Following Into The Wild's attendance to the Whitley Awards, Ryan caught up with 2 of the winners, Leonard Akwana from Kenya & Yuliana Bedolla from Mexico to hear more about their wining community conservation projects & to hear their thoughts about the future of wildlife conservation. To learn more about Whitley Fund for Nature, Click Here If you'd like to say "cheers" to the Into The Wild team & help support the show, then you can do so on www.ko-fi.com/intothewildpod To follow...

If there was a topic in wildlife conservation that would win an award as the biggest & most emotional & challenging, then human wildlife conflict would win. However, despite all that, in media or documentaries, we rarely see or hear much about it & what the impacts for both people & wildlife are. So strap yourself in nerds, we are about to begin the journey of learning about human wildlife conflict. From the drivers of it, the realities of it & some of the on the ground...

Nerds! Into The Wild is back. It's revamped. It's reshaped. It's got a new co-host & we are ready to continue bringing you nature & conservation content each month.   For the first episode in this new monthly series, we are focusing on the big C word......no, stop it, we mean CONSERVATION. Starting in the UK, we explore what models are used & how we have ended up in the situation were are in, too many rules & not enough guardians maybe? Then we take a quick virtual trip to two...

You may have noticed on our socials that we have some changes & new things coming your way on Into The Wild. After 3 years of weekly shows, interviewing & learning from people around the world about wildlife & conservation, we have decided to shake things up. This episode we share all about what you can expect from future episodes on your FAVOURITE nature podcast! To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also...

Regular listeners of Into The Wild will know that as part of our big project, Beyond The Trigger, we have explored community conservation in Namibia quite a bit & very recently I had the pleasure of being introduced to a wonderful person called Bupe who is studying here in England. Bupe was telling me all about the wonderful community work she is involved with her country of Zambia & very quickly I thought, I want more people to hear this. As well as representing the Zambian youth for...

If you're into nature (& of course you are, that's why you're here right?) then photography, even just via your smart phone, is something you'll most likely try at some point, but how does that work when your subjects are......well, sometimes, tiny. This week I'm joined by nature writer & photographer of the insects Gail Ashton who sheds some light of what it takes to get up close & personal on bugs via the lens. Gail & I also take a moment to discuss why most celebrated...

Have you ever met someone, heard them speak about the natural world & just thought, "yes.....you are a fabulous person"? Because that's exactly what I thought when I met & spoke with this week's guest, naturalist, author, campaigner, Dr Amy Jane Beer. Starting with rivers, a passion & important part of Amy's life, we dive into what they do, what they have, what they represent & what they can give. Amy shares how rivers ended up playing not only an important part in her life,...

Around the world, on a daily basis (& sometimes to the greatest of extremes) animals, both domestic & wild, are used for human's benefit, but, do we ever stop & think about how we use the, why we use them, should we use them or are we doing it in the right way? Vet & naturalist Alick Simmons joins us this week to discuss this very topic & how he refers to this in his new book, Treated Like Animals.  If you'd like to keep up to date with Alick, then you can follow her on...

This week's show is a topic that many of you have been calling out for, & finally, we deliver. As each year comes, for many of us the worry, dread & anxiety of the climate crisis grows stronger & stronger. With this in mind, it's no wonder that eco anxiety & battles with mental health brought on from climate change are also on the rise. To talk to me about activism within this vital movement & how it plays such a strong part on mental health, is author & climate...

It's one thing to want wildlife, especially the big mega fauna like lions, tigers & leopards, to thrive & do well in the wild, but it's another to stop & consider what will happen if their populations grow alongside human populations. Indigenous communities have lived alongside wildlife & with nature since forever but as pressures from the western world (both past & presence) mean predators are forced to live closer & closer, the consequences grow more severe. Prof...

Welcome back nerds & happy new year to you all! Butterflies & moths are the same. Just like a pigeon & a parrot are both birds, butterflies & moths are both Lepidoptera, so why is there so much hate on moths & so much love for butterflies? Well maybe the name doesn't help BUT to help me talk about this & about moths of the UK is naturalist & author of Much Ado About Mothing, James Lowen. From how many species, James's favourite & how moths have & continue...

As much as I cringe at the very thought of uploading this episode & my inner voice screaming "THIS IS SO EGOTISTICAL!!" I still much hit the 'publish' on Podbean for the last time of 2022 & share with you an episode where I, Ryan, am the guest. The reason this is happening is because over the last year, whenever I have asked on Twitter or Instagram for suggestions of topics, guests or organisations to talk to, I often have replies or DMs asking me to do an episode where I am being...

