In this episode, Macken talks to wildlife biologist Tyus D. Williams. During this long, and wide-ranging conversation, they covered some of the following topics:
- The ethics of mosquito sterilization
- Conservation
- Pseudonaturalism
- Science communication
- Social media
- Evolution vs. creationism
- Flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, and climate change deniers
- Scientific contrarianism
- Tyus's jaguar research
- Tigers hunting bears
- Predators eating predators
- Taxonomy
Tyus is a researcher and science communicator whose work with jaguars has been published in National Geographic. You can interact with him on his twitter, @ScienceWithTyus, and learn from his #SciQFriday, and if you want to support him you can buy him a cup of coffee.