The Wild Life
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An optimistic, curiosity-chasing show about the wonder and wildness of life, following the threads that connect us to the natural world. The Wild Life is, always has been, and always will be a show about the diversity of life within the animal kingdom, but it's about more than that. It's about connections. It's about how the natural world inspires our culture, movies, and technologies. It's about the patterns that persist throughout not just life, but the universe itself. It's about us.
The Wild Life is a place for the curious, the adventurous, the hopeful, and the hopeless to discover the natural world through unique perspectives. Between the blog and podcasts, The Wild Life seeks to bring the traditional naturalist experience into the 21st century by merging immersive storytelling and foley art with technology and creative experiences. It’s an exploration of truth, common ground, and shared places as we attempt to fill each episode with wonder, connectedness, intrigue, and humor.
Thank you for being here.
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Mass Extinctions, Dinosaurs, and Chasing Dreams with Juan-Pablo Piña @paleoauthor
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Field Guide of Wonder: The Aye-Aye
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Field Guide of Wonder: The Capybara
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Field Guide of Wonder: The Honduran White Bat
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Go Green with Alexa Pavan
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Shells, Sunrises, and Side Quests with Emily Hunter
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Archive of Wonder with Jay Meredith
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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My Message for World Oceans Day
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Ancient Finds, Changing Times with Andrew Schwartz
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Giant River Otters and Other Adventures with Kat Foree
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Harvest Mice, 3-Legged Beavers, and Elephant Conflicts with Dylan Beckham
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire—with Ross Barreto
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Wildlife Cinematography with Jake Davis
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Animal Ethics with Maggie Herskowitz
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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SciComm, Squids, and Staying Hopeful with Dr Carly Anne York
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Carnivore Ecology with Aidan Branney
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Feathers, Fossils, and Old Friends with Dr Tiffany Slater
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Secrets of the Octopus with Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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The Joy of Working with Wildlife with Lauren Jackson, Queen of the Wild
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Cephalopods and SciComm with Octopus Biologist Meg Mindlin
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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A World of Wasps with Eric Eaton
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Revisited: Nature's Vampires with Dr Marie Lisandra Zepeda-Mendoza
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Shark Conservation with Dr Alexandra McInturf
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Revisited: Busting Bat Myths and Mistruths with Liz Dengate
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Revisited: The Mystery of Zebra Stripes with Dr Tim Caro
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Reintroducing The Wild Life + The Path Forward
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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SHORT | Do Ticks Fall From Trees?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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SHORT | Can Porcupines Shoot Their Quills?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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SHORT | Why Do Worms Come Out When It Rains?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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SHORT | How a Puffin Problem Led to the Creation of a Star Wars Icon
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Wide-Eyed | Why Goats & Cuttlefish Have Weird Shaped Pupils
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Polar Bears and the Illusion of Color
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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NEWS: New Study Suggests the Dugong is 'Functionally Extinct' in China
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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SHORT: Can Other Animals Get Sunburns?
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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SHORT: Crocodiles Would Bankrupt the Tooth Fairy
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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SHORT: Why do Hedgehogs have Spikes?
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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SHORT: Sea Otters Have Secret Skin Pockets in Their Armpits
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Class: The Demo Model (DEMOSPONGIAE)
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Class: The Art of Glass (Hexactinellida)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Class: The Sponge Plunge
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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New Series Preview: Class
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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On Birding and Time
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May 31, 2022 |
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How to Build an Animal: Body Cavities
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May 23, 2022 |
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Change, Time, & Lessons from a Caterpillar
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May 23, 2022 |
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The Law of Conservation of Energy, and You
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May 16, 2022 |
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How to Build An Animal: Development
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May 11, 2022 |
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How to Build an Animal: Symmetry
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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What are Animals?
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Largemouth Bass
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Gulf-Coast Pygmy Sunfish
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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What's the Fastest Fish?
