Mammalwatching
Episodes
Joel Sartore: The Photo Ark
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Joel Sartore, founder of NatGeo's Photo Ark project and one of the world's most preeminent wildlife photographers.Jo...
Nick Mcphee - Nick's Adventures Bolivia
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon chat with Nick Mcphee, founder of Nick's Adventures Bolivia, from his home in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.Nick explains how ...
Mammalwatching: The Next Generation
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon turn the podcast over to three of the youngest mammalwatchers we know: Ellen Linton (20), Bruno Kovacs Gomez (16) and Moses Swanson-Mw...
Adventures in Argentina & Tales from Tanzania
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon don't have a guest this month. Instead we talk to each about our recent trips to southern Tanzania (Charles) and Tierra del Fuego...
Episode 2: János Oláh
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the first podcast of 2026 we talk with professional bird and mammal guide János Oláh from his home in Hungary. János set up Sakertours in 1994. ...
Episode 1: Expedition to Sulawesi
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Season 4 opener to the mammalwatching podcast has Charles and Jon talking about their September 2025 expedition to Sulawesi. This is a blow by b...
Episode 18: Nachiket Kelkar & Kadambari Deshpande (India)
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon speak to conservation power couple Nachiket Kelkar and Kadambari Deshpande from their home in Bangalore. for the finale to Season 3 of...
Episode 17: African Golden Cat researcher Laila Bahaa-el-din
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with carnivore conservation expert Laila Bahaa-el-din.Laila studied the near mythical African Golden Cat for her PhD in Gabon fro...
Episode 16: Nigel Marven
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with wildlife filmmaker and presenter Nigel Marven from his home in the UK.Nigel describes how a childhood fascination with wildl...
Episode 15: Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, Nigeria
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh, founder of the SW/Niger Delta Conservation Project. Rachel, a Nigerian conservationist and visionar...
Episode 14: Shavez Cheema, Borneo
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Shavez Cheema, founder of Borneo1Stop Wildlife, from his home in Sabah.Shavez talks about a childhood in Brunei surrounded by ...
Episode 13: Venkat Sankar & Nicole Haseley's Big California Year
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with mammalwatching power couple Venkat Sankar & Nicole Haseley from their base at Stanford University in California. Nicole...
Episode 12: Sid Francis, China
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 profe...
Episode 11: The Horn of Africa
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Dibat...
Episode 10: Marcelo Gavensky and Argentina
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Argentina, a...
Episode 9: Rodney Jackson and Snow Leopards
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 l...
Episode 8: Coke Smith and Jirayu 'Tour' Ekkul (Thailand)
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon chat with two Bangkok-based mammalwatchers, Alexander Coke Smith and Jirayu 'Tour' Ekkul. Coke, an American, moved to Thaila...
Episode 7: Fernando Tortato & Jaguar tourism
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Fernando Tortato from his home in Cuiaba in Brazil's Pantanal. Fernando is Brazil Conservation Program Coordinator for...
Episode 6: Rod Cassidy, Sangha Lodge
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 5: Claudia Diaz, Wild About Colombia
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon are joined by Claudia Diaz, from Wild About Colombia, at her home in Bogota. Claudia and Robin Smith founded Wild About Colombia in 20...
Episode 4: The Vaquita (with Barbara Taylor & Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho)
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Dr Barbara Taylor (USA) and Dr Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho (Mexico), who together lead the global efforts to save the Vaquita from ex...
Episode 3: Bradley Trevor Greive
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Australian author, broadcaster and wildlife nut Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) from his home in California.BTG has an extraordina...
Episode 2: Bill Robichaud and the Saola
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ma...
Episode 1: Peter Kaestner
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 23: Sebastian Kennerknecht
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 22: Patricia Wright
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon meet conservation legend and primatologist Patricia Wright. Dr Wright is most famous for her work in Madagascar, including her discove...
