A New Scale Insect with Lily Deeter
Lily Deeter works on scale insects, tiny creatures that many people aren’t familiar with, or only see as a pest. But once you get to know them, you’ll be hooked. Not only do they have fascinating morp...
11 Elo 42min
The Shared Practice of Art and Science with Aissa, Nicole, and Kathleen
If you want to be a scientist, you enroll in 4-10 years of higher education. If you want to be an artist, you go to art school and learn a classic technique. Two choices; a binary. Right?Or, could it ...
9 Heinä 57min
All About Crayfish with Zack Graham
Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad; no matter what you call them, If you live in the southeastern United States, their biodiversity hotspot is in your backyard! Astacologist (crayfish biologist) Dr. Zack Gra...
11 Kesä 27min
A New Cordyceps Spider with Alex Bently
While giving a tour in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Alex Bently identified a clump on a leaf as a dead spider parasitized by a Cordyceps fungus. When it moved under his touch, he realized that it was actual...
14 Touko 38min
Rediscovered Freshwater Shrimps with Prakash Sanjeevi and Maclean Santos
Freshwater shrimps are difficult to study. They’re nocturnal, they live in leaf litter, and yet they are involved in both commercial fishing and the pet trade, making research on their diversity criti...
6 Touko 38min
Who Describes the Spiders? With Katherine Montana and Cláudia Xavier
“I hope that individual taxonomists take a step back and really think about the choices they make when it comes to collaboration…I want taxonomists to consider equity in their work, and not just consi...
15 Huhti 37min
Coming Soon - New Species en Español!
New Species en Español will be a Spanish-language version of the New Species Podcast, hosted by Ivonne Garzón. Subscribe to it here: https://open.spotify.com/user/31jdpbfn26x3w7sa2b76db3z2vxa?si=160a1...
2 Huhti 1min
No New Species! With Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, & Chloé Fourreau
Sometimes, a collection of new species turns out to be… no new species!Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, and Chloé Fourreau began studying the unique ectoparasitic scale worm Gastrolepidia clavigera in...
1 Huhti 37min
