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Science Of The TimesWaspish BehaviourIn this weeks episode, Tim and Syma get the run down on wasps, courtesy of Seirian Sumner, entomologist and behavioural ecologist. Will Syma now forgive the wasps, following a recent encounter?Seirian's bookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Endless-Forms-Secret-World-Wasps/dp/0008394512/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0Our sponsor for this episode is Grace and Garbo! Thank you.https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GraceandGarbo'At Grace and Garbo we are passionate about vintage knitwear. From classic fair isle, to one-of-a-kind artisan hand knits and vibrant mohair. Visit our Etsy store, Grace and Garbo, for...2025-08-0742 min
Life’s Tough, Explorers Are TOUGHER!The Wasp WhispererEntomologist and UCL professor Dr. Seirian Sumner joins host Richard Wiese to challenge everything you think you know about wasps. While most people see them as pests, Seirian makes the compelling case that wasps are unsung heroes of our ecosystems—natural pest controllers, accidental pollinators, and potential allies in sustainable agriculture. She shares humorous and insightful stories from her career, from dressing in wasp-themed costumes to giving “wasp evangelism” talks, while also reflecting on gender, mentorship, and inclusion in the scientific community. Plus, she offers practical tips on how to coexist peacefully with wasps at picnics and explores her dream...2025-04-1629 minLife’s Tough, Explorers Are TOUGHER!The Wasp WhispererEntomologist and UCL professor Dr. Seirian Sumner joins host Richard Wiese to challenge everything you think you know about wasps. While most people see them as pests, Seirian makes the compelling case that wasps are unsung heroes of our ecosystems—natural pest controllers, accidental pollinators, and potential allies in sustainable agriculture. She shares humorous and insightful stories from her career, from dressing in wasp-themed costumes to giving “wasp evangelism” talks, while also reflecting on gender, mentorship, and inclusion in the scientific community. Plus, she offers practical tips on how to coexist peacefully with wasps at picnics and explores her dream...2025-04-1629 min
Toekomst voor Natuur72 – Maaien tegen de klippen op – met Yavanna Aartsma en Koen VerhoogtEr moet steeds vaker gemaaid worden door stikstofdepositie en klimaatverandering. Hoe doe je dat met zo min mogelijk schade aan insecten? In deze aflevering spreekt Anthonie over maaidilemma’s met Yavanna Aartsma, onderzoeker bij Wageningen Environmental Research en Koen Verhoogt projectleider bij De Vlinderstichting. Zij publiceren binnenkort nieuw OBN-onderzoek naar de effecten van maaibeheer op insecten en manieren om maaischade te beperken. Waarom maaien we eigenlijk? En kun je niet veel beter de natuur haar gang laten gaan in plaats van te maaien? Het blijkt toch iets genuanceerder te liggen dan dat. Om graslanden te behouden is begrazing of ma...2024-11-2351 min
AMSEcastAMSE Science Report with author Seirian SumnerSeirian Sumner speaks to us about her terrific book Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps. In this Science Report we learn why wasps often have a bad reputation. 2024-10-0104 min
the happy garden podcastWhere are the wasps this year?Where are the wasps? Mollie asks Seirian Sumner, (AKA The Wasp Woman) a British entomologist and behavioural ecologist. She is a professor at University College London and is an expert in social wasps, she’s also written a book on wasps, so she's quite the expert on the subject! Find out why there are so few to be seen and how that will impact future generations of wasps.As it is our first birthday next week, Andy Lound has the history of paper, a traditional first birthday gift. Darren answers another bumper crop of your gardening qu...2024-08-301h 30
GartenheldenBiologe Rolf Witt: So nützlich sind Wespen im GartenDiese seltenen Insektenarten hat Witt bei Hajo Kaemena in Bremen nachgewiesen
In der zehnten Folge berichtet Biologe Rolf Witt aus Oldenburg von der Zusammenarbeit mit dem Oberneulander Landwirt Hajo Kaemena und welche seltenen Insekten er auf dem Wildbienenpfad bislang gefunden hat. In der achten Folge der "Gartenhelden" kam bereits Hajo Kaemena zu Wort und beschrieb ausführlich, was er für Maßnahmen ergreift, um die Wildbienen in Oberneuland wieder anzusiedeln.
