Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to zoologist and broadcaster Prof Adam Hart. He’s the presenter of Tooth and Claw, a BBC World Service series that examines our preconceived ideas about nature’s most fearsome predators, and how we live with animals that can and occasionally do eat us.
He tells us everything we need to know about hyenas, and their tense relationship with the human world.
Find Instant Genius on your preferred podcast platform here: instantgenius.podlink.to/Podcast
And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Adam on Instant Genius Extra.
On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Adam explains the challenges facing conservationists who hope to protect endangered predators that can include humans among their prey.
Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:
- How biology got females wrong, with Lucy Cooke
- Preparing for disaster, with Michał Zalewski
- The metaverse, with Prof David Reid
- Mindwandering, with Moshe Bar
- Crows, rooks and ravens, with Dr Kaeli Swift
- The science of intimacy, with Dr Michelle Drouin