# Joyce Poole

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Milk and Economics, Prehistoric Baby Bottles, Beast So Fierce

Drink Milk? Conquer the World! Guest: Justin Cook, Assistant Professor, Economics, UC Merced Milk, or more accurately the ability to digest it, possibly led to Europe's economic prosperity and their colonization of the globe. Prehistoric Sippy Cups Guest: Julie Dunne, Biomolecular Archaeologist…

The thoughtful giant

Welcome back, friends—and a very happy new year! For our first episode of 2023 we're going big. We're examining the minds of some of the most massive, majestic megafauna around. My guest today is Dr. Joshua Plotnik. Josh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College…

The Woman Who Knows What Elephants Are Saying

For almost 50 years, National Geographic Explorer Joyce Poole has been carefully watching the elephants of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. Over that time she’s gotten to know them by name and has started decoding their sounds, smells, and body language to figure out just what the world’s largest la…

Episode 329: Secrets of the Elephants w/Bob Poole

This week we are excited to introduce filmmaker Bob Poole. Bob served as the Director of Photography for National Geographic's Secrets of the Elephants. The first episode will be released on Nat Geo on April 21st 2023, with it also being released on Disney+ on Earth Day. Bob gives us an incredible …

Research finds elephants have names for each other

Researchers in the United States have discovered that African Elephants have individual names for each other that they can recognise and respond to, just like humans. Biologists made the breakthrough using a type of AI to detect the different sounds used by Elephants. Guest:Dr Joyce Poole, Scienti…

S3 Ep61: AI in Bioacoustics with Mickey Pardo, research fellow at Cornell University

In this week’s episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Mickey Pardo, research fellow at Cornell University and former Postdoctoral Associate at Colorado State University. Mickey studied the rumbles of savannah elephants in partnership with Save the E…

Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?

Scientists in the US have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fertilising them with sperm. It’s hoped the technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease. Marnie Chesterton is joined by Dr Geraldine Jowett f…

Part 1: Among the Elephants - Africa's Gentle Giants

In the first of a three part Elephants Among Us series of Our Wild World, we will explore the savannah elephants of Africa.  Elephants are highly intelligent, emotional and social beings and you’ll learn all about their strong family bonds, their social behavior, the different roles of males and fe…

When Giants Mourn: Understanding Elephant Grief

Explore the fascinating and deeply moving world of elephant mourning behaviors in this compelling episode of Elephants. Host David Hale examines decades of scientific research documenting how elephants respond to death and loss within their families and communities. From touching deceased family me…

The Elephant Whisperers: Humans Who Speak Their Language

In this captivating episode of Elephants, host David Hale explores the extraordinary world of elephant whisperers - remarkable individuals who have mastered the art of communicating with these intelligent giants. From ancient mahout traditions in Asia to modern conservation researchers in Africa, d…