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Today’s crocs are iconic semi-aquatic predators, but their extended evolutionary history includes repeated ventures into land-based lifestyles. This episode, we explore the many faces of Terrestrial Crocs.
Listen to Episode 219 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Today, the dry land of North America and Asia are just barely separated by ocean, but in the past, the region between the continents has provided home and passage to a wide variety of plants and animals. This episode, we explore the deep history of Beringia.
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.
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