Herpetology podcasts

Sarah Crespi and Richard Stone discuss the spread of disease-carrying Hyalomma ticks as the climate changes, drawing on reporting from Kosovo and the role of surveillance. Evolutionary ecologist Veronika Bókony then explains research on agile frogs whose development changes with temperature, including the reproductive consequences for genetically female frogs that develop male traits. The episode connects climate, disease ecology and amphibian reproduction. The publisher supplies a transcript and external audio.

Hosted by Sarah Crespi

Ray Huey discusses how thermal physiology informs understanding of organisms and climate change. The conversation traces his work on lizards, research on mountaineering and survival at altitude, and approaches to scientific writing. It also considers graduate training and the development of a research career in ecology and evolution.

Hosted by Marty Martin, Art Woods