Mammalwatching

About Mammalwatching

Charles Foley and Jon Hall talk to mammalwatchers, biologists, conservationists and those with a passion for observing and protecting the world's wild mammals. For more information visit www.mammalwatching.com/podcast (https:/www.mammalwatching.com/podcast/).Dr Charles Foley (https://www.lpzoo.org/introducing-the-foleys/) is a mammalwatcher and biologist who, together with his wife Lara, spent 30 years studying elephants in Tanzania. They now run the Tanzania Conservation Research Program at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Jon Hall (https://www.mammalwatching.com/about-mammalwatching-com/about-jon) set up mammalwatching.com (https://www.mammalwatching.com) in 2005. Genetically Welsh, spiritually Australian, currently in New York City. He has looked for mammals in over 100 countries.Produced and edited by José G. Martínez-Fonseca (https://www.mammalwatching.com/2017/02/04/great-rat-catches-world-part-1/), mammalwatcher, photographer and wildlife biologist.

Publisher

Jon Hall & Charles Foley

Category

leisure · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2021

Latest episode

1 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

76 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Apr 2026

   Nick Mcphee - Nick's Adventures Bolivia

   Charles and Jon chat with Nick Mcphee, founder of Nick's Adventures Bolivia, from his home in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Nick explains how a childhood love of wildlife - inspired by growing up near Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo - led him to Bolivia after five years in the Australian army and another three working in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. He talks about the many - and exceptionally diverse - mammalwatching opportunities in Bolivia that range from what is arguably Latin Ame...

2. 

   1 Mar 2026

   Mammalwatching: The Next Generation

   Charles and Jon turn the podcast over to three of the youngest mammalwatchers we know: Ellen Linton (20), Bruno Kovacs Gomez (16) and Moses Swanson-Mwamasika (15). In a lively chat the three share stories about their passion, why they love it and what their friends and family think. We hear stories about pizza with a Caracal in South Africa; close encounters with pouched rats in Zimbabwe; and a quest for a Golden Jackal in Hungary. The next generation also offer advice on how to encourage fri...

3. 

   1 Feb 2026

   Adventures in Argentina & Tales from Tanzania

   Charles and Jon don't have a guest this month. Instead we talk to each about our recent trips to southern Tanzania (Charles) and Tierra del Fuego (Jon). Charles's adventure coincided with the Tanzanian elections and an outbreak of protests. These may have shut down the country but did not deter its mammalwatchers! In between negotiating their way through road blocks and buying diesel from trucks stuck on the road, they managed to see a ridiculous number of mammal species (almost 80) including...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

41 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

Pitching Mammalwatching

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting pitches.

Questions about Mammalwatching