Listen to Episode 239 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Many animals are active outside of daylight hours. This episode, we explore the adaptations and evolutionary trends that support a diversity of Nocturnality.
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).
Listen to Episode 224 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Most vertebrates on land get around on all fours, but a handful of lineages have committed to two-legged locomotion. This episode, we discuss the degrees and drivers of Bipedalism.
Listen to Episode 220 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
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 216 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Despite their size, they’re a foundational part of worldwide food webs, global climate, the carbon cycle, and our understanding of Earth history. This episode, we explore Plankton.
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.
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