Chris Bowser
Estuary educator coordinator with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Cornell's Water Resources Institute, specializing in aquatic species and community science programs such as eel monitoring.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 13min
Wild NYC: Springtime Water Migrations
Marielle Anzelone, urban botanist and founder of NYC Wildflower Week, reconnects city residents with waterways. Chris Bowser, estuary educator with NYS DEC and Cornell Water Resources, studies aquatic migrations and community science. They explore spring migrations of eels and horseshoe crabs. They talk about where and when these movements happen and how listeners can help track them.
Jun 16, 2023 • 23min
What are eels?
What are eels? And why are some eels electric? We head to Poughkeepsie, New York to learn about eels with Chris Bowser, Hudson River estuary educator with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Plus we learn about electric eels. Electric eels have captured the imagination of many people, but they’re not actually considered eels by the scientific community. They’re a type of knife fish, more closely related to catfish and carp. But they are electric! So we’ll tackle why they’re electric and how they create electricity. David de Santana, of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, tells us what it’s like to study electric eels in the Amazon.
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