292: Ivan Phillipsen's 3 Weirdest Birds!
Join Ellen and acclaimed naturalist Ivan Phillipsen to round up his top 3 weirdest birds. We discuss what makes a bird truly “weird,” the distinct silhouette of a style icon, never letting a perfectly...
18 Kesä 202557min
291: Kid Questions with Isaac!
Ellen & special guest Isaac answer questions from young listeners! We discuss albinism, whales and dinosaurs, what makes an organism an animal, raccoon stripes, the puppification of foxes, and so much...
11 Kesä 20251h 17min
290: Rabbits w/ Zoe Feigen!
Join Ellen & special guest, veterinarian and rabbit parent Zoe Feigen, for an exposé on rabbits and the secret horrors they’re hiding underneath all that adorable fluff. We discuss biological warfare ...
6 Kesä 20251h 16min
289: Parrotfish
Ellen bites off more than she can chew with parrotfish. We discuss the Mohs scale, Korn corn, throat teeth, crystal chainmail, sleeping bags made of snot, being terminally male, and so much more. Link...
28 Touko 202558min
288: Corals w/ Jessie Palmer!
Join Ellen & special guest, champion of the reef Jessie Palmer, as we try to save the world one polyp at a time. We discuss coral wars and neural nets, aliens from a different version of our own plane...
22 Touko 20251h 3min
Extremely Accurate Bird Songs: Mourning Dove
Get your seeds and suet ready because it's time for a feed drop: Ellen joins birding musicians Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby for the debut episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (The Podcast) on the ...
14 Touko 202555min
287: Mexican Jumping Bean Moth & Slow Worm
Ellen's thinking about those Mexican jumping beans & Christian takes things slow with the slow worm. We discuss bean details, the strategic value of random movement, hair pencils, the difference betwe...
8 Touko 20251h
286: A Review of the Animal Kingdom in Miniature w/ Dr. Mark D. Scherz!
Join Ellen & special guest, evolutionary biologist and herpetologist Dr. Mark D. Scherz, for a look through the magnifying glass at miniaturized animals. Our guest studies species who have shrunk down...
1 Touko 20251h 22min
