170: Wild Turkey (REPLAY)
In this week's re-broadcast of an episode from November of 2022, Ellen goes on an odyssey through history with the wild turkey. We discuss their path alongside humans for thousands of years, from preh...
26 Nov 202555min
313: Turkey Vulture
Ellen has a bone to pick with turkey vultures. We discuss aura farming, our gripes with the pH scale, a check-in with our resident Dragon Ball Z correspodent, screaming inside your heart, laser harass...
20 Nov 20251h 7min
312: Common Snapping Turtle w/ Emma Ratway!
Join Ellen & special guest from the world of wildlife rehabilitation Emma Ratway for a review of the chompy rogues lurking at the bottom of ponds all over the country: snapping turtles. We discuss wor...
13 Nov 202557min
311: Cleaner Wrasse
Ellen comes clean about the bluestreak cleaner wrasse. We discuss trust, cheating, fish patriarchy, manipulation, deception, game theory, the prisoner's dilemma, marketing, the mirror test, the horror...
6 Nov 20251h 9min
310: Lindsay Nikole’s Top 3 Periods of Life on Earth
Join Ellen & special guest, zoology and science communication powerhouse Lindsay Nikole, for a review of some of the animal kingdom’s greatest hits throughout the history of the Earth. We discuss ecol...
30 Okt 20251h 2min
309: Hairy Frog
Ellen gets her claws out for the hairy frog. We discuss what the tooth fairy dispatch system is doing with all those teeth, frog gigging, Wolverine lore, the scariest horror of all: Chytridiomycosis, ...
24 Okt 202554min
308: Cara Giaimo's Top 3 Surprises from the Animal Kingdom!
Join Ellen & special guest, writer and science journalist Cara Giaimo, for a highlight reel of some of the animal kingdom’s biggest surprises. We discuss Lego trebuchets, the scifi potential of a proj...
16 Okt 202551min
307: Jack Jumper Ants
Ellen jumps to conclusions about jack jumper ants. We discuss Metazooa, is it cake, a menace to public health, lime in the Coke, gamergate, casual abductions, learning walks, and so much more. Links:P...
9 Okt 202551min
