NaturallyScott
At least once a week, I’ll bring you the very best of America’s spectacular world of nature — from birds to mammals, to reptiles and amphibians. From soaring mountains to endless plains, from rugged coastlines to rivers and streams.
Each episode will feature an expert guest — a ranger, a researcher, a birder, or an adventurer — someone who has seen what we want to see and been where we want to go.
Episodes
80 episodes
E80 John Squires – Canada Lynx, Wolverines & a Lifetime in the Wild
TitleE80 John Squires – Canada Lynx, Wolverines & a Lifetime in the WildBuzzsprout DescriptionCanada Lynx and wolverines are two of North America’s most elusive mammals. Most of us will never see either one in th...
E79 Naturally Scott Adventures – Sandhill Cranes: A Million Birds on the Platte
Every March, one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in North America takes place along a relatively short stretch of Nebraska’s Platte River.Roughly a million Sandhill Cranes migrate north each spring, and an estimated 80 percent of the...
E78 Jane Rodgers – Joshua Tree: Protecting a Desert in a Changing World 🌵🏜️
Joshua Tree National Park sits at the meeting point of two deserts, welcomes roughly three million visitors a year, and protects a landscape filled with Joshua trees, desert bighorn sheep, mountain lions, tortoises, bats—and some of the darkest...
E77 Naturally Scott Adventures – Wild Burros of Oatman: Where Burros Rule Route 66 🫏🏜️
Along historic Route 66 in the Arizona desert sits the tiny town of Oatman—a former gold-mining community where the most famous residents have four legs.In this edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, Scott Harris visits the wil...
E76 Amy Tan – Backyard Birds, Art & Finding Wonder Close to Home 🐦🎨
Amy Tan is best known as the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club. But in recent years, another passion has taken over much of her attention: the birds in her own backyard.In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harr...
E75 Naturally Scott Adventures – California Condors: Giants of the Grand Canyon 🦅🏜️
With a wingspan approaching 10 feet, the California Condor is a bird you don't simply see—you experience.In this edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, Scott Harris travels to Navajo Bridge in Arizona, where the Colo...
E74 John Koprowski – Squirrels: Tiny Athletes, Brilliant Survivors & Backyard Geniuses 🐿️🌳
Squirrels raid our bird feeders, bury thousands of nuts, leap between trees, and somehow seem to outsmart nearly every obstacle we put in their way. But just how remarkable are they?In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris...
E73 Naturally Scott Adventures – Burrowing Owls: Florida’s Tiny Underground Raptors 🦉🌴
Owls are usually creatures of forests, trees, and darkness. Burrowing Owls break just about every one of those rules.In this edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, Scott Harris heads to Cape Coral, Florida, a city th...
E72 John Ford – The Secret Cultures of Killer Whales 🐋
Killer whales—or orcas—are among the most recognizable animals on Earth. But beneath those black-and-white markings are remarkably complex societies, with different diets, dialects, traditions, and even cultures passed from one generation to th...
E71 Naturally Scott Adventures – 20 Million Bats: The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth 🦇🌅e
What could possibly draw someone to Texas in the middle of summer?Twenty million bats.In this edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, Scott Harris travels to Bracken Cave Preserve just outside San Antonio—home to the largest...
E70 Jason Bittel – Grizzlies, Porcupines & the Animals You Thought You Knew 🐻🦔
What if everything you thought you knew about some of North America's most familiar animals was wrong?In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris welcomes science writer and author Jason Bittel, whose new book Griz...
E69 Naturally Scott Adventures – Wild Mustangs of Nevada: The Spirit of the American West 🐎🏜️
There may be no animal more closely tied to the spirit of the American West than the wild Mustang.In this edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, Scott Harris travels to Nevada in search of one of North America's most iconic animal...
E68 Dr. Virginia Edgcomb – Hydrothermal Vents, Ocean Microbes & Life in Earth’s Most Extreme Places 🌋🌊
What if the most important life in the ocean is almost completely invisible?In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris sits down with marine microbiologist Dr. Ginny Edgcomb of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for a fascin...
E67 Naturally Scott Adventures – Florida Manatees: Gentle Giants of Crystal River 🐋🌿
Welcome to another edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, where Scott Harris takes you into the field to experience some of North America's most remarkable wildlife and wild places.In this episode, Scott visits Crystal River Na...
E66 Scott Weidensaul – The Return of the Oystercatcher & Stories of Hope for Birds 🐦🌎
Award-winning author, ornithologist, and conservationist Scott Weidensaul returns to Naturally Scott to discuss his inspiring new book, The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save Ourselves. Rather than focusing solely o...
E65 Naturally Scott Adventures – Alligators, Big Cypress & Florida’s Living Dinosaurs 🐊🌿
Welcome to another edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, where Scott Harris takes you into the field to experience some of North America's greatest wildlife spectacles, iconic species, and wild places.In this episode, Scott heads...
E64 George Archibald – Dancing with Whooping Cranes & Saving the World's Rarest Birds 🏗️🦩
Few people have done more to save cranes than George Archibald.In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris sits down with the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation for a remarkable conversation spanning decades of conserv...
E63 Naturally Scott Adventures – Colonial Spanish Mustangs & the Wild Horses of Corolla 🐎🌊
Welcome to another edition of Naturally Scott Adventures, where Scott Harris takes you into the field to experience some of North America's greatest wildlife spectacles, iconic species, and wild places.In this episode, Scott heads...
E62 Jessica Ware – Dragonflies, Ancient Flight & the Secret World of Insects! 🪰🌎
Dragonflies are older than dinosaurs, can migrate across oceans, and spend most of their lives underwater.In this fascinating and surprisingly fun episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris sits down with entomologist and evolutionary biol...
E61 Naturally Scott Adventures – One Million Snow Geese! 🕊️❄️
Welcome to the very first edition of Naturally Scott Adventures — a new series where Scott Harris takes you directly into the field to experience some of nature’s greatest spectacles, species, and wild places.And for Episode 61, we begin...
E60 Zach Steinhauser – One Million Purple Martins & South Carolina’s Greatest Wildlife SpectacleUntitled Episode
What does it feel like to sit beneath a sky filled with a million birds?In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris is joined by naturalist, filmmaker, and Carolina Safari Co. founder Zach Steinhauser for a conversation about one of...
E59 Matt Forister – Butterflies, Climate Change & the Hidden Crisis Facing Insects
Butterflies are beautiful. They are also disappearing.In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris sits down with University of Nevada, Reno biology professor Matt Forister for a fascinating and surprisingly urgent conversation about...
E58 Wade Crowfoot – Water, Wildfire & the Future of Conservation in California
In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott Harris sits down with Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, for a wide-ranging conversation about conservation, climate challenges, and the future of one of the most biodi...
E57 — Women in Birding: A Conversation with Sy Montgomery, Debi Shearwater & Lynn Scarlett 🐦
This episode is a first for Naturally Scott — a panel conversation.Scott Harris brings together three remarkable voices — Sy Montgomery, Debi Shearwater, and Lynn Scarlett — for an honest, thoughtful discussion about the history of women...
E56 Kimberly Kaufman — The Biggest Week in American Birding & the Magic of Migration 🐦🌎
Every spring, billions of birds move across North America — and for a brief moment, one place becomes the center of it all.In this episode of Naturally Scott, Scott sits down with Kimberly Kaufman, Executive Director of the Black Swamp B...