A New Porcupine with Héctor Ramirez-Chaves
Simultaneously one of the cutest and most pain-inducing creatures, porcupines capture attention all over their worldwide range. In this paper, Héctor Ramirez-Chaves and his coauthors describe a new sp...
9 Sep 202529min
A New (Old) Apple with Todd, Cameron, and John
The moment John Bunker saw the 200+ year old tree, he knew it might be special. He had no idea however, that it was one of America’s oldest surviving apple trees, a French ancestor to many of the appl...
12 Aug 202548min
A New Butterfly with Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis
Think butterfly genomics is a simple topic? Think again, but this time think alongside Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis. Not only are they answering some of the most interesting contemporary conservati...
29 Juli 202552min
Five Deep-sea Isopods with Henry Knauber
Deep-sea isopods come in all shapes and sizes, and Henry Knauber is excited to see all of them. In this paper, he and his coauthors describe five new species and redescribe another as part of a large ...
15 Juli 202556min
A New Toxungenous Scorpion with Léo Laborieux
“Serendipity is a real grabbing force of science,” says Léo Laborieux as he shares his experience describing his new species of scorpion. While at a remote research station in the Colombian rainforest...
27 Maj 202533min
A New Begonia with Dipankar Borah
Begonias are known around the world as a plant of beauty and diversity. What can they teach us about the world around us? Through his work on Begonias and other flowering plants found in Northeast Ind...
13 Maj 202530min
A New Bee Fly with Lisa Rollinson and Allan Cabrero
For some people, a box of 100-year-old bee flies might seem daunting, but for Lisa Rollinson and Allan Cabrero, It was an exciting challenge. As part of a Smithsonian-based internship, Lisa worked wit...
30 Apr 202546min
Two New Damselflies with Shantanu Joshi
Shantanu Joshi is fascinated with creatures of all kinds, but especially damselflies, the small quick fliers of the order Odonata. In this episode he takes us deep into the forests of Northeast India,...
29 Apr 202531min