Witt und Kaemena kennen sich seit etwa fünf Jahren und der Biologe ist angetan von Kaemenas Engagement, das sich von einem Hobby zu einem Teil sein...2024-08-1834 min
WomanthologySoapbox ScienceWelcome to the seventy-ninth episode of the Womanthology podcast.Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.In our new Soapbox Science episode, we catch up with Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, co-founder of Soapbox Science. We'll be talking about the work Natalie's been doing alongside her co-founder, Professor Seirian Sumner, and also with Isla Watton, who coordinates the organisation of Soapbox Science on a day-to-day basis, si...2024-05-2819 min
Beauties and BeastiesAuthor of the "wasp" book "Endless Forms" Seirian SumnerAlex & Sean talk to the Author Seirian Sumner whos' book Endless forms explores the secret world of wasps.
2023-11-151h 41
Gardening with the RHSWinter Preparation & The Case for No-DigThis week, we journey through RHS Garden Wisley, capturing some of its autumnal beauty while also looking ahead as winter edges ever closer. Garden Manager Sheila Das chats with us about her no-dig journey, entomologist Dr. Seirian Sumner fills us in on wasps’ winter preparation, and finally, Wisley advisors provide a seasonal Q&A. Links:How to grow a No-Dig Garden How to improve your soil with the ‘No Dig’ technique Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps Leafmould...2023-11-0230 min
Women of MarvelThe WaspThe Wasp turns 60! Janet Van Dyne is a mother figure, a good friend, a team leader, and was responsible for naming the Avengers! In honor of 60 years of the Wasp, we’re celebrating all the ways Janet has supported her friends, family, and many teams. Plus — of course — we can’t have an episode about Janet without talking about fashion!Ellie and Preeti bring in Marvel editor Alanna Smith, Marvel’s queen of variant covers and fashion connoisseur Emily Newcomen, (real life) wasp scientist Dr. Seirian Sumner, and writer Rainbow Rowell to help explore all facets of what make...2023-09-2037 min
The Infinite Monkey CageBees v WaspsBrian Cox and Robin Ince tackle one of the most important questions posed by science: which is better, bees or wasps? To defend bees, ecologist Dave Goulson joins the panel, while entomologist Seirian Sumner comes to the defence of wasps. Although both species are known to deliver a nasty sting, Seirian and Dave battle to show why their species should be loved, not swotted, and how we unknowingly rely on them. Comedian Catherine Bohart takes on the role of judge. Which will she ultimately choose: bees or wasps?New episodes are released on Saturdays. If you're in...2023-07-0842 min
The latest segments from Science FridayAccessible Birding, Space Sounds, Wasps. July 7, 2023. Part 2Meet The Blind Birder Reimagining Accessibility In The Outdoors
For many blind and low vision people, accessing outdoor spaces like parks can be challenging. Trails are often unsafe or difficult to navigate, signs don’t usually have Braille, guides generally aren’t trained to help disabled visitors, and so on.
But nature recordist Juan Pablo Culasso, based in Bogata, Colombia, is changing that. He’s designed a system of fully accessible trails in the cloud forests of southwest Colombia that are specifically tailored to help visually disabled people connect with nature. The trails are the first of their...2023-07-0700 min
New Books in Animal StudiesThe Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of OrcasLike wolves, orcas have been loved and loathed throughout history. What created this complicated relationship between humans and whales? And have we changed our attitudes toward them and their habitat needs in time to save them? Science writer and biologist Hanne Strager joins us to share:
How a conversation in a cafeteria led her to remote corners of the world.
Why her sister helped her be in two places at once.
How she learned about whale dialects.
Why the loss of a pod member matters so much.
A discussion of the book The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love a...2023-06-2956 min
New Books in Biology and EvolutionThe Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of OrcasLike wolves, orcas have been loved and loathed throughout history. What created this complicated relationship between humans and whales? And have we changed our attitudes toward them and their habitat needs in time to save them? Science writer and biologist Hanne Strager joins us to share:
How a conversation in a cafeteria led her to remote corners of the world.
Why her sister helped her be in two places at once.
How she learned about whale dialects.
Why the loss of a pod member matters so much.
A discussion of the book The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love a...2023-06-2956 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesThe Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of OrcasLike wolves, orcas have been loved and loathed throughout history. What created this complicated relationship between humans and whales? And have we changed our attitudes toward them and their habitat needs in time to save them? Science writer and biologist Hanne Strager joins us to share:
How a conversation in a cafeteria led her to remote corners of the world.
Why her sister helped her be in two places at once.
How she learned about whale dialects.
Why the loss of a pod member matters so much.
A discussion of the book The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love a...2023-06-291h 00
The Academic LifeThe Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of OrcasLike wolves, orcas have been loved and loathed throughout history. What created this complicated relationship between humans and whales? And have we changed our attitudes toward them and their habitat needs in time to save them? Science writer and biologist Hanne Strager joins us to share:
How a conversation in a cafeteria led her to remote corners of the world.
Why her sister helped her be in two places at once.
How she learned about whale dialects.
Why the loss of a pod member matters so much.
A discussion of the book The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love a...2023-06-2959 min
Gardening with the RHSJune Garden Reset: GYO Chillies, Protect Your Soil, and Wonderful WaspsIt’s June and our gardens are now in full swing. It’s a wonderful time of year – that perfect sweet spot where we can start to take in the fruits of our spring labour, while still looking ahead to the wonders yet to come. And so this week, we’ll be focusing on what you can keep on doing to ensure your garden flourishes all summer long. We’ll be chatting with Alessandro Vitale about the plant that inspired him to grow – chillies, hearing from entomologist Seirian Sumner on the surprising benefits of wasps in June, and checking in with Caro...2023-06-0829 min
Science for the People#626 Our Friend, the WaspIs there an insect more universally despised than the wasp? What have they done to incur so much of our ire? No one likes them. Well... almost no one. Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at University College London and cofounder of the Big Wasp Survey, is on a mission to improve the wasp's PR with her book "Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps". She joins us to talk about the fascinating biology and behaviour of wasps and their societies, and how we can learn to better coexist with the wasp, thinking of it less as pest and...2023-05-2500 minWomanthologySoapbox ScienceWelcome to the sixtieth episode of the Womanthology podcast.Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.In this episode, we chat with Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, co-founder of Soapbox Science. We'll be talking about the work Natalie's been doing alongside her co-founder, Professor Seirian Sumner, and also with Isla Watton, who coordinates the organisation of Soapbox Science on a day-to-day basis, since we spoke on la...2023-05-2320 min
DiscoveryTooth and Claw: WaspsWhy do wasps exist? While many see them as unfriendly bees who sting out of spite, their aggression could be interpreted as a fierce form of family protection. They are hugely understudied and even more underappreciated, with hundreds of thousands of different species carrying out jobs in our ecosystems. Some live together in nests whereas others hunt solo, paralysing prey with antibiotic-laden venom. In abundance, they can destroy environments - outcompeting most creatures and taking resource for themselves - but could we harness their predatory powers to take on pest control? Adam Hart and guests are a-buzz about this...2023-01-0227 min
Into The WildWasps with Prof Seirian SumnerIf you say the word "wasp" you're rarely met with a response like "gah I just love them" however, it only takes a little peek into the world of wasps for someone to learn that there is MUCH more than meets the social opinion of them.
To join me this week to share the diverse world & love of the wasp is Professor Seirian Sumner. From Seirian's favourite species to the mad behaviours of some others, we even discuss why people have certain feelings about thee wonderful insects.
To grab a copy of Seirian's new book...2022-10-2454 min
Skeptics in the Pub Online PodcastEndless Forms: The secret world of wasps - Seirian SumnerThere’s a lot more to wasps than your stripy picnic friend: wasps matter to you and the world. There are five times more species of wasps than bees; there are wasps that have sex inside plants; there are wasps that turn cockroaches into zombies. Wasps taught us how to make paper; wasps are architects, guardians of microorganisms, invaders, pollinators, seed dispersers and predators. They are nature’s pest-controllers; their endless forms are windows into evolution’s most remarkable inventions; they are pharmacists; they might even hold a cure for cancer. I guarantee that a journey into the secret world...2022-10-091h 14New Books in Biology and EvolutionThe Surprising World of WaspsWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
What inspired Professor Sumner to study wasps.
That time she ate a slug.
Her grad school research trip to study wasps in the Malaysian rainforest.
The complex and varied roles wasps play in the natural world.
The importance of approaching the natural world with endless curiosity.
Today’s book is: Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps, which explores these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and reveals how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance. Everyone worries...2022-10-061h 04
New Books in ScienceThe Surprising World of WaspsWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
What inspired Professor Sumner to study wasps.
That time she ate a slug.
Her grad school research trip to study wasps in the Malaysian rainforest.
The complex and varied roles wasps play in the natural world.
The importance of approaching the natural world with endless curiosity.
Today’s book is: Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps, which explores these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and reveals how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance. Everyone worries...2022-10-061h 06The Academic LifeThe Surprising World of WaspsWelcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
What inspired Professor Sumner to study wasps.
That time she ate a slug.
Her grad school research trip to study wasps in the Malaysian rainforest.
The complex and varied roles wasps play in the natural world.
The importance of approaching the natural world with endless curiosity.
Today’s book is: Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps, which explores these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and reveals how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance. Everyone worries...2022-10-061h 06
VoorproeversWaarom we van wespen moeten houdenDe wesp torst een kwalijke reputatie. Nochtans hebben wespen indrukwekkende cognitieve en sociale vaardigheden. En blijken bovendien van nut in de meest diverse domeinen. De Britse entomoloog en gedragsecoloog Seirian Sumner houdt in haar boek ‘De Wesp’ een warm pleidooi voor dit miskende insect. Haar Vlaamse collega Hans Van Dyck las het boek en kan zich helemaal vinden in haar pleidooi, hij vertelt waarom we van wespen zouden moeten houden.2022-10-0332 min
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine PodcastWasps with Prof Seirian SumnerDid you know that wasps are the best pest controllers you could wish for in the garden? Today, entomologist and wasp expert Professor Seirian Sumner and Kate Bradbury explore these wonderful, often misunderstood, insects.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-09-0151 min
Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate PodcastWasps with Seirian SumnerAre wasps the anti-bee? Malicious, stripey villains who exist to make our lives worse? Unsurprisingly: no. Tom is joined by Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at University College London and author of 'Endless Forms', who has made it her mission to repair the reputation of the wasp, and share what makes the Apocrita both interesting and vital.Join us to discover the imporance of wasps, as well as the architecture, social structures and eye-watering parasitoid lifestyles that can be found within this most diverse of insect groups.Seirian's book , Endless Forms, can be found here: h...2022-08-1551 min
The Overview15. Are we facing an "insectageddon"?Alarming reports of declining insect populations have triggered warnings that the world may be facing ‘Insectageddon’. What could happen if insect numbers fall further? Why do we care about some more than others? And what can we do to protect at-risk species?This is The Overview.Presented by Julia O’Driscoll, with guests environmentalist and broadcaster Chris Baines, Dr Nick Isaac from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dr Erica McAlister, senior curator at the Natural History Museum, and Professor Seirian Sumner from UCL. Thanks to The Week’s Kari Wilkin. Produced by Rich Jarman.2022-08-0325 min
The Overview15. Are we facing an "insectageddon"?Alarming reports of declining insect populations have triggered warnings that the world may be facing ‘Insectageddon’. What could happen if insect numbers fall further? Why do we care about some more than others? And what can we do to protect at-risk species?This is The Overview.Presented by Julia O’Driscoll, with guests environmentalist and broadcaster Chris Baines, Dr Nick Isaac from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dr Erica McAlister, senior curator at the Natural History Museum, and Professor Seirian Sumner from UCL. Thanks to The Week’s Kari Wilkin. Produced by Rich Jarman.2022-08-0325 min
Armchair Expert with Dax ShepardSeirian Sumner (behavioral ecologist on wasps)Dr. Seirian Sumner (Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps) is an entomologist and behavioral ecologist. Dr. Sumner joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why wasps need to be re-branded in popular culture, how they are used to control crop pests, and how understudied they are in relation to other insects. Dr. Sumner and Dax talk about the amazing things some wasps can do to their prey, how the queen of a colony is chosen, and what different roles the wasps perform within their society. Dr. Sumner explains what happens during a worker wasp rebellion, how mating works in the...2022-07-141h 31
Feel A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Soul-Stirring.The Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian SumnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551786to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Author: Seirian Sumner
Narrator: Seirian Sumner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Release date: July 12, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being Interested In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects’...2022-07-1212h 34
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian SumnerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps Author: Seirian Sumner Narrator: Seirian Sumner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: “A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being Interested In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-mal...2022-07-1205 minDownload High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian SumnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/551786to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Author: Seirian Sumner
Narrator: Seirian Sumner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Release date: July 12, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being Interested In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects’...2022-07-1212h 34
Feel: This Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.Endless Forms by Seirian SumnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/235972to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Endless Forms
Author: Seirian Sumner
Narrator: Sumner Seirian
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
Release date: 07-12-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 34 ratings
Genres: Animals
Publisher's Summary:
Everyone worries about the collapse of bee populations. But what about wasps? Deemed the gangsters of the insect world, wasps are winged assassins with formidable stings. Conduits of Biblical punishment, provokers of fear and loathing, inspiration for horror movies: wasps are perhaps the most maligned insect on our planet. But do wasps deserve this reputation? Endless Forms opens our eyes to the...2022-07-1212h 34
Gardening with the RHSMeeting a wasp whisperer and growing your own spicesWhat have wasps ever done for us? The answer might surprise you, as we meet entomologist Dr Seirian Sumner, author of Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps. Food and garden writer Rekha Mistry offers advice on growing turmeric and ginger at home, while RHS Garden Hyde Hall's very own veg growing guru Matthew Oliver gives tips on growing chilli peppers.Useful links
Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian Sumner
Rekha's Garden & Kitchen
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Fruit and veg growing advice from the RHS
2022-06-2330 min
Eureka!Can we learn to love wasps?You might think that wasps are nothing more than unlovable, angry pests, but you’d be wrong! On today’s episode, we’re discovering how wasps are aiding cancer research, how they can be trained to sniff out bombs and how they help agriculture. We’re also learning about how wasps ‘zombify’ spiders and we’re getting some solid advice on what to do if a wasp is hounding you this summer! Special thanks to today’s expert, Professor Seirian Sumner. If you’d like to suggest a question for the show...2022-06-1536 min
Free Audiobook, Where Stories Come Alive, Take a DiveEndless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps Audiobook by Seirian SumnerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 521965
Title: Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps
Author: Seirian Sumner
Narrator: Seirian Sumner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:28:30
Language: English
Release date: 05-26-22
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature
Summary:
A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH
There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of the insect world, wasps are...2022-05-2612h 28
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps by Seirian SumnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521965to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps
Author: Seirian Sumner
Narrator: Seirian Sumner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Release date: May 26, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
‘A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps’ DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of the insect world, wasps are much older, cleverer and more diverse. They...2022-05-2612h 28
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps by Seirian SumnerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/521965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps Author: Seirian Sumner Narrator: Seirian Sumner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: ‘A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps’ DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of the insect world, wasps are much older, cleverer and more dive...2022-05-2605 minWomanthologySoapbox ScienceWelcome to the forty-first episode of the Womanthology podcast.Womanthology is a digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.In this episode, we will be teaming up with our great friends at Soapbox Science as we do once every year. Soapbox Science is a public outreach platform that organises events to promote the work of women and non-binary scientists. I’m joined by Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, co-founder of S...2022-05-2424 min
Start the WeekLearning from apes, fish and waspsAdam Rutherford explores how other species can help us understand our own. The world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal has spent decades observing the behaviours of chimps and bonobos. In Different: What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender he looks at, and questions, the interplay of biology and culture. Using his knowledge of apes he challenges widely held beliefs about masculinity and femininity and assumptions about authority, power, cooperation and sexual behaviour. Nichola Raihani’s research focuses on the evolution of social behaviour in humans and non-human species. In her book, The Social Instinct, she looks at the sc...2022-05-2341 min
UCL Generation One: The Climate PodcastSeries 2: Why are bees and wasps important?Why are bees and wasps so important? Join host Helen Czerski this week as she dives into why insects are so critical to our ecosystem, how the climate crisis is impacting them and what the long term impact will be. Helen is joined by Dr Tim Newbold and Dr Seirian Sumner from UCL Division of Biosciences as they debate why wasps are as important as bees, and why and how we need to protect them both. For more information and to access the transcript: Sign up to our climate newsletter here: https://r1.dot...2022-05-1830 min
UCL MindsSeason 2 - Why are bees and wasps important?Why are bees and wasps so important? Join host Helen Czerski this week as she dives into why insects are so critical to our ecosystem, how the climate crisis is impacting them and what the long term impact will be.
Helen is joined by Dr Tim Newbold and Dr Seirian Sumner from UCL Division of Biosciences as they debate why wasps are as important as bees, and why and how we need to protect them both.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast
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LMFM Late Lunch Listen BackLate Lunch Wednesday August 25th 2021All set for a day of destiny, Meath footballer Aoibheann Leahy is looking forward to the All Ireland final with her late mother always in mind. Wasp expert Professor Seirian Sumner made a strong case for loving the yellow striped insects! Dr Frank Clarke is onto something with his new environmentally friendly and nutritious dog food. Gerry played his special Stevie Wonder song and Geraldine De Bonis told us all about Holly her prized pooch and now Nose of Tralee title holder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-08-251h 08WomanthologySoapbox ScienceWelcome to the twenty-first episode of the Womanthology podcast.Womanthology is a digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.The theme of the show is Soapbox Science. Soapbox Science is a very special initiative that is very close to my heart as I have worked with its founders pretty much since Womanthology began. They give women in science a platform to share their professional passions with the pu...2021-05-2526 minDiscoveryThe sting in the tail"What’s the point of wasps?" asks listener Andrew, who is fed up with being pestered. For this series, with lockdown learning in mind, Drs Rutherford and Fry are investigating scientific mysteries for students of all ages. Do wasps do anything to justify their presence as a picnic menace?Ecologist Seirian Sumner researches social wasp behaviour and champions their existence. Not only do yellow jacket wasps perform important ecological services as generalist pest controllers of aphids, caterpillars and flies in the UK, they have complex societies and may even perform pollination services, making them more like their be...2020-09-2827 min
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EntocastWhat's the point of wasps?
Chrysura refulgens - cuckoo waspBy Alvesgaspar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
I've asked it, you've asked it, we all have! What is the point of wasps? Well this time Nick and Liam try to answer it with help from Dr. Seirian Sumner and discover that wasps are more than just pests.Intro music is by the lovely Kevin MacLeod at incompetech, find more of his music here.Show NotesLiam's blog on 'what is the point of wasps?'
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