You probably never believed there was anything in nature that behaved like the creatures in the film Alien. Tragically, we've come to disrupt that peace of mind. Liz and Maddie take a dive into the horror nightmare realm of parasitoids, organis

The Mystery of Weird Birds

Jun 5th, 2017 22m 21s

Liz and Maddie discuss sexual selection, the evolutionary force responsible for a whole host of weird traits. For instance, why peacocks have cumbersome tails. For another, why duck reproduction is a nightmare horror show, in detail. Be forewar

Jurassic Snark

May 30th, 2017 28m 55s

The earth is old, and life has been evolving for a long time! Liz and Maddie take a broad tour through earth's geologic eras, including the ones with the dinosaurs. Liz gets real into movies. Maddie proposes a celebrity mythos.

To Bee or Not to Bee

May 20th, 2017 23m 38s

Did you ever want to learn the secret dance of bees and how it was decoded? Listen as we explore the discoveries of Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Karl von Frisch, and the fascinating communication behavior of bees. Maddie questions memes. Liz

Tenrec! Tenrec! Tenrec!

May 6th, 2017 28m 59s

Why do similar appearances and behaviors occur in animals all over the world? Join us as we use some of the world's weirdest mammals to explain the process of convergent evolution. (Note: sorry for the weird audio clicks. We've fixed it for nex

Drunk Monkeys

Apr 27th, 2017 29m 12s

Animals behave in strange and unpredictable ways. But how much is instinct, and how much can they learn from the world around them?

The March of Progress?

Apr 27th, 2017 21m 2s

From fish, to monkey, to man, to . . . Homer Simpson? We discuss one of the most famous images in evolutionary biology, and the misconceptions that have arisen from it

Why Pandas Should Die

Apr 27th, 2017 21m 8s

Why would evolution spawn a giant lump of cuddly fatness that can't even reproduce on its own? We discuss the mysteries of giant panda evolution to decide if the species is worth saving

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