Ziegen sind neugierige, intelligente Tiere mit einer engen Bindung an die Menschen, die sie versorgen. Wie funktionieren sie als Herde? Können sie Biotope schützen und damit einige Folgen des Klimawandels begrenzen? Im Naturschutz setzt man zunehmend auf wiederkäuende Weidetiere wie die Ziegen. Von Christiane Seiler (BR 2023)
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"Pirate Queens". Frauen unter der Totenkopf-Flagge
Sie sind Mythos: "Pirate Queens", Seeräuberinnen, der Schrecken der Karibik. Es gab sie wirklich, sie waren reale Personen in der Geschichte der Piraterie. Als Abenteurerinnen, Kämpferinnen für Frauenrechte und leidenschaftliche Liebhaberinnen sind sie zu Ikonen der Popkultur gew ... Show More
22m 41s
Apr 2023
Peep The Delightful Science Of Chickens
When Tove Danovich decided to dabble in backyard chicken keeping, she embraced a tried and true journalistic practice — reading everything there is to find on the subject. In her search, she found plenty of how-to guides, but what she really wanted was to know more about the scie ... Show More
12m 40s
Mar 2023
Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence
Whenever I'm out doing field work or on a hike, I’ve not only got my eyes wide open, but my ears too. There’s a lot going on in a forest or under the sea - the sounds of nature. So many of those sounds in nature are about communication.Personally, I love to chat with ravens. I li ... Show More
49m 36s
Nov 2020
What If We Lived in a Closed Biosphere? - with Jane Poynter
In 1991, 8 people walked into the first ever biosphere project, committed to live there, grow their own food, recycle their waste and sustain themselves on limited amounts of oxygen for 2 years. So who better to ask "What If we lived in a closed biosphere than Jane Poynter, one o ... Show More
39m 1s
Mar 2021
#72: Dogs, Frogs, and Viral Analogs (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)
In this 72nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. It’s the Spring equinox, and there are frogs—frogs who are anatomically able to tune out some of the voices ... Show More
1h 32m