Can wolves form close bonds with humans, and termites degrade wood faster as the world warms

<p>On this week’s show: Comparing human-dog bonds with human-wolf bonds, and monitoring termite decay rates on a global scale</p> <p>First up on the podcast this week, Online News Editor David Grimm talks with host Sarah Crespi about the bonds between dogs and their human caretakers. Is it possible these <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/can-wolves-bond-people-dogs-do">bonds started even before domestication</a>?</p> <p>Also this week, Sarah talks with <a href="http://amyzanne.org/">Amy Zanne</a>, professor and Aresty endowed chair in tropical ecology in the Department of Biology at the University of Miami. They discuss a global study to determine whether climate change might <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3856">accelerate the rate at which termites and microbes break down dead wood</a> and release carbon into the atmosphere.</p> <p>This week’s episode was produced with help from <a href="https://podigy.co/">Podigy</a>.</p> <p>[Image: Christina Hansen Wheat; Music: Jeffrey Cook]</p> <p>[alt: Björk, a female wolf, with podcast overlay symbol]</p> <p>Authors: Sarah Crespi; David Grimm</p> <p>Episode page: <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9777">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9777</a> </p> <p>About the Science Podcast: <a href="https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast">https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast</a> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>