Throughout our almost 3 years of Into The Wild, I have mentioned countless times about the diversity & power of community of the city I live in, London. Despite me knowing the amount of wildlife this place holds, I still get a bit frustrated when I hear people say otherwise. That's why I was pumped to see The London Wild Trust release a new book called London in the Wild, a book platforming great minds & sharing wonderful detail of the green & blue spaces & all it's...

Okay, brace yourself, we are talking about the climate crisis. Discussing this topic is never easy & it's common to talk about the systematic issues that have & continue to cause it BUT an area that is rarely discussed is how wildlife conservation should take on board the climate crisis & it's impacts to help have more practical success. To explain in much better way, this week I am joined by conservation scientist & climate change activist, Dr Charlie Gardner. If you'd like...

The best thing about hosting Into The Wild is that I get to talk to people that adore the natural world & the conversations always fill me with glee & this week's guest did more than that. Joining me on today's show is wildlife presenter, author & ranger, Ajay Tegala. Ajay & I decided to talk about 2 things, the first being his enthusiasm for bats & the second was his job as a ranger. If you're here to listen to someone be x100 passionate & positive, this episode is...

Those keen eared listeners will recall we did a part one of an episode called Into The Wild in Namibia Part 1.......you smart eggs among you all will also have figured out, that it meant there would be a part 2, AND YOU WERE RIGHT. Here it is. Following Ryan's journey across Namibia, post screening Beyond The Trigger in the countries capital of Windhoek. Attending a World Rhino Day event in a town called Khorixas in the Kunene followed by a chat with conservation consultant with 10 years of...

It's been too long since we've had a good 'ol rant on the show & with all the doom & gloom of the world, I thought it was super necessary to do a Nature Room 101. Joining me to complain about nature stuff is Right to Roam activist & environmentalist Nadia Shaikh & presenter & naturalist Indy Greene. Sit back & play along as we share our moans in the topics of Pointless Practices, Sh*t Sea life & Garden Gripes! If you'd like to keep up to date with Indy & Nadia,...

We've spoken a lot about rewilding or species reintroduction recently & that's partly down to it being a very exciting topic, so to keep that theme going, this week we are chatting about wild boar & their existence in the UK. To help tell me about the story of these wonderful woodland animals is someone who has spent a long time researching the history of them & the benefits & challenges they may bring, is environmentalist Chantal Lyons. If you'd like to keep up to date with...

The UK is famous for a lot, but one thing many around the world may not think of when they think of us is the fact we had & have now lost a lot of species throughout the years. One place I have visited that really shows you what we have/hand roaming this land is Wildwood Trust in Kent. To tell me all about this fascinating wildlife collection of native or once native species & the projects they are working on is director, Paul Whitfield. From how the place started to their most recent...

If 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...

When we talk of a wolf, a number of things could come to mind. Maybe a folklore store? A character in a childhood film? An image of a woodland with a huge moon in the background? Or I'd imagine, for most of this audience, we think of an animal of great importance, both culturally & environmentally. A lost animal in the UK & throughout Europe, but one that is also coming back, to Europe that is. Yet, do we consider how difficult or easy this can be? To bring back the wolf? What has to...

If you follow us on social media, you'll know that I recently got back from a trip to Namibia to screen our first ever film, Beyond The Trigger. Now what kind of podcaster would I be if I didn't grab some insightful wildlife conservation chats with people on my travels. With that in mind I am super excited to share with you the first part of this special episode, Into The Wild in Namibia. In this episode, actually recorded at the later part of my trip, I travelled along with CEO of NACSO...

I LOVE wildlife.......but I LOVE dogs. My two jobs, the podcast & running a professional dog walking company both (obviously) envolve, heavily, these two things, but do they, or can they, go together happily? There's always a lot of chat about how much domestic dogs disturb wildlife or damage habitat & the answers always seem to be lost in amongst the arguments so I decided to mix the two sides together & have vet & conservationist Sean McCormack on to tell us about what the...

I don't think I've ever met someone that saw a hedgehog & didn't shout "OMG THAT IS CUTE AF" but more importantly, this reaction is getting rarer & not because hedgehogs in the UK are getting less cute of course, but because sightings are becoming way less. To join me on this journey learning more about this much loved UK animal is hedgehog expert, severe enthusiast & science communicator Hugh Warwick. Hugh's passion for these animals & the natural world is incredibly clear...

One place in the UK that has really shown the way & challenged the status quo in food production & land management is Knepp Estate. From an old farm to now a place that has restored nature & reintroduced a huge list of species, Knepp is now a semi wild environment that is seeing seasonal visitors (both animal & human) return for a visit. To tell me more about this heaven for wildlife, is Knepp's ecologist Penny Green. Penny shares the behind the scenes management of what...