Listen to Episode 227 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
The famous faces of birds and turtles are just some of the examples of the many times animals have evolved tough, toothless snouts. This episode, we explore the diversity and evolution of Beaks.
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 183 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
They are among the most diverse and complex forms of integument, occurring in a huge variety of forms and functions on living and extinct dinosaurs. This episode, we discuss the diversity and exciting unfolding evolutionary story of Feathers.
Listen to Episode 182 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Blending in with the environment is an incredibly useful skill, so it’s no surprise so many animals have evolved so many methods of doing it. This episode, we discuss the diversity and evolution of Camouflage.
Listen to Episode 179 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
In order for living cells and tissues to operate properly, they require certain temperatures, so organisms spend lots of time and energy balancing heat and cold. In this episode, we discuss diversity, adaptations, and ancient history regarding the important process of Thermoregulation.
Listen to Episode 175 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Herbivores, pathogens, and parasites all present problems for plants, but the plants aren’t just sitting there passively. This episode, we discuss the incredible (and sometimes terrifying) diversity of Plant Defenses.
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