#77: Unraveling the Secrets of Road Ecology with Ben Goldfarb

Subscribe to the Jumpstart Nature Podcast!It's hard to imagine a time without roads that connect us, facilitate commerce, allow us to reach hospital schools, family, and friends. And in plain sight, they grow in width, link density and traffic volume slowly and continually. Amidst to the sprawling network that shapes our lives. There's a realm often overlooked, but equally profound. A domain where the intersection between humanity and nature takes an unforeseen twist. Our guest today has Ben Goldfarb, author of the new book "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet". You might remember Ben from a past episode where he discussed his book on beavers appropriately titled eager. And in typical Ben form, he reveals a hidden world in plain sight, full of surprises. From rapid adaptation by some animals to the intractable ways that 70 mile per hour traffic hack many animal's ability to cope. Ben's book will be released on September 12th. You can find more details at bengoldfarb.com.FULL SHOW NOTESLINKSBen Online: bengoldfarb.com,  Instagram, TwitterCrossings by Ben Goldfarb - Ben's new bookNature’s Archive #30: Dr. Jaret Daniels – Butterflies, Creating Habitat in Overlooked Landscapes, and Leveraging Creative OutreachNature’s Archive #35: Ben Goldfarb – Eager Beavers, The Quintessential Keystone SpeciesNature’s Archive #38: Beth Pratt – The Age of Wildlife CrossingsSandra Jacobson - A behavior-based framework for assessing barrier effects to wildlife from vehicle traffic volumeWare et al. - A phantom road experiment reveals traffic noise is an invisible source of habitat degradationMarcel Hauser - Dutch road ecologistSupport Us On Patreon!Buy our Merch!Music: Spellbound by Brian Holtz MusicLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist site: https://brianholtzmusic.com Discover the Jumpstart Nature Podcast - entertaining and immersive, it's the nature fix we all need.Check past Nature's Archive episodes for amazing guests like Doug Tallamy, Elaine Ingham, and Rae Wynn-Grant, covering topics from bird migration to fungi to frogs and bats!