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Feathers, Fossils, and Old Friends with Dr Tiffany Slater 1:13:46

12d ago1:13:46

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17 years ago, I was a 14 year old attending Connor Middle School in Hebron, Kentucky. Small little town, just across the Ohio River. In 2018, I moved away, back down to Houston, TX. But in the few years I was there, I met and became friends with some of the most amazing people, most of which I lost contact with over the years Then one day, sometime…

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Secrets of the Octopus with Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle 44:48

17d ago44:48

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From their three hearts to their ability to transform and communicate, discover the extraordinary world of octopuses with host Devon Bowker and special guest Sy Montgomery, the "octopus whisperer" herself, and octopus expert Warren Carlyle, founder of OctoNation®. In a new adventure, Secrets of the Octopus, they dive deep into the secrets of the oc…

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The Joy of Working with Wildlife with Lauren Jackson, Queen of the Wild 1:00:13

1M ago1:00:13

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In this episode, Devon (@devonthenatureguy) sits down with Lauren Jackson (@lauren.queenofthewild on Instagram and HERp_trap_queen on TikTok) to chat about becoming a wildlife tech, woodpeckers, federal jobs, the friction of private land, scicomm and education, battles big and small, and above all else, love for the world around us. Support the sho…

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Cephalopods and SciComm with Octopus Biologist Meg Mindlin 1:06:14

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Today’s episode, social media SciComm, all things cephalopod, their super cool brains, their mind-blowing camouflage, RNA editing, peculiar romances, underappreciated "living fossils", and why octopuses are most definitely not aliens. All with special guest Meg Mindlin, Octopus Biologist Meg's Website Save the Ocean, Save the World Hoodie Meg's Sti…

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A World of Wasps with Eric Eaton 1:11:01

4M ago1:11:01

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In this episode, I sit down with Eric Eaton, author of Insectpedia: a Brief Compendium of Insect Lore, Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect, and more! Wasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets that harass picnickers and build nests under the eaves of our homes. These amazing, mostly solitary creatu…

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Revisited: Nature's Vampires with Dr Marie Lisandra Zepeda-Mendoza 28:30

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This episode, which originally aired on March 24 2018, takes us all the way from Copenhagen to the rainforest of South America, from the belly of the beast to its excrement, as we explore nature’s Vampires. Our guest is Dr Marie Lisandra Zepeda Mendoza, who had recently finished her postdoc in Copenhagen, Denmark and whose recently published resear…

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Shark Conservation with Dr Alexandra McInturf 40:04

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Sharks are in the water. But is the ocean shark-infested, or shark-depleted? I sat down to talk with Dr Alexandra McInturf to find out. Learn more about Alexandra and her work Papers Referenced: Half a Century of Global Decline in Sharks and Rays Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays Global catches, exploitation rat…

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Revisited: Busting Bat Myths and Mistruths with Liz Dengate 32:02

7M ago32:02

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Another stroll down memory lane as I revisit the second-ever guest episode of The Wild Life, Myth-Understood: Busting Bat Myths and Mistruths with Liz Dengate from March 6th of 2018. If you'd like to support the creation of this show, the blog, and my science communication efforts on social media, you can do so for as little as $1 per month at www.…

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Revisited: The Mystery of Zebra Stripes with Dr Tim Caro 8:36

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This was the first ever episode of The Wild Life back in 2017, and it was never supposed to happen. That's right, The Wild Life, as a podcast, was an accident. The result of a series of unfortunate events. But that's life, isn't it? It happens in the most unexpected of ways. I never imagined that this is where I would be today, and I'm so incredibl…

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Reintroducing The Wild Life + The Path Forward 23:08

8M ago23:08

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It's been awhile. I think it's time for some reintroductions. I've spent a lot of time over the past year, 6 years really, reflecting on the journey so far, the ups and downs, the struggles, the wins, the change (oh, so much change), and I think I've finally landed comfortably with where I am and what I want this to be. I look forward to sharing my…

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SHORT | Do Ticks Fall From Trees? 5:18

10M ago5:18

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Ticks, for as small as they are, strike a disproportionate amount of fear and disgust into our hearts and minds (no matter what good they might do!). Perhaps it’s their arachnid nature. Maybe it’s the fact that they burrow their creepy mouthparts into your body and feast off of your blood. Oh yeah, and there’s Lyme Disease and the ever-increasing r…

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SHORT | Can Porcupines Shoot Their Quills? 6:10

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While it's true you should keep your distance, is there any truth to the tale of a tenacious porcupine shooting their quills? Have a question you want answered on the show? Send them over to hello@thewildlife.blog! Have your voice featured on the show when you send a voice memo recorded directly on your phone! Support the creation of The Wild Life …

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SHORT | Why Do Worms Come Out When It Rains? 6:40

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Unfortunately, we can’t ask the worms directly, but it turns out that plenty of scientists have been asking this very question for, well, a very long time. Today, we explore the leading hypotheses for what drives worms to the surface for these rainy-day adventures. Have a question you want answered on the show? Send them over to hello@thewildlife.b…

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SHORT | How a Puffin Problem Led to the Creation of a Star Wars Icon 6:03

10M ago6:03

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Star Wars is as much a product of human ingenuity as it is a space odyssey. Just look at how they solved the Puffin Problem. Have a question you'd like answered on The Wild Life? Email me at hello@thewildlife.blog. You can even have your voice featured by sending a voice memo recorded directly on your phone! You can support the creation of The Wild…