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Biohacking Starfish
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Splendid Toadfish
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Shooting a Lion
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Birding by Smartphone
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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More than a Long Neck: 16 Giraffe Facts You Probably Didn't Know
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Confronting Climate Change with Jeff Corwin
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Deep-Sea Dragonfish
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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The Life and Impact of Barry Commoner
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of Muskellunge
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of Butterflyfish
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Hiking with a Toddler
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Little Brown Skink
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Northern Crested Caracara
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Baby-Blue Bloods
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Horseshoe Crabs with Dr Daniel Sasson
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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News: Glowing COVID Ostrich Masks!
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of the Mola mola
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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The Wild Life of Whale Sharks
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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SHORT: Asian Lady Beetle Mania!
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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SHORT: This Rare, Sapphire Tarantula is A Beauty From Gooty
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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A New Series, Now in 8D
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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SHORT: 3 Ways to Get to Mailbox Zero
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Oh, Deer! with Rhiannon Kirton
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Turns Out There’s a Reason for Rudolph’s Red Nose
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Why do Elephants have Big Ears?
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Giraffes Need Friends, Too
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Protecting Wolves with Dr John A. Vucetich
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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2019 Revisit| A Tell Tale Beetle Romance Halloween Special
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Electric Fish with Kassandra Ford
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Behind the SCiENcES with Dr Kassandra Ford
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Inside the Brilliant Minds of Elephants
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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African Elephants with Lynn Von Hagen
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Behind the SCiENcES with Lynn Von Hagen
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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When an Elephant Dies
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Platypuses with Dr Gilad Bino
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Behind the SCiENcES with Dr Gilad Bino
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Dispatches from Somewhere #5| the American Alligator
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Dispatch from Somewhere #4| Antheraea polyphemus
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Bears with Brogan Holcombe
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Behind the SCiENcES with Brogan Holcombe
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Carnivore Ecology with Dr Mariela Gantchoff
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Dr Mariela Gantchoff
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Birds of Paradise with Dr Bruce Beehler
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Dr Bruce Beehler
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Dragonflies and Damselflies with Dr Jessica L Ware
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May 14, 2021 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Dr Jessica L Ware
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May 12, 2021 |
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Nature's Pooper Scooper (Dung Beetles!) with Professor Marcus Byrne
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May 03, 2021 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Professor Marcus Byrne
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Us: Can the Market Save the World?
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Poop Cubed with Patricia Yang
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Patricia Yang, PostDoc at Stanford and Ig Nobel Winner
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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SHORT: What's the Purpose of Ticks?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Us: The Dangerous Myth of Overpopulation
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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How to Save a Wild Life with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of MN
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Saving Quokkas Now, Using the Past with Dr Larisa DeSantis
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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NEWS: Joe the Pigeon is on Death Row
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Spittlebugs & Froghoppers with Dr Jason Cryan
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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SHORT: The Wild Life of the Nicobar Pigeon
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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SHORT: The Always Adorable, Sometimes Vicious, Shrew
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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New Year, New You? + Revisiting the Metamorphosis Metaphor
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Science, Academia, and Podcasting: 2020 Wrap-Up LIVE (recording)
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Jack's Favorite Animals
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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SHORT: The Cookiecutter Shark
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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SHORT: Clever Fox
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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SHORT: Blood Root
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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SHORT: Is it a Worm? A Wasp? No, it's the Elm Sawfly!
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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SHORT: The Dragonhunter
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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SHORT: Carrion My Wayward Beetle
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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REVISIT 2019| How to Make a Snowflake
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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SHORT: Snakes in the Basement?
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Even the Least Weasel can be a bit Extra
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Class | Polyplacophora (CHITONS)
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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2019 Revisit| A Tell Tale Beetle Romance Halloween Special
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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2019 REVISIT| IS Anybody Out There?
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Nudies! with The Nagging Naturalist, Kristen Mankowski
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with The Nagging Naturalist, Kristen Mankowski
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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2018 REVISIT| Scattered
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Dr Diva Amon
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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SHORT: Brine Lakes, Hydrothermal Vents, and Life in the Dark with Dr Diva Amon
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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SHORT: The Stages of Life on a Dead Whale with Dr Diva Amon
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Whale Falls and the Deep Sea with Dr Diva Amon
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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REVISIT| The Air We Breathe with Dr Julie Koester and Dr Orly Levithan
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Phylum: Ctenophora & Cnidaria (JELLIES+) with special guest Lucas Brotz
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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The Birds, the Bees, and the Trees with Vikram Baliga of Planthropology
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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Who's Laughing Now? Hyenas with Dr Kay Holekamp
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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A Better Way to Talk About Sharks with Dr Catherine MacDonald
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Answering Y'alls Random Questions While Playing Halo
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Phylum: Porifera (SPONGES)
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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#WormGate2020: An unimaginable can of worms with Ellen Weatherford!
