by Duncan | Oct 1, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” a documentary that airs Oct. 22 in the season premiere of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls a research opportunity as a...
by Duncan | Sep 24, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Wildlife
Stephanie Boydston–founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a refuge in Myakka City, FL devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing farmed animals—recalls a childhood in Long Island, NY amidst a string of foster animals, reflecting...
by Duncan | Sep 17, 2025 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Pets, Rescue
Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa—a uniquely canine-centric man of the cloth, rarely going anywhere without his Doberman, Humphrey, at his side, sometimes including the altar—recalls growing up in Northwest England with the first...
by Duncan | Sep 10, 2025 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
Dr. Melissa Miller–a wearer of multiple University of Florida hats: research scientist, wildlife ecologist with the school’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, lead investigator on a project that employs Artificial Intelligence technology seeking to...
by Duncan | Aug 27, 2025 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior
Please Note: Owing to a major accident that closed down Highway 60—a central route I take in commuting to WMNF each Wednesday—I was unable to make it to the radio station to broadcast ‘Talking Animals,” having to deliver an improvised version of this show from my car,...