Episode 21: Patricia Medici
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to conservationist and tapir champion Dr Patricia Medici from her home in Brazil's Pantanal. Patricia is a founding member o...
Episode 20: Connor Burgin
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 fascinate...
Episode 19: John Newby & Chad
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 18: Joel Berger
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Professor Joel Berger from his home in Colorado. Joel has spent a lifetime studying 'extreme species in extreme places&ap...
Episode 17: Expedition to West Papua
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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-be...
Episode 16: Luke Hunter
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 expe...
Episode 15: Harriet Kemigisha
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 he...
Episode 14: Expedition to Chad
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with Brendan and Dan Nugent - Australian mammalwatching newcomers - about their recent expedition to Chad with Jon. They talk abo...
Episode 13: Arnaud Desbiez
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Whitley Award-winning conservationist Arnaud Desbiez, from his home in the Brazilian Pantanal. Since 2010, Arnaud and his team...
Episode 12: Roland Kays
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to distinguished mammalogist Dr Roland Kays, head of the Biodiversity lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a ...
Episode 11: John & Terese Hart
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to legendary mammalogists and conservationists John and Terese Hart about 50 years' of work in the Congo rainforest. John ...
Episode 10: Trip Planning & Equatorial Guinea
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Venkat Sankar about how we plan and prepare for the perfect trip. From designing an itinerary and choosing target species to taking the &...
Episode 9: Jo Setchell
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Professor Jo Setchell from her home in the UK. Dr Setchell, a distinguished primatologist and anthropologist, has studied prim...
Episode 8: Tales of the Unexpected
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to recently converted mammalwatchers about their early mammalwatching experiences. Admittedly, some of our guests might deny they...
Episode 7: Mammalwatching Guides
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon are joined by Season 1 podcast veterans Mac Hunter and Cheryl Antonucci who starred in the first two podcast episodes, along with prof...
Episode 6: Charles Foley
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon finally gets the chance to interview his co-host Charles Foley. Charles shares adventures from a life spent working with African Elephants in Tanz...
Episode 5: Karina Karenina & Andrey Giljov
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Russian biologists and mammalwatchers Karina Karenina and Andrey Giljov (aka The Travelling Zoologists) from their new home ...
Episode 4: Christopher Scharf
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk to Christopher Scharf about his 30 year quest to photograph the planet's most iconic wildlife - a project that is destined t...
Episode 3: The First Mammalwatching Meeting
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon report back from the inaugural mammalwatching meeting in Asturias, Spain. Join us as we watch Brown Bears, Common Genets and Broom Har...
Episode 2: Robert Shumaker
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Dr Robert Shumaker, the President and CEO of the Indianapolis Zoo. Rob is a renowned expert on primate cognition (i.e. primate behaviour ...
Episode 1: Arjan Dwarshuis
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
December 25 1914: as World War I is raging, British and German troops along the frontline lay down their rifles, and cross the trenches to play a frie...
Episode 27: Merlin Tuttle
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview the original Batman, Dr Merlin Tuttle, from his home in Austin, Texas. Merlin has spent 60 years studying - and working to...
Episode 26b: Gear - Charles Hood & Fiona Reid (Part 2)
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From binoculars to bat detectors, and from thermal scopes to thermarest pillows, we all have our own preferences for mammalwatching gear. We are joine...
Episode 26a: Gear - Charles Hood & Fiona Reid (Part 1)
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From binoculars to bat detectors, and from thermal scopes to thermarest pillows, we all have our own preferences for mammalwatching gear. We are joine...
Episode 25: Tony Friend
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Tony Friend, legendary West Australian mammalogist, from his home in Albany, Australia. Tony talks about almost 40 years of work to save ...
Episode 24: Rob Foster
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Rob Foster from his home in Ontario, Canada about his work in the Canadian boreal forests and his frequent run-ins with Black and Grizzly...
Episode 23: Terry Townshend
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview British economist turned conservationist Terry Townshend from his home in Beijing. about the work he has done over the past 12 years in C...