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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A Conversation with Chelsea Connor: Part 2
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Did You Anole? with Chelsea Connor Part 1
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Islands, Snails, & other Tales with Dr Andrew Kraemer
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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The Man with the Planarian with Dr. Oné R. Pagán
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Snow Leopards with Dr Koustubh Sharma
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May 29, 2020 |
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BONUS: Mary Anning, The Greatest Fossil Hunter You Never Knew
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May 21, 2020 |
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NEWS: A Rare Blue Bee and the So-Called Murder Hornet
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May 18, 2020 |
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Orangutan Conservation with Leif Cocks
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May 15, 2020 |
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BONUS: This one's for you, Mom
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May 10, 2020 |
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Big Life with Just The Zoo Of US
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May 08, 2020 |
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True Nature #1: Conversation with Maria Hancox
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Revisit: Frogcicles
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Conversation with Corina Newsome, aka The Hood Naturalist
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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They Made Me Call This "Hooters" with special hosts, Chelsea and Chrissy Bowker
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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The Waddle Life with The Penguin Lady, Dyan deNapoli
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#CitSciFri with Katie-Lyn Bunney of the Monarch Joint Venture
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Metamorphosis Metaphor with Dr Martha Weiss
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Tainted Love Part 3: Garter Snakes with Dr Robert T Mason
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Tainted Love Part 2: Spider Sex and Freaky Facts with Shakira Quiñones and Sebastian Echeverri
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Tainted Love Part 1: Spider Speed Dating with Sebastian Echeverri and Shakira Quiñones
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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How to Make a Snowflake
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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Fireflies with Lynn Frierson Faust
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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The Smell of Rain
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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A Tell Tale Beetle Romance Story
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Stardust: Time, Tides, and Theia
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Myth-understood + Nature's Vampires
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Mr Smarty Plants with Dr Liz Van Volkenburgh
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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The Fungus Among Us| Part 2 with Dr Kabir Peay
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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#CitizenScienceFriday with Carrie Seltzer of iNaturalist
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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The Fungus Among Us| Part I with Dr Tom Volk
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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The Mystery of Zebra Stripes with Dr Tim Caro
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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A Parasitic Ghost of a Plant
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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Velvet (Worm) Revolver with Tia Freeman
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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When a Spider isn't a Spider
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Aug 03, 2019 |
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Frogcicles
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Jul 27, 2019 |
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Like, Pelican Fly
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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The Electric Light Loving, Scuba Diving, Toe Biting, Giant Water Bug
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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Head in the Sand? All About Ostriches
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Turtle Trekkers
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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Gulls and the Concrete Sea: Why do Seagulls Love Parking Lots?
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Jun 22, 2019 |
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SHORT: The Dirty Truth About Butterflies
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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SHORT: The Trouble with Trilobites
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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No Brainer
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May 21, 2019 |
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Scattered
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Feb 24, 2019 |
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Animal Magnetism
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Feb 09, 2019 |
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Ant Farm with Dr Cameron Currie
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Is Anybody Out There?
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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SHORT: Plant or Fungi?
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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SHORT: Hoarfrost
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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SHORT: ATTACK OF THE BYROZOANS
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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The Metamorphosis Metaphor
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Leave it to Beavers
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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The Air We Breathe
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May 31, 2018 |
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Life in the Twilight (Crepuscular) Zone
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May 11, 2018 |
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It's Not Easy Being Green: Canary in the Coal Mine
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Taste For Blood: Nature's Vampires
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Mar 24, 2018 |
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Myth-Understood: Busting Bat Myths
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Love and Loneliness
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Feb 10, 2018 |