Episode 213 - Decomposers
Leave a carcass or a log or a pile of poop out in the wild long enough and it will break down into its component parts. Decomposers are an often-overlooked but essential component of ecosystems past a...
16 Mar 20252h 17min
Leaf it to Us - Before We Leaf
After you’ve listened to the Leaf it to Us pilot episode, enjoy this follow-up discussion where Nora, Aly, and David share their thoughts about that first episode and the upcoming season of the new po...
10 Mar 202530min
Leaf it to Us - Pilot Episode
Enjoy this special preview of the upcoming podcast Leaf it to Us, hosted by Nora Spurling and Dr. Aly Baumgartner. In this pilot episode, they discuss the fascinating phenomenon of sex-changing trees!...
10 Mar 202532min
Episode 212 - Temnospondyls
When vertebrates first moved onto land, they gave rise to a variety of amphibious tetrapods. The most diverse and successful of these were temnospondyls, which were some of the most important species ...
2 Mar 20251h 41min
Episode 211 - Edward Drinker Cope
E. D. Cope is one of the most recognizable and notorious names in paleontology history. He did some of the most important early work in vertebrate paleontology, he was one half of the dueling duo in t...
16 Feb 20252h 34min
Episode 210 - Bones
The evolution of mineralized tissues is responsible not only for the incredible success and diversity of vertebrate animals, but also for their extraordinarily informative fossil record. This episode,...
2 Feb 20252h 25min
Episode 209 - Chimaeras
You might know them as ghost sharks, rat fish, or spook fish. Chimaeras are close cousins of sharks and rays, equipped with distinctive and unusual features in their fins, teeth, and reproductive stru...
19 Jan 20252h 27min
Episode 208 - The Karoo Supergroup
Southern Africa is home to an incredible sequence of geologic formations that span more than 100 million years of Earth history. These rocks, collectively called the Karoo Supergroup, are an extraordi...
5 Jan 20251h 49min