Episode 22: Mogens Trolle
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We interview world famous Danish mammalogist turned wildlife photographer Mogens Trolle from his home in Copenhagen. Mogens talks about the philosophy...
Episode 21: Chris and Mathilde Stuart
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Chris & Mathilde Stuart - renowned wildlife researchers and authors - from their farm in South Africa. The Stuarts have ...
Episode 20: Regina Ribeiro
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Regina Ribeiro, arguably Brazil's top mammalwatching guide. Regina talks about her journey to become one of Brazil&apos...
Episode 19: Vladimir Dinets
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon talk with Vladimir Dinets, naturalist extraordinaire, about his adventures travelling the world searching for wildlife. We hear about ...
Episode 18: The Mammalwatchers' Offspring
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On New Year's Eve 2021, Ellesmere and Sierra Foley sat down with Patrick and Katy Hall to reflect on the highs and lows of growing up in a mammal...
Episode 17: Bob Pitman
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Bob Pitman, a marine ecologist from Oregon who has recently retired after spending more than 40 years working with the USA’...
Episode 16: Vivek Menon
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Vivek Menon founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India. Vivek is a distinguished conservationist, scienti...
Episode 15: Nils Bouillard
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Nils Bouillard, a young Belgian biologist who specializes in bat acoustics. In 2019 Nils set out to spend a year traveling t...
Episode 14: Wendy Panaino
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Wendy Panaino from the field in South Africa, about her research on one of Africa's rarest, most endangered and most en...
Episode 13: Alex Meyer & Tomer Ben-Yehuda
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles and Jon interview Tomer Ben-Yehuda and Alex Meyer, two 30-something mammalwatching friends about their adventures and misadventures around the...
Episode 12: Russ Mittermeier
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Russ Mittermeier, world famous author, mammalogist, conservationist and primate watcher. Russ takes us on a trip from a Tarzan-loving kid...
Episode 11: Lisa Dabek
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Lisa Dabek, senior Conservation Scientist at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, and Founder and Director of the globally renowned Tree Kangaroo...
Episode 10: Martin Royle (Royle Safaris)
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Martin Royle about the vision behind his ecotour company Royle Safaris. We talk about how much work has gone into designing tours that ac...
Episode 9: Venkat & Hari Sankar
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview father and son Hari and Venkat Sankar about their mammalwatching adventures at home in California and around the world. We talk about how...
Episode 8b: George Schaller (Part 2)
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall's second part of their interview with George Schaller, widely regarded as the planet's greatest living field biol...
Episode 8a: George Schaller (Part 1)
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall's first part of a two part interview with George Schaller, widely regarded as the planet's greatest living field ...
Episode 7: José G. Martínez-Fonseca
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall interview José G. Martínez-Fonseca about his journey from part-time bat catcher in Nicaragua to studying for his PhD in b...
Episode 6: Peter Zahler
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall interview Peter Zahler about 35 years' work conserving wildlife in the field around the world. Some of his many achiev...
Episode 5: Fiona Reid
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall interview scientist, author, artist and tour operator Fiona Reid about a lifetime catching, painting and studying some of t...
Episode 4: Tim Davenport
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall interview scientist and conservationist Dr Tim Davenport from his base in Tanzania about his many mammalian achievements an...
Episode 3: Jon Hall
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley interviews Jon Hall about 30 years of mammalwatching and 16 years of mammalwatching.com, seeing a Giant Panda in the wild, and looking...
Episode 2: Cheryl Antonucci
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Cheryl Antonucci about her love of primates, the mountains of Ethiopia and why more women don't have a mammal list. Don't mis...
Episode 1: Mac Hunter
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Professor Mac Hunter about a lifetime researching and watching mammals, and his 30 year quest to see every family of vertebrate animal. H...
About this Podcast
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Foley and Jon Hall talk to mammalwatchers, biologists, conservationists and those with a passion for observing and protecting the world's...