Category: Water People Stories

  • Foraging Ecology and Habitat Use of Sea Turtles

    Foraging Ecology and Habitat Use of Sea Turtles

    Season two of the Impact Storytelling Podcast starts with Alexa Putillo. Alexa is a marine biologist, science communicator, and PhD student in the Biological Oceanography Department at Florida State University. She studies the foraging ecology and habitat use of sea turtles along Florida’s Gulf coast. Her research integrates novel methods, including stable isotope analysis, habitat…

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  • Women in Ocean Conservation

    Women in Ocean Conservation

    This month the Impact Storytelling Podcast celebrated its one year publishing birthday. Sabine M. Probst Saavedra – nature conservation filmmaker, founder of Seen Blue Conservation and Host of the Impact Storytelling Podcast interviewed 26 guests over the past year. She spoke with top conservationists, filmmakers & marine scientists to explore how stories can drive real…

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  • Lost in the Lights

    Lost in the Lights

    How Light Pollution Threatens Marine Life 66 million years ago — Late Cretaceous, Montana, USA: Darkness settles over the volcanic plains of Hell Creek. As twilight deepens, a Didelphodon—an early mammal, roughly the size of a badger—emerges cautiously from its burrow. It has embraced nocturnality, a rare evolutionary path among vertebrates, to avoid competition and predation from…

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  • Manatees, Turtles and Wildlife Photo Journalism

    Manatees, Turtles and Wildlife Photo Journalism

    Welcome back to The Impact Storytelling Podcast in this episode, host Sabine M. Probst is joined by Nicholas Conzone. Nicholas blends science, journalism, and photography to shine a light on overlooked ecosystems. You may have seen his stunning photo of Ocala National Forest featured in National Geographic’s “Best of the World 2025,” or stories on…

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  • Bioacoustics and Marine Conservation

    Bioacoustics and Marine Conservation

    In this episode Sabine M. Probst is joined by Kate Inman. Kate is a marine biologist, conservationist, and science communicator with a growing voice in the world of marine science and conservation. She’s worked on everything from dolphin surveys in Cornwall to coral reef expeditions in North Sulawesi, to turtle conservation in the Philippines—and her…

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  • Shark Conservation

    Shark Conservation

    In this weeks episode I am talking with Jillian Morris, marine biologist, shark conservationist, educator, author, and founder of Sharks4Kids. Born and raised on the coast of Maine, Jillian developed a love for the sea early on. That childhood fascination has since grown into a remarkable global career—one that spans scientific research, fieldwork, documentary filmmaking,…

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