Episode 134 – Sanguivores (Blood-Eaters)
Blood is nutritious, easy to digest, and not hard to come by, so it’s unsurprising – if a bit unsettling – that thousands of species have evolved a taste for the stuff. From birds to bats to bugs, the...
6 Mars 20222h 30min
Episode 133 - Symbiosis
None of us are alone. Like, in the literal, biological sense. Symbiotic relationships – close interactions between unrelated organisms – are a defining feature of life on Earth. Each of our bodies has...
20 Feb 20222h 14min
Episode 132 - Mary and Louis Leakey
Episode 132 – Mary and Louis Leakey Happy Darwin Day! Mary and Louis Leakey are two of the biggest names in the history of paleoanthropology and human evolution, and they’re one of history’s most impr...
6 Feb 20222h 17min
Episode 131 - Volcanoes
Volcanoes are fascinating, devastating, and fundamental to Earth systems. Volcanic eruptions can transform ecosystems, landscapes, and even the atmosphere, and at their most extreme, the effects of vo...
23 Jan 20222h 55min
Episode 130 - Sense of Smell
With every breath you take, you’re collecting information about your surroundings. We humans are actually pretty skilled smellers, as these things go, but olfactory abilities vary widely across the an...
9 Jan 20222h 16min
End of the Year Q&A 2021
Happy New Year! Thanks as always to everyone who submitted questions for the Q&A. Thanks to everyone for listening, sharing, and supporting the podcast this year and for our whole run of nearly five y...
31 Dec 20214h 4min
Episode 129 - Rhinos
Today, rhinos are famous for their large size and impressive horns (and their distressing conservation status, sadly), but modern rhinos are only a small sample of what rhinos have been over time. Tha...
26 Dec 20212h 22min
Episode 128 - The Deep Sea
Far below the ocean surface is a vast environment of cold, darkness, very scarce food, and surprisingly diverse life. Deep sea life is quite mysterious, in part because of their unusual adaptations fo...
12 Dec 20212h 11min
