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Episode 122
One of the rewards we offer to our highest-level Patrons is a special mini-episode on an animal or group of their choosing. We’ve done five so far,…
6 years, 2 months ago
Silver Screen Science - Tremors
Episode 121
There’s a pandemic on, and we and many of our listeners are spending lots of time at home. On the bright side, it’s a good opportunity to watch movie…
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 83 - Coelacanths
Episode 120
In 1938, a fishing crew pulled up a fish that everyone thought had been extinct for 70 million years. Since then, coelacanths have become famous not …
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 82 - Trilobites
Episode 119
Few fossil animals are as popular with the public, as abundant in the fossil record, or as important to the study of past life on Earth as trilobites…
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 81 - Metamorphosis
Season 1 Episode 118
Metamorphosis is the process that turns a caterpillar to a butterfly, a fry to a fish, and a tadpole to a frog. Animals have been metamorphosing for …
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 80 - Mary Anning
Season 1 Episode 117
Happy Darwin Day!
This time around, we’re talking about Mary Anning! She was one of the earliest modern paleontologists, she helped lay the groundwor…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 79 - Pterosaurs
Season 1 Episode 116
The first pterosaur to be scientifically identified was Pterodactylus, more than 200 years ago. Since then, scientists have grappled with understandi…
6 years, 4 months ago
DragonCon 2019 Paleontology Hour Panel
Episode 115
At DragonCon 2019, Will and David were part of the Paleontology Hour Panel, where a room full of nerds asked all their paleo-related questions to a p…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 78 - Exaptation
Season 1 Episode 114
Hand a kitchen appliance to a child and they’re likely to find a whole new way to use it. This happens in evolution, too – traits adapted for one pur…
6 years, 4 months ago
End of the Year Q&A 2019
Episode 113
Happy New Year!
We got a ton of questions this year, so enjoy the end of the decade with this extra-long edition of David and Will saying the things …
6 years, 5 months ago