ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Charles Foley and Jon Hall talk to mammalwatchers, biologists, conservationists and those with a passion for observing and protecting the world's wild mammals. For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcast.
Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.
Produced and edited by José G. Martínez-Fonseca, mammalwatcher, photographer and wildlife biologist.
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
52 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
82 episodes
since May 4, 2021
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Charles and Jon get a glimpse into the fascinating world of African mole-rats with Kyle Finn, a Postdoctoral Fellow from Linnaeus University, Sweden and one of the world's foremost experts on this family of species.
Kyle talks about his work studying Damaraland Mole-rats for his master's …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Charles and Jon talk to Stratton Hatfield and Koen Betjes, two conservation researchers involved in a range of fascinating work in Africa.
We cover a lot of ground from Giant Pangolin research in Kenya to the importance of taxonomy for conservation and mammal listing.
The pair talk about how they h…
Charles and Jon talk to mammalwatcher and environmental lawyer Brett Hartl from his home in Prescott, Arizona.
After beginning his working life as a ranger in Montana's Glacier National Park, Brett went to law school and now coordinates the Center for Biological Diversity's work on federa…
Charles and Jon compare notes from their recent trips to China, and talk the joys of travel there, especially the country's superb mammalwatching opportunities.
Charles and his family spent 10 days in China's Qinghai Province in May, while Jon was in China for a month from mid-April, inc…
Charles and Jon talk to conservationists and primatologists Tom Butynski and Yvonne de Jong from their base in Kenya.
Tom and Yvonne run the East African Primate Diversity and Conservation Program and research primates and other mammals in East Africa.
After explaining how their rural childhoods fo…
Charles and Jon talk to Joel Sartore, founder of NatGeo's Photo Ark project and one of the world's most preeminent wildlife photographers.
Joel describes his passion for conservation, a passion inspired by parents who cared and a childhood spent in nature.
He outlines his career, which t…
Charles and Jon chat with Nick Mcphee, founder of Nick's Adventures Bolivia, from his home in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Nick explains how a childhood love of wildlife - inspired by growing up near Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo - led him to Bolivia after five years in the Australian …
Charles and Jon turn the podcast over to three of the youngest mammalwatchers we know: Ellen Linton (20), Bruno Kovacs Gomez (16) and Moses Swanson-Mwamasika (15).
In a lively chat the three share stories about their passion, why they love it and what their friends and family think. We hear stories…
Charles and Jon don't have a guest this month. Instead we talk to each about our recent trips to southern Tanzania (Charles) and Tierra del Fuego (Jon).
Charles's adventure coincided with the Tanzanian elections and an outbreak of protests. These may have shut down the country but did not…
In the first podcast of 2026 we talk with professional bird and mammal guide János Oláh from his home in Hungary. János set up Sakertours in 1994. Initially focussing on birding tours in Eastern Europe they expanded to run hide-based photography tours and now mammal tours.
János explains how he was…
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