197: Pterosaurs w/ Adele Pentland!

197: Pterosaurs w/ Adele Pentland!

Ellen & special guest, paleontologist Adele Pentland, review the reptiles who once ruled our planet’s skies: pterosaurs! Even though they’ve been gone for millions of years, the fossils they left behind can tell fascinating stories about how they lived. We discuss what life was like for the largest creatures to ever fly, where Pokemon got paleontology right and wrong, and how knowledge of the present can inform theories about the past. We also get some insight into what it’s like to study fossils in Australia and use snapshots of the past to bring these bizarre and fascinating animals back to life, from digging in the Outback to naming an entire species. If you think having to get your laptop out of your bag is annoying, try getting pterosaur bones through airport security.

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293: Rhinoceros & Bird-eating Tarantula

293: Rhinoceros & Bird-eating Tarantula

Christian takes charge of rhinoceroses & Ellen gives bird-eating tarantulas a hair-raising review. We discuss unicorns, mmwonk, dragon calls, Ace Ventura, becoming the Thumbtacks Guy, recipes for a ba...

25 Jun 20251h 9min

292: Ivan Phillipsen's 3 Weirdest Birds!

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 Jun 202557min

291: Kid Questions with Isaac!

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 Jun 20251h 17min

290: Rabbits w/ Zoe Feigen!

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 Jun 20251h 16min

289: Parrotfish

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 Mai 202558min

288: Corals w/ Jessie Palmer!

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 Mai 20251h 3min

Extremely Accurate Bird Songs: Mourning Dove

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 Mai 202555min

287: Mexican Jumping Bean Moth & Slow Worm

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 Mai 20251h

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