Listen to Episode 188 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Animals eating members of their own species is a surprisingly common behavior, and one that shows up in a wide variety of circumstances. In this episode, we discuss the diverse and often misunderstood subject of Cannibalism.
Listen to Episode 187 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Among the most spectacular of animal behaviors is the tendency of many species to undertake massive journeys across land, sea, and sky to access the resources they need. This episode, we discuss the diversity and difficulties of Migration.
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 180 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
In the oceans and waterways of the world, it is one of the most common and successful feeding strategies, and it has been for hundreds of millions of years. This episode, we discuss the details and diversity of Filter Feeding.
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 173 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Devouring and digesting plants is no easy task, so it’s amazing how many groups of animal life have evolved that very habit, and even more amazing how integral these organisms are to ecosystems on Earth. This episode, we discuss the history and evolution of Herbivores (Plant-Eaters).
Listen to Episode 161 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
We all do it. Well, all of us humans do it. When it comes to other organisms, it gets complicated. Actually, it’s complicated for humans, too. This episode, we discuss the whos, hows, and mysterious whys of Sleep.
Listen to Episode 157 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Earth is full of glowing organisms. Some glow in the light of the sun, while others produce their own light in the darkest parts of the planet. This episode, we look at the incredible phenomena of Bioluminescence and Biofluorescence.
Listen to Episode 148 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Powered flight has only evolved a few times, but it’s incredible how many times and how ways evolution has produced organisms that sail through the sky. This episode, we discuss the astonishing diversity – past and present – of Gliding.
Listen to Episode 145 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
We live in a solar-powered world. This episode, we discuss the process that provides the energy that every organism on the planet relies on, as well as the oxygen that characterizes the atmosphere that allows life as we know it to thrive: Photosynthesis.
Listen to Episode 134 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever and however you prefer!
Blood is nutritious, easy to digest, and not hard to come by, so it’s no surprise that thousands of animals around the world have evolved a taste for the stuff. This episode, we discuss the diversity, adaptations, and evolutionary history of Sanguivores.
Listen to Episode 133 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you’ll enjoy it most!
None of us are alone. Each of our bodies has its own share of parasites, hitchhikers, and tiny helpers, and indeed, every ecosystem on Earth features integral examples of organisms living in close relationships. This episode, we discuss the diversity, deep history, and dramatic impact of Symbiosis.
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