Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep. 592 - What Cherries & Company Can Teach Us About Evolution
Episode 592
The genus Prunus gives us apricots, plums, cherries, and almonds, but also a ton of under appreciated plant diversity. Prunus around the world have m…
1 day, 5 hours ago
Ep. 591 - Justice for Habitats
Episode 591
Habitats face pressures from all sorts of threats. Illegal logging, mining, and poaching are driving extinctions, accelerating climate change, and hu…
1 week, 1 day ago
Ep. 590 - The Complex Ecology of Puerto Rico's Forests
Episode 590
Puerto Rico may not be a very large island but its forests certainly are complex. Historically, Puerto Rico lost nearly 95% of its forest cover due t…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Ep. 589 - Epiphytes & the Water Cycle
Episode 589
Epiphytes of one kind or another are ubiquitous components of ecosystems around the globe, but we still know little about what they are doing up in t…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Ep. 588 - Investigating Boreal Rarities
Episode 588
Rare plants aren't rare for the same reasons. They aren't even rare at different points in time. Figuring out the causes and consequences of plant ra…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Ep. 587 - Cloning & Conservation in Plants
Episode 587
Cloning may seem like a futuristic topic largely reserved for science fiction but plants are doing it all the time. Clonality is one of the many aspe…
1 month ago
Ep. 586 - Restoring a Galápagos Forest
Episode 586
Daisy trees, petrels, and pink iguanas... The Galápagos Islands are home to unique endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Sadly, the ecosys…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep. 585 - Dragonflies Need Plants
Episode 585
Dragonflies and damselflies are voracious aerial predators that help keep populations of other insects like mosquitoes in check. These amazing insect…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 584 - Understanding Forest Disturbance
Episode 584
Disturbances from fire and wind to insects and humans play a huge role in forest dynamics through time. Throw in the impacts of climate change, and t…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 583 - Commonness, Rarity, and Invasive Species
Episode 583
How common or rare are species in an ecosystem? The answer to this might seem simple, but as with everything in nature, it is not. This question can …
2 months ago