Spook-E - People-Eating Plants
Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. October is here, and that means it’s time for Spook-E! Each episode throughout this month, we’re choosing a famous monster and discussing how it – or something l...
9 Okt 20211h 5min
Episode 123 - Spiders
Spiders are among the most diverse, successful, and famous living groups of invertebrates. Today, they’re a worldwide assortment of fascinating predators, and their scarce fossil record provides hints...
3 Okt 20212h
Episode 122 - Plate Tectonics
The Earth is in motion beneath our feet. The shifting and grinding of the tectonic plates is responsible for the shape of our planet’s surface and – directly or indirectly – nearly all the activity th...
19 Sep 20212h 6min
Episode 121 - Brains
Nearly all animals have some form of nervous system, and this system is often monitored and regulated by a brain. We humans are particularly proud of our enormous brains, but these organs come in all ...
5 Sep 20212h 10min
Episode 120 – Tyrannosaurs
Ever since T. rex was first identified in 1905, tyrannosaurs have been among the most famous and well-studied dinosaurs of all time. Research, especially in the last few decades, has revealed incredib...
22 Aug 20212h 51min
Episode 119 - India
India is a landmass with an incredible history. Over the past half-billion years, it has spent time with the southern continents, time as an island-on-the-move, and time with the northern continents. ...
8 Aug 20211h 44min
Episode 118 - Trace Fossils
As organisms live, grow, and move in their environments, they leave all sorts of traces in their surroundings, and these can become fossilized just like body parts can. Trace fossils (ichnofossils) ca...
25 Jul 20212h 4min
Episode 117 - Crabs and Carcinization
What exactly is a “crab” anyway? One answer is that they are among the most diverse and successful living arthropods. Another answer: they are many different groups of crustaceans that have converged ...
11 Jul 20211h 56min
