Mammalwatching
Charles Foley and Jon Hall talk to mammalwatchers, biologists, conservationists and those with a passion for observing and protecting the world's wild mammals. For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcast.
Dr Charles Foley is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Jon Hall set up mammalwatching.com in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.
Produced and edited by José G. Martínez-Fonseca, mammalwatcher, photographer and wildlife biologist.
Episodes
66 episodes
Episode 13: Venkat Sankar & Nicole Haseley's Big California Year
Charles and Jon talk with mammalwatching power couple Venkat Sankar & Nicole Haseley from their base at Stanford University in California. Nicole and Venkat 'accidentally' turned 2024 into a Big California (Mammal) Year and ende...
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Episode 12: Sid Francis, China
Charles and Jon talk to legendary mammal guide Sid Francis from his home in Sichuan.Sid runs through a career as geographically diverse as it is professionally. After studying agriculture in the UK he worked as - among other things - a s...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11: The Horn of Africa
In the first episode of 2025 Charles and Jon talk about their December 2024 trip to Ethiopia's Somali Region and Djibouti. From Dik-diks to Dibatags we discuss some of the rare mammals we encountered along with spectacular species like the pois...
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Episode 11
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57:04
Episode 10: Marcelo Gavensky and Argentina
In the last podcast episode of 2024, Charles and Jon talk to Marcelo Gavensky from his home in Buenos Aires. Marcelo is director of Birds Arge...
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Episode 10
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Episode 9: Rodney Jackson and Snow Leopards
Charles and Jon talk with Rodney Jackson the director of the Snow Leopard Conservancy, who is widely considered the leading world expert on the snow leopard, having devoted over forty...
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Episode 9
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Episode 8: Coke Smith and Jirayu 'Tour' Ekkul (Thailand)
Charles and Jon chat with two Bangkok-based mammalwatchers, Alexander Coke Smith and Jirayu 'Tour' Ekkul. Coke, an American, moved to Thailand a decade ago. He has travelled extensively and many mammalwatchers will be familiar with his ...
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Episode 7: Fernando Tortato & Jaguar tourism
Charles and Jon talk to Fernando Tortato from his home in Cuiaba in Brazil's Pantanal. Fernando is Brazil Conservation Program Coordinator for
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Episode 7
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Episode 6: Rod Cassidy, Sangha Lodge
Charles and Jon are joined from South Africa by Rod Cassidy who runs world famous Sangha Lodge in the Central African Republic. A true mammalwatching nirvana.Rod talks about his early career as a bird guide and conservation researcher i...
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Episode 5: Claudia Diaz, Wild About Colombia
Charles and Jon are joined by Claudia Diaz, from Wild About Colombia, at her home in Bogota. Claudia and Robin Smith founded Wild...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4: The Vaquita (with Barbara Taylor & Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho)
Charles and Jon talk to Dr Barbara Taylor (USA) and Dr Lorenzo Rojas-...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3: Bradley Trevor Greive
Charles and Jon talk to Australian author, broadcaster and wildlife nut Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) from his home in California.BTG has an extraordinary CV: he was a para...
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Episode 3
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Episode 2: Bill Robichaud and the Saola
Charles and Jon talk to conservationist Bill Robichaud, best known for his work to protect what many would argue is the world's most enigmatic mammal: the Saola.Saolas - a beautifully marked 100kg bovid - are often referred to as the 'A...
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Episode 1: Peter Kaestner
Charles and Jon open Season 3 of the podcast from the jungles of the Ivory Coast, before talking to Peter Kaestner, the world's most accomplished birder. In February 2024 Peter ...
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Episode 23: Sebastian Kennerknecht
In the season finale to Season 2 of the podcast, Charles and Jon talk to the founder of Cat Expeditions - camera trap virtuoso and feline aficionado -
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Episode 23
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54:33
Episode 22: Patricia Wright
Charles and Jon meet conservation legend and primatologist Patricia Wright. Dr Wright is most famous for her work in Madagascar, including her discovery of the ...
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Episode 22
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Episode 21: Patricia Medici
Charles and Jon talk to conservationist and tapir champion Dr Patricia Medici from her home in Brazil's Pantanal. Patricia is a founding member of the
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Episode 20: Connor Burgin
Charles and Jon meet Connor Burgin a PhD student working on mammalian systematics at the University of New Mexico. As a young boy Connor was fascinated by Wikipedia's list of dinosaurs. His fascination shifted to lists of present day fauna and ...
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Episode 19: John Newby & Chad
Charles and Jon talk to the legendary John Newby about his 50 years in Chad and Niger working to save some of the rarest antelopes in the world. This is ...
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Episode 18: Joel Berger
Charles and Jon talk to Professor Joel Berger from his home in Colorado. Joel has spent a lifetime studying 'extreme species in extreme places' as a senior scientist with the Wildlife Conservati...
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Episode 18
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Episode 17: Expedition to West Papua
Charles and Jon are reunited with Carlos Bocos who inspired, designed and guided their hugely successful trip to West Papua in June 2023. From Long-beaked Echidnas to Long-fingered Trioks, we t...
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Episode 16: Luke Hunter
Charles and Jon talk to Luke Hunter, the director of the Big Cat Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society and one of the world's leading experts on wild carnivore conservation. Luke discus...
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Episode 16
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Episode 15: Harriet Kemigisha
Charles and Jon chat with Harriet Kemigisha - founder of Harrier Tours - from her home in western Uganda. Harriet talks about a life that has taken her from a young village girl exploring the ...
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Episode 15
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55:40
Episode 14: Expedition to Chad
Charles and Jon talk with Brendan and Dan Nugent - Australian mammalwatching newcomers - about their recent expedition to Chad with Jon. They talk about the other-worldly scenery of the Ended Massif; the Dama Gazelles of Ouadi-Rimé - "the most ...
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