Sclater, Wallace & Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution

Sclater, Wallace & Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution

On today's show, you'll hear about a paper delivered on a chilly December evening in 1857 by Philip Sclater that hugely inspired Alfred Wallace and eventually led to the publication of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.


Both Sclater and Wallace were extraordinary in their own right. Both were passionate about natural history, keen observers of our natural world, world travellers and gracious in their gifts to the world.


Season Ten, Episode 106

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What Killed the Dinosaurs?

What Killed the Dinosaurs?

Today on the show, we travel back in time to the Late Cretaceous, some 66 million years ago, when death fell from the sky.

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Ammonoids & Conodonts: Triassic Exposures of Nevada

Ammonoids & Conodonts: Triassic Exposures of Nevada

Step into the sunbaked folds of West Union Canyon, just beyond Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, and you are quite literally walking along one of North America’s most important geological fault...

9 Apr 7min

Descendants of the Cambrian: Sea Anemones

Descendants of the Cambrian: Sea Anemones

At first glance, anemones look like soft blossoms anchored to rock, their tentacles swaying with the tide. But look a little closer and you’ll see a skilled predator at work. Each of those delicate ar...

8 Apr 3min

Hawai'i: Islands Born of Fire

Hawai'i: Islands Born of Fire

Long, long ago—millions of years before you or me, before the canoes of the Polynesian voyagers, before the first birds ever touched these shores—there was only ocean. A vast blue desert stretching fa...

27 Sep 20256min

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology

Dinosaurs, Ammonites, Trilobites: What is Paleontology

Join in the exploration of the fascinating science of paleontology — that lens that examines ancient animals, plants & ecosystems from wee single-celled organisms to big & mighty dinosaurs.

22 Apr 20256min

Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

Stone, Bone & Water: Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip

Cretaceous Capilano Fossil Field Trip — From downtown Vancouver, drive north through Stanley Park and over the Lion’s Gate Bridge. Take the North Vancouver exit toward the ferries. Turn right onto Tay...

12 Apr 20257min

Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra

Woolly Mammoths: Trumpeting Through the Tundra

Woolly Mammoths – Picture a towering, shaggy titan lumbering across a frozen expanse, as winds howl through its dense, draping fur. This is the Woolly Mammoth—an Ice Age icon that could stand up to 11...

7 Apr 202511min

Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds

Theropods of a Feather: Living Dinosaurs, the Birds

Welcome to the Fossil Huntress Podcast. Today on the show we’re talking about living dinosaurs—our avian friends, the birds. From the tiniest hummingbird to the towering ostrich, these feathered creat...

1 Apr 20258min

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