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Michael Middlebrooks
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs
Posted
Mar 2023
9:23
Saad Bhamla
The fascinating physics of insect pee
Posted
Feb 2023
52:49
Lucy Cooke
What can animals teach us about sex and gender?
Posted
Jul 2022
8:11
Xiaowei R. Wang
Why entrepreneurship flourishes in the countryside
Posted
Mar 2022
4:37
Gilad Bino
A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals
Posted
Jul 2021
5:28
Luka Seamus Wright
The sharks that hunt in forests
Posted
Jun 2021
10:28
Steven Allison
Earth's original inhabitants — and their role in combating climate change
Posted
Apr 2021
11:56
Mary Ellen Hannibal
How you can help save the monarch butterfly — and the planet
Posted
Apr 2020
4:45
Kenny Coogan
Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem
Posted
Feb 2020
13:59
Victoria Gill
What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology
Posted
Feb 2020
12:56
Arjan Dwarshuis
What birdspotting can teach us about conservation
Posted
Nov 2019
11:24
Sam Van Aken
How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit
Posted
Sep 2019
12:00
Beth Mortimer and Tarje Nissen-Meyer
The enigmatic language of elephants
Posted
May 2019
4:22
Claire Simeone
The lovable (and lethal) sea lion
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May 2019
14:22
Kirsti Abbott
The ants that run the world
Posted
May 2019
12:54
Noah Wilson-Rich
How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time
Posted
Mar 2019
13:44
Danae Wolfe
Why we need bugs
Posted
Jan 2019
12:20
Mindy Fullilove
The ecology of inequality
Posted
Oct 2018
16:37
Penny Chisholm
The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet
Posted
Jul 2018
14:11
Paul Hessburg
Why wildfires have gotten worse — and what we can do about it
Posted
Nov 2017
13:07
Washington Wachira
For the love of birds
Posted
Nov 2017
12:57
Katrina Spade
When I die, recompose me
Posted
Jun 2017
4:35
Kate Slabosky
The three different ways mammals give birth
Posted
Apr 2017
11:54
Caitlin Doughty
A burial practice that nourishes the planet
Posted
Mar 2017
18:19
Suzanne Simard
How trees talk to each other
Posted
Jul 2016
9:11
Shubhendu Sharma
How to grow a forest in your backyard
Posted
Jul 2016
15:52
Emma Marris
Nature is everywhere — we just need to learn to see it
Posted
Jul 2016
4:49
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish
Posted
Jun 2016
12:27
Latif Nasser
You have no idea where camels really come from
Posted
Mar 2016
18:54
Tshering Tobgay
This country isn't just carbon neutral — it's carbon negative
Posted
Mar 2016
11:21
Laura Robinson
The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor
Posted
Mar 2016
10:10
Thomas Peschak
Dive into an ocean photographer's world
Posted
Feb 2016
15:18
Mike Velings
The case for fish farming
Posted
Feb 2016
15:49
Andrés Ruzo
The boiling river of the Amazon
Posted
Feb 2016
6:49
Jill Heinerth
The mysterious world of underwater caves
Posted
Jan 2016
11:09
Jason deCaires Taylor
An underwater art museum, teeming with life
Posted
Dec 2015
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