An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

Roland Kays

2 books referenced

Books by Roland Kays

Candid Creatures

Referenced in 3 episodes

Ep. 796: Heart of the Jaguar

November 24, 2025

Context:

Steve references this book about influential trail cam photos, mentioning it contains a photo of a jaguar in snow in the Wachuka Mountains of Arizona.

Ep. 280: Cat Scratch Fever

July 05, 2021

Context:

Mentioned in discussion about trail cameras and how they have rewritten understanding of animal distribution. The speaker describes it as 'a book about how trail cams they called camera like camera, I'll just called camera traps, just called trail cams. The way that trail cams have rewritten a lot of our understanding of animal distribution.'

Ep. 209: The Deer Nut

February 24, 2020

Context:

Described as a book featuring trail cam images, including what may be the only image in existence of a jaguar standing in snow. Used to illustrate the historical presence of jaguars in northern ranges.

Candid Creatures: How Camera Traps Reveal the Mysteries of Nature

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 038: Maverick County, Texas. Steven Rinella talks with ranch manager and hog trapper Ben Binnion, along with Chris Gill and Janis Putelis from the MeatEater crew

June 23, 2016

Context:

During a discussion about trail cameras and their impact on wildlife management, Steve Rinella mentions that 'a biologist in New York just put out a book about the significance of what they call camera trap to the field.' The book reportedly contains 'three or six hundred like very influential trail cam images' and discusses how camera traps have helped understand wildlife distribution, range, and travel patterns. No specific title was provided, only that it was recently published by a New York-based biologist.