Episode 876
Reintroduction: Bringing Species Back
Saving species from the brink and adding them into existing environments to alter ecosystems
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 9, 202237m 0s
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Show Notes
Last month saw a first in the UK: Bison were released into a woodland in Kent. An animal of this size and nature hasn't be known to be on UK soil for milennia, but now conservationists hope they can act as ecosystem engineers and help protect our woodlands. We explore how the European bison is able to exert such dramatic effects on its environment as well as dive into past reintroduction sucess stories, including the flight of the red kite and the nesting of the dormouse. Plus, we address the potential costs off adding a species into a new space, how learning to live alongside predators may... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Chris Sandomgwen hitchcockstan smithwill dixoneuropean bisonRed Kitedormicewildlife trustbrampton woodblean wooddormouse surveyreintroductionBeavers reintroduction conservationreintroducing wolves