit our motivation for starting The Thing About Wildlife and reflect on highlights from our guests and what we learnt from them. We'll be back with Season Two very soon but until then, we'll keep you entertained with occasional snippets -- stay tuned! We're also keen on hearing from you: all feedback - suggestions, compliments and criticism - is welcome! You can DM us on Twitter @PodcastTaw or Instagram @thethingaboutwildlife, or email us at thethingaboutwildlife@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Ishika and Akshay  Episode art for each of the 11 episodes (and our logo!) was designed by the super-talented Deepika Nandan (IG: @deepikanandan)  Shownotes:  Why do Foresters plant trees? - Forrest D. Fleischman Brood parasitism among birds 

Dear listener, On this last episode of Season One, we revisit our motivation for starting <a href="https://linktr.ee/the_thing_about_wildlife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Thing About Wildlife</a> and reflect on highlights from our guests and what we learnt from them. We'll be back with Season Two very soon but until then, we'll keep you entertained with occasional snippets -- stay tuned! We're also keen on hearing from you: all feedback - suggestions, compliments and criticism - is welcome! You can DM us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/PodcastTaW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PodcastTaw</a> or Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thethingaboutwildlife/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thethingaboutwildlife</a>, or email us at <a href="//thethingaboutwildlife@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thethingaboutwildlife@gmail.com</a> Thanks for listening! Ishika and Akshay Episode art for each of the 11 episodes (and our logo!) was designed by the super-talented <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepika-nandan-008a761a5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deepika Nandan</a> (IG: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/deepikanandan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deepikanandan</a>) Shownotes: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X14001296" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why do Foresters plant trees? - Forrest D. Fleischman</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-avian-brood-parasitism-14724491/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brood parasitism among birds</a></li> </ul>

#12 The Thing about Reflection [end of Season 01]

Nupur Kale is a Project Associate with the Marine Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society - India. Her main research interests are sea turtle biology and conservation, and by extension all things marine. She is also interested in working with communities to ensure effective conservation and sustainable livelihoods.  Popular articles:  The blues and greens of Lakshwadweep Conservation Alliances  Journal articles:  The olive currency: a comparative account of community based ecotourism ventures in Western India Not in the mood for lighting: hatchling misorientation at Rushikulya, India  Shownotes:  Dakshin Foundation Sunbirds, bee-eaters, leeches and sandflies Mass nesting (arribada) of Olive-Ridley Turtles in Orissa Turtle festival in Velas (Maharashtra) The Hawaiian Crow Is Once Again Extinct in the Wild Steve Irwin, Jeff Corwin The problem of 'Colonial Science' - Asha de Vos Pre-conference module at the Student Conference for Conservation Science - Bangalore The Thing about Biogeography with Krishnapriya Tamma (Ep-02) 

Nupur Kale is a Project Associate with the Marine Program at the <a href="https://india.wcs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wildlife Conservation Society - India</a>. Her main research interests are sea turtle biology and conservation, and by extension all things marine. She is also interested in working with communities to ensure effective conservation and sustainable livelihoods. Popular articles: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.natureinfocus.in/environment/the-blues-and-greens-of-lakshadweep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The blues and greens of Lakshwadweep</a></li> <li><a href="https://conservationoptimism.org/conservation-alliances/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conservation Alliances</a></li> </ul> Journal articles: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324138070_The_olive_currency_a_comparative_account_of_community_based_ecotourism_ventures_in_Western_India" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The olive currency: a comparative account of community based ecotourism ventures in Western India</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326507997_NOT_IN_THE_MOOD_FOR_LIGHTING_Hatchling_Misorientation_at_Rushikulya_India" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not in the mood for lighting: hatchling misorientation at Rushikulya, India</a></li> </ul> Shownotes: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.dakshin.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dakshin Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbird" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunbirds</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee-eater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bee-eaters</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leeches</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandfly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sandflies</a></li> <li><a href="http://natgeotraveller.in/slideshow/the-march-of-the-olive-ridley-turtles-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mass nesting (arribada) of Olive-Ridley Turtles in Orissa</a></li> <li><a href="https://traveltriangle.com/blog/velas-turtle-festival/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turtle festival in Velas (Maharashtra)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/the-hawaiian-crow-once-again-extinct-wild" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hawaiian Crow Is Once Again Extinct in the Wild</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Irwin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Corwin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Corwin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-of-colonial-science/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The problem of 'Colonial Science'</a> - Asha de Vos</li> <li>P<a href="https://www.sccs-bng.org/preconference_module.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">re-conference module at the Student Conference for Conservation Science - Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="https://anchor.fm/ttaw/episodes/02-The-Thing-About-Inclusive-Ecology-with-Dr--Krishnapriya-Tamma-e13s9bs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Thing about Biogeography with Krishnapriya Tamma</a> (Ep-02)</li> </ul>

#11 The Thing about Turtles with Nupur Kale

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