Andrew Reeves recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 26, 2020. Reeves is an author and environmental journalist.

Reeves shares stories and material from his book Overrun: Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis.

Nate Jaros and Briana Fodor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 19, 2020. Jaros is the Aquarium’s curator of fish and invertebrates, and Fodor is a senior aquarist.

Jaros and Fodor discuss the Aquarium’s involvement in coral reef restoration field work.

David Bader recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 6, 2020. Bader is the Aquarium’s director of education and lead coordinator for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Vaquita SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) program.

Bader discusses lessons learned from the story of the vaquita and what it can tell us broadly about what it will take to achieve conservation success.

Josie Iselin recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 30, 2020. Iselin is an artist and author of the new book, The Curious World of Seaweed.

She discusses how her interest in art and science brought her to study seaweed.

Ellen Prager recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 22, 2020. Dr. Prager is a marine scientist and science advisor to Celebrity Cruises in the Galápagos Islands. Her previous books include Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans’ Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter.

She discusses her experiences in the Galápagos and the wonder of the islands through stories and images. She also explains how she integrated these into her new adventure novel for children ages eight to fourteen, Escape Galápagos.

Susan Gerros recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 15, 2020. Gerros is a senior aviculturist at the Aquarium and cares for birds and reptiles.

She discusses her experiences on the island of Saipan, located in the Northern Mariana Islands, where several species of birds are being relocated to help save them from possible extinction.

Dr. Jason Smith recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 19, 2019. Dr. Smith is lead environmental scientist at DeepGreen Resources.

He discusses polymetallic nodules as an alternative to traditional terrestrial mining.

Dr. Barbara Taylor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 12, 2019. Dr. Taylor is the leader of the Marine Mammal Genetics Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and chair of the Marine Mammal Society’s Conservation Committee.

She discusses the endangered vaquita porpoise and conservation lessons that can apply to other marine species.

Danielle Eubank recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 5, 2019. Eubank is a painter and member of The Explorer’s Club, and a 2018 Creative Climate Awards nominee.

She discusses the process of documenting the world’s oceans in her artwork.

Lee McIntyre recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 8, 2019. McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and a lecturer in ethics at Harvard Extension School.

He discusses his concept of the scientific attitude, which includes openness to new ideas, but skepticism until those ideas have been tested against the evidence. He will explore how it might be used to communicate better with those who would reject scientific findings on topics like climate change, evolution, and the safety of vaccinations and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

McIntyre is the author of The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience.