Ranked #1
Episode 2: Right under our noses?
Episode 2: Right under our noses?
(FT “President” Tykee James) Wildlife can be big, and wildlife can be small. In either case it can be right under our no... Read more
1 Jul 2015
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1hr 1min
Ranked #2
Cat Wars
Cat Wars
Pete Marra joins us for a special episode to talk about his (and Chris Santella’s) book Cat Wars: The Devastating Conseq... Read more
21 Feb 2017
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42mins
Ranked #3
Wildlife Rescue in the City, Part 1
Wildlife Rescue in the City, Part 1
What do we owe the animals that live around us? Do we spend money on animals when there are humans in need? Do we feed a... Read more
9 Oct 2018
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37mins
Ranked #4
Urban Sea Turtles
Urban Sea Turtles
Urban wildlife isn’t just on land, especially in the world’s biggest port cities. In this episode we hear about what hap... Read more
15 Feb 2017
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1hr 14mins
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Ranked #5
Episode 9: Return of the Sturgeon
Episode 9: Return of the Sturgeon
(FT Robin Irazarry) What’s the biggest wild animal in your city? Is it a fish the size of a car? Guest host Robin Irazar... Read more
14 Oct 2015
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55mins
Ranked #6
Episode 4: Cats and Coyotes
Episode 4: Cats and Coyotes
(FT Nelson Melendez) Who is tiptoeing past your door tonight? Is it a cat? Is it a coyote? Is it a coyote with a dead ca... Read more
17 Jul 2015
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #7
Why not the City? Urban Hawk Walk
Why not the City? Urban Hawk Walk
Dr. Christian Hunold, a political scientist at Drexel University, is a dedicated wildlife photographer and wrote a paper... Read more
15 Dec 2017
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46mins
Ranked #8
The Truth About Cats Part 1
The Truth About Cats Part 1
Special (very long, thorough – don’t make this your first Urban Wildlife Podcast episode) Episode: Billy, Tony, and biol... Read more
2 Jun 2018
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52mins
Ranked #9
Native? Exotic? Do We Care? Squash Bees
Native? Exotic? Do We Care? Squash Bees
Entomologist and urban bee specialist Doug Sponsler joins Billy and Tony early in the morning in a community garden spot... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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44mins
Ranked #10
Special Episode: Robin in Rome
Special Episode: Robin in Rome
This summer our frequent guest host Robin Irizarry (Philadelphia Watershed Coordinator for the Tookany/Tacony Frankford ... Read more
30 Oct 2017
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31mins
Ranked #11
Skyscraper Bats and Ritzy Coyotes
Skyscraper Bats and Ritzy Coyotes
In this mini episode Dr. Seth Magle of the Urban Wildlife Institute of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo talks with Billy about... Read more
3 May 2017
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13mins
Ranked #12
Taking Peregrines to the People
Taking Peregrines to the People
Tony and Billy take to the field… the Philadelphia neighborhood of Manayunk to observe the peregrine falcons of St. John... Read more
27 Jul 2018
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29mins
Ranked #13
Episode 5: Squirrels vs. Hawks
Episode 5: Squirrels vs. Hawks
(FT Christian Hunold) Which is the better gateway drug to nature, squirrels or hawks? Christian Hunold, wildlife photogr... Read more
3 Aug 2015
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45mins
Ranked #14
Things that go Flap in the Night: Nighthawks and Bats at the Cemetery
Things that go Flap in the Night: Nighthawks and Bats at the Cemetery
Nighthawks and bats come out at dusk to fatten up on cemetery bugs before migration and hibernation. In this special min... Read more
27 Sep 2017
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21mins
Ranked #15
Sparrow Wars!!! (Happy World Sparrow Day 2018!)
Sparrow Wars!!! (Happy World Sparrow Day 2018!)
This year we honor World Sparrow Day with a look at how they got to North America and the Sparrow War of the 1870s that ... Read more
20 Mar 2018
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56mins
Ranked #16
Rattlesnakes and Urbanization (Special Listener-Generated Episode)
Rattlesnakes and Urbanization (Special Listener-Generated Episode)
What’s it like to be a rattlesnake in an urbanizing landscape, keeping to your patch, dodging car tires if you leave? In... Read more
9 Aug 2017
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31mins
Ranked #17
Bat Rescue
Bat Rescue
How can you use up 50,000 meal worms per week? Try rescuing injured and sick bats. In this latest post on our series on ... Read more
27 Sep 2018
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32mins
Ranked #18
F*** the Border Wall
F*** the Border Wall
Tiffany Kersten joins Tony to talk about the proposed border wall and how it will impact wildlife and wildlife viewing i... Read more
13 Jun 2018
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24mins
Ranked #19
Cute, Furry, and in Your Roof: Part 1
Cute, Furry, and in Your Roof: Part 1
Urban wildlife is great to look at, but what about when it makes your home its home? Guest host Christian Hunold (dig hi... Read more
7 Jun 2017
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41mins
Ranked #20
Flyover Critters (and a bald eagle death match)
Flyover Critters (and a bald eagle death match)
Irish hares dig Belfast’s airport and rare El Segundo blue butterflies persist on dunes protected by the the airplane no... Read more
14 Apr 2017
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1hr 7mins
