Episodios

  • Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered
    May 23 2025

    Sixty-two years after Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last scientifically recorded, Expedition Cyclops went on a mission to find out whether the species still exists in the Cyclops Mountains.


    Species spotlight link from On the Edge:

    https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/article-species-spotlight-echidnas


    If you’d like to learn more about the hunt for Attenborough’s echidna, click on the links below:


    https://www.expeditioncyclops.org/

    https://expeditioncyclops.substack.com/

    https://www.yappenda.eco/

    https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/james-kempton



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  • Saiga Antelope: humungous noses and countless comebacks
    May 16 2025

    Having roamed since the Ice Age, Saiga Antelope are no stranger to harsh conditions. But as mass mortality events leave their population extremely vulnerable, how have they managed to make countless comebacks?


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge.


    Find out more about the Saiga Antelope: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/article-species-spotlight-saiga-antelope


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  • Beavers: waffle tails and river lodges
    May 9 2025

    After being extinct in England for centuries, beavers are making a comeback thanks to a new license permitting their wild release. How could their dam building prevent flooding and droughts?


    You can find out more about the beaver here:https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/article-species-spotlight-eurasian-beaver


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge.


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    11 m
  • Chinese Giant Salamander: the living fossils
    May 2 2025

    As the world's largest surviving amphibian, Chinese giant salamanders haven't changed much in their 170 million years on earth. So what does life look like for these "living fossils"?


    You can find out more about the Chinese giant salamander here: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/species-spotlight-chinese-giant-salamander?utm_campaign=The%20AnimalSensemaker?utm_medium=Partnerships?utm_source=Tortoise


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge.


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    Head to our website observer.co.uk

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    8 m
  • Stingless Bee: keeping the rainforest blooming
    Apr 25 2025

    In the Amazon and tropical places around the world, armies of stingless bees spend their days collecting nectar from plants and flowers across the forest.


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  • Pygmy hippo: The internet’s chunky best friend
    Apr 18 2025

    Pygmy hippos are the most internet-famous species around, thanks to viral sensation Moo Deng – but in the wild these creatures are shy, elusive and incredibly rare.


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge.


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    10 m
  • Can the Harlequin toad stage a comeback?
    Apr 11 2025

    Harlequin toads lit up the jungles of South and Central America with their dazzling colours, until they began to vanish – but some of these tough little toads are bouncing back…


    You can find out more about the harlequin toad here: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/article-species-spotlight-harlequin-toad?utm_campaign=TheAnimalSensemaker?utm_medium=Partnerships?utm_source=Tortoise


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    12 m
  • Is being so cute a curse for red pandas?
    Apr 4 2025

    Red pandas might be unbearably cute, but they were the original pandas - long before their black-and-white namesakes stole the spotlight…


    You can find out more about the red panda here: https://www.ontheedge.org/edge-zine/article-species-spotlight-red-panda?utm_campaign=TheAnimalSensemaker?utm_medium=Partnerships?utm_source=Tortoise


    The Animal Sensemaker - one animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by Tortoise and On the Edge.


    You can find out more about Tortoise:


    Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists

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    11 m
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