BiodiverCity

By: A collaboration between the Gottlieb Native Garden & the Los Angeles Zoo
  • Summary

  • A collaboration between the Gottlieb Native Garden and the Los Angeles Zoo, BiodiverCity explores urban ecology and conservation in L.A. From inside a one-acre native garden that is visited by over 1,500 different species of animals, to behind the scenes at our zoo, visited by more than 1.8 million people each year, we’re talking to both experts in their fields and everyday people to find out how Angelenos and wildlife are thriving together. BiodiverCity is hosted by Dr. Jake Owens, Director of Conservation at the L.A. Zoo, and is the vision of Susan Gottlieb, creator of the Gottlieb Native Garden.
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Episodes
  • Bonus Episode: The Art of Foley
    Nov 26 2022

    In this week’s bonus episode, Jake talks with Marko Costanzo, renowned foley artist, about how he makes the sounds of nature come to life in movies like Life of Pi and Ice Age with a collection of household objects and a lot of imagination.

    To learn more about the BiodiverCity podcast, visit www.thegottliebnativegarden.com/podcast

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    10 mins
  • The Monarch and the Frog
    Nov 22 2022

    If you counted all the migratory monarch butterflies in California in 1992, you might total five million. But today, that number is less than 2,000. How did one of the most popular butterflies in the world begin to disappear? Xerces Society’s Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist Emma Pelton unravels the mystery of why the western monarch is vanishing, and she and horticulturist and native plant specialist Carol Bornstein explore ways that everyone can help. Meanwhile at the zoo, Curator of Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish Ian Recchio tells us how his team is working to save a largely unknown, nondescript amphibian called the southern mountain yellow-legged frog from extinction.

    To find out more about what the Xerces Society is doing for the Western Monarch and how you can help: https://xerces.org/western-monarch-call-to-action

    For more information about programs at the L.A. Zoo visit lazoo.org

    BiodiverCity is made possible with support from The Gottlieb Native Garden.


    Host:
    Dr Jake Owens, Director of Conservation, Los Angeles Zoo

    Executive Producers:
    Susan Gottlieb
    Tom Jacobson
    Diane Shader Smith
    Denise Verret

    Producers:
    April Merl
    Jake Owens

    Associate Producer:
    Brenda Scott Royce

    Original Music:
    Micah Smith

    Additional contributions from:
    Hannah Beal
    Bennett Rea

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    32 mins
  • Bonus Episode: With a Side of Bugs
    Nov 19 2022

    In this week’s bonus episode, Jake talks with JaV’on Latimore, entomologist and entotarian, about insects on the menu and not yuck-ing anyone else’s yum.

    Follow JaV’on on TikTok at @vonnroach, on Instagram at @en.tune, and on Twitter at @ent_tune.

    To learn more about the BiodiverCity podcast, visit www.thegottliebnativegarden.com/podcast

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    12 mins

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