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Wide-Eyed | Why Goats & Cuttlefish Have Weird Shaped Pupils 9:03

1+ y ago9:03

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Who doesn’t love goats? Especially baby ones. Their gait, their bleat, their tiny horns. But there comes a time in any goat interaction I’ve had where we lock eyes and I’m struck with a mixture of curiosity and unease. On today's episode, why goats have rectangular pupils, their auto-leveling eyes, and a surprising connection to cuttlefish! Transcr…

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Polar Bears and the Illusion of Color 16:05

1+ y ago16:05

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Most would agree that Polar Bears are white, but there's more to the story than things may appear. Transcript Support The Wild Life at https://www.patreon.com/thewildlife for as little as $1 per month and check out Avast!, a pirate pod from my friend Paul CsomoThe Wild Life

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NEWS: New Study Suggests the Dugong is 'Functionally Extinct' in China 5:15

1+ y ago5:15

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According to a paper published on August 24th, 2022 in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the Dugong is now “functionally extinct” in China. These gentle marine mammals, sometimes referred to as sea cows, are one of four species of the order Sirenia. They are the cousins of the Amazonian manatee, West Indian manatee, West African manatee, and …

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Sea Otters Have Secret Skin Pockets in Their Armpits 2:46

1+ y ago2:46

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Yes, you read that right. Move over marsupials, you’re not the only mammals with skin pockets. Transcript and memes SupportThe Wild Life

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The Air We Breathe 33:32

1+ y ago33:32

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In this throwback to 2019, Devon and Richard talk to Dr Julie Koester of UNC-Wilmington and Dr Orly Levithan of Rutgers about the truth behind where our oxygen comes from, and the tiny organisms we have to thank for our very existence.The Wild Life

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Why do Hedgehogs Have Spikes? 3:46

1+ y ago3:46

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Hedgehogs are easily one of the most unmistakable little critters out there, but how much do you know about them? Sonic is (somehow) a hedgehog, but they’re not really known for being quick on their feet. They’re irrefutably adorable, sometimes pets, and prickly little fellas that roll themselves up like a pill bug, but what else? Where are they na…

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Can Animals Get Sunburns? 4:56

1+ y ago4:56

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Ask yourself, when was the last time you saw a roseate rhinoceros, a bronzed bunting, or a peeling porcupine? Can other animals get sunburns? Transcript Support The Wild LifeThe Wild Life

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Crocodile's and their 4,000 Teeth 4:14

1+ y ago4:14

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Crocodiles are known to be notoriously cantankerous creatures, but what’s less known is this crazy fact about Crocodile teeth–they can go through up to 4,000 teeth in their lifetime! Transcript Support The Wild LifeThe Wild Life

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SHORT: Can Other Animals Get Sunburns? 4:56

1+ y ago4:56

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Ask yourself, when was the last time you saw a roseate rhinoceros, a bronzed bunting, or a peeling porcupine? Can other animals get sunburns? Transcript Support The Wild LifeThe Wild Life

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SHORT: Crocodiles Would Bankrupt the Tooth Fairy 4:14

1+ y ago4:14

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Crocodiles are known to be notoriously cantankerous creatures, but what’s less known is this crazy fact about Crocodile teeth–they can go through up to 4,000 teeth in their lifetime! Transcript Support The Wild LifeThe Wild Life

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SHORT: Why do Hedgehogs have Spikes? 3:46

1+ y ago3:46

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Hedgehogs are easily one of the most unmistakable little critters out there, but how much do you know about them? Sonic is (somehow) a hedgehog, but they’re not really known for being quick on their feet. They’re irrefutably adorable, sometimes pets, and prickly little fellas that roll themselves up like a pill bug, but what else? Where are they na…

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SHORT: Sea Otters Have Secret Skin Pockets in Their Armpits 2:46

1+ y ago2:46

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Yes, you read that right. Move over marsupials, you’re not the only mammals with skin pockets. Transcript and memes SupportThe Wild Life

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Class: The Demo Model (DEMOSPONGIAE) 5:10

1+ y ago5:10

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The basic idea behind the theory of evolution behind natural selection is this: if you get eaten or otherwise die before you’ve had the chance to reproduce then your genes, or traits, don’t get passed on. It’s a dead end. But if you survive… some of your traits get passed down to a new generation. Maybe you were just a bit faster than the other wil…

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Class: The Art of Glass (Hexactinellida) 13:00

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In October 2020, Ocean Exploration Trust’s E/V Nautilus crew discovered something extraordinary—vast clusters of glass sponges Glass sponges in general are a rare sight, but what made this discovery even more surprising is where they were found. Beginning just 25 miles off the coast of California, The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a …

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Class: The Sponge Plunge 16:38

2y ago16:38

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This season on Class, a deep dive into the amazing life history of sponges. starting with getting to the bottom of what exactly a sponge is! Transcript SupportThe Wild Life

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New Series Preview: Class 1:55

2y ago1:55

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The first episode is coming this week!The Wild Life

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On Birding and Time 18:33

2y ago18:33

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This, like many things lately, is a different type of content from The Wild Life. Who knew you could learn so much about authentic expression and finding yourself from producing a podcast? In this episode, I go