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Urban Wildlife Podcast

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Disney World

September 17, 2026 · 57 min

In this episode we talk about the fauna of Disney World as well as Tony’s birthday plans, which include a birthday bird walk. For the first time, but not the last time, Billy talks anoles and speciation, and Tony goes … Continue reading →
Uneasy about fishing

June 25, 2026 · 50 min

Billy and Tony are back with their first episode in almost two years. After some updates they talk about their uneasy relationship with fishing and how to connect urbanites with aquatic biodiversity. Here’s that Meateater article Billy…
Hawk Watching and Bird Feeding

September 25, 2024 · 1 hr 54 min

Billy and Tony sit down with Rich Conroy of the Militia Hill Hawk Watch and of the Dresher, PA Wild Birds Unlimited to chat about the joys of hawk watching and lots of other birding topics in the conversation. Topics … Continue reading →
Urban Life Rafts for Migrating Birds

May 2, 2024 · 35 min

Billy talked with author Scott Weidensaul about the wonders of bird migration and how urbanite humans can make their city habitats better for avian visitors. Topics include shorebirds, songbirds, raptors, outdoor cats, dogs, urban parks…
Urban Coyotes with Stan Gehrt

March 10, 2024 · 1 hr 29 min

Tony and Billy talk with one of their urban wildlife heroes, Stan Gehrt, who has been studying Chicago’s coyotes for more than 20 years. Dr. Gehrt has just authored a new book Coyotes Among Us: Secrets of the City’s top … Continue reading →

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It’s Always Groundhog Day

February 11, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min

Tony and Billy talk about one of their favorite critters, the (urban) woodchuck (a.k.a. groundhog, monax, whistle pig, etc.) and its marmot relatives around the globe. Other topics include yellow-bellied and hoary marmots; when iNaturalist…
Tony and Billy Catch up and Opine on Beavers, Hunting & Conservation, and Land.

August 15, 2023 · 1 hr 37 min

Tony and Billy got together ostensibly to talk about urban beavers (Castor canadensis), but the conversation wandered far and wide, touching on such subjects as hunting and conservation, rowhouse rednecks, groom cakes, Coleman coolers, the…
Charismatic Mega Fish Fauna

May 28, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min

The biggest animal in Philadelphia (and other port cities) isn’t a deer or a coyote, it’s a fish. We talk with biologist Shannon White about Atlantic sturgeon and her research into their depressingly reduced populations. We talk about how…
Chasing the Urban Exotic Episode Repost (In Memory of Scott McWilliams)

May 28, 2023 · 54 min

In memory of Scott McWilliams, who passed away from brain cancer recently, we are reposting this episode from 2015. Scott was a great Philadelphian, physician, Billy’s herping buddy and close friend, and an endlessly inquisitive naturalist.
Harbor Seals to Whales, Everything in Between

April 8, 2023 · 43 min

Andrew Budziak traveled from Vancouver to St. John’s and four cities in between to photograph Canadian urban wildlife for his video series Edge of Frame. Billy and Andrew talk about the wildlife he saw and the humans too. You can ……
The Most Beautiful Snake in the Country

March 15, 2023 · 36 min

The San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is shockingly beautiful and sadly endangered. It’s small range lies within the San Francisco Bay Area (no surprise there), one of the most densely populated regions of the…
The Tyranny of Roads (and what to do about it)

January 29, 2023 · 35 min

You might only think of them as paths from here to there, but roads are vast structures whose density largely defines urban areas and determine what can survive in them. Darryl Jones, author of A Clouded Leopard in the Middle … Continue…

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About the show

Think you can't experience wildlife in the city? Get wild right where you live with the Urban Wildlife Podcast. Hosts Billy and Tony explore the fauna and flora of cities around the globe.