Listen to Episode 240 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
For most of the Cenozoic Era, South America was home to a fascinating group of predatory birds which included some of the largest birds of all time. This episode, we explore the diversity, diets, and details of Terror Birds.
Listen to Episode 237 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
In the mid-to-late 20th Century, the scientific and popular understanding of dinosaurs underwent a massive shift, giving rise to the modern conception of these extinct animals. This episode, Riley Black joins us for a review of the Dinosaur Renaissance.
Listen to Episode 234 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
From deep-sea trenches to your home garden, gastropods are among the most diverse and successful animals in Earth history. This episode, we explore the incredible evolutionary story of Snails and Slugs.
Listen to Episode 233 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Of all the highly successful and capable flying insects in the world, few are as successful or capable as those in the order Diptera. This episode, we explore the unique features and dynamic evolutionary history of Flies and Mosquitoes.
Listen to Episode 232 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Today, bony animals are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, but it wasn’t always that way. This episode, we explore what modern and fossil species have to tell us about Vertebrate Origins.
Listen to Episode 231 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Ever since an unusual group of fish gave rise to the first land-dwelling vertebrates, their descendants have been returning to the water. This episode, we explore the many evolutionary paths of Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates.
Listen to Episode 229 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Generally speaking, it’s not a good idea to mess with ants, but some animals have made a whole lifestyle out of it. This episode, we discuss the deep history and repeated evolution of Myrmecophagy (Ant-Eating).
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