Listen to Episode 213 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Leave a carcass or a log or a pile of poop out in the wild long enough and it will break down into its component parts. This episode, we discuss the diversity and ecological importance of Decomposers.
Listen to Episode 210 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
The evolution of mineral tissues is not only responsible for the incredible diversity and success of vertebrate animals, but also for their extraordinarily informative fossil record. This episode, we explore some of paleontology’s favorite body parts: Bones.
Listen to Episode 209 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
These cousins of sharks are rare and poorly understood today, but their fossil record is rich with their ancestors and strange cousins. This episode, we explore the past and present of Chimaeras.
Listen to Episode 208 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Southern Africa is home to an extraordinary sequence of rock formations that record more than 100 million years of evolution, extinction, and an incredible diversity of ancient life. This episode, we explore the Karoo Supergroup.
Listen to Episode 204 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea dried up, wreaking havoc on marine life and leaving an incredible legacy in the geologic record. This episode, we tackle the Messinian Salinity Crisis.
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