Facts over Fear w/OCEARCH Founder Chris Fischer

To end Plastic Free July we are covering our final species from the ocean, the California Sea Lion. By far one of many peoples favorite seal-like species, the California Sea Lion is an amazing predator. We know you will really enjoy this one and learn more about this beloved animal. As a side note, thank you to all the participants in our Plastic Free July Challenge. As a collective we placed 21 out of over 300 teams! We are all making a difference and stay tuned for next year's challenge. or one cup of "good" coffee a month you can support your favorite podcast and give back to conservation. We also offer bonus episodes and supporter only content. We also donate portions of what we raise to a conservation organization each month.  We recently gave money to Global Conservation Force and Giraffe Conservation Foundation. While you will be supporting free education to the masses, we also will not be offering a post show podcast to Patreon members.   Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE.   Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening.    Show notes HERE   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Elo 20201h 12min

As part of our effort this week to learn about corals, we are excited to have on Dan Burdeno from the Coral Restoration Foundation. Dan talks all about corals and how the foundation is working hard to restore our oceans corals. Coral's are critical to a healthy ocean ecosystem and as we learned this week, they are in desperate need of our help. Listen to Dan to learn more.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Heinä 20201h 26min

Here we go! After two years we finally dug deep to research and present this podcast on corals. Corals are a critical animal in our World's oceans. They have been described as the ocean's rainforests. They also are degrading quickly and absolutely need our help and understanding. We hope you enjoy this episode and really evaluate how YOU can help corals from around the world. For one cup of "good" coffee a month you can support your favorite podcast and give back to conservation. We also offer bonus episodes and supporter only content. We also donate portions of what we raise to a conservation organization each month.  We recently gave money to Global Conservation Force. While you will be supporting free education to the masses, we also will not be offering a post show podcast to Patreon members.   Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE.   Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening.    Show notes HERE   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Heinä 20201h 18min

We continue to focus on the ocean during Plastic Free July and this week we cover the family of Sea Snakes. We could not just pick one, so we go ahead and cover the generalities of the 69 or so species of Sea Snakes. While highly venomous, Sea Snakes are actually quite docile and are important contributors of many of our oceanic habitats.   Plastic Free Eco Challenge Website   For one cup of "good" coffee a month you can support your favorite podcast and give back to conservation. We also offer bonus episodes and supporter only content. We also donate portions of what we raise to a conservation organization each month.  We recently gave money to Global Conservation Force. While you will be supporting free education to the masses, we also will not be offering a post show podcast to Patreon members.   Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE.   Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening.    Show notes HERE   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Heinä 20201h 12min

We continue to cover oceanic species as we highlight No Plastic July. The Albatross is one of the most majestic seabirds on the planet. They are impressive with their travel of thousands of miles before ever coming back to land. Truly an awesome species and one you want to know more about. For one cup of "good" coffee a month you can support your favorite podcast and give back to conservation. We also offer bonus episodes and supporter only content. We also donate portions of what we raise to a conservation organization each month.  We recently gave money to Global Conservation Force. While you will be supporting free education to the masses, we also will not be offering a post show podcast to Patreon members. Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening.  Show notes HERE     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Heinä 20201h 15min

The Surfrider Foundation is out to protect our beaches and oceans. Through a powerful activist network, the foundation strives to reduce plastic pollution, increasing beach access to everyone, and most importantly protecting and preserving our oceans and coastal waterways. They are able to achieve this through their network of chapters. You can learn more at their website HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Heinä 202040min

During July we are focusing on the ocean. It is also a time to participate in the July Plastic Free Challenge. You can join the All Creatures Podcast team by going HERE . Search for "All Creatures Podcast" and join and help us. Over 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans and is having a horrific affect on our ocean wildlife. NOW is the time to take action. Please join us and help save our oceans. We are starting off the month of July with the iconic Sperm Whale. This was originally a Patreon-episode, but we felt compelled to publish it now. This was recorded in the middle of 2019 and has some incredible insight into Sperm Whales and the pressures they are facing in the ocean. Show notes HERE   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Heinä 20201h 10min

We last visited the legendary Galápagos Islands in Episode 118 with the Marine Iguana. This week we cover the more famous Galápagos Tortoise. Their natural history and conservation story is incredible and should not be missed. Joins us this week as we chat all about this giant and unique reptile.  For one cup of "good" coffee a month you can support your favorite podcast and give back to conservation. We also offer bonus episodes and supporter only content. We also donate portions of what we raise to a conservation organization each month.  We recently gave money to Global Conservation Force. While you will be supporting free education to the masses, we also will not be offering a post show podcast to Patreon members. Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for listening.  Show notes HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Kesä 20201h 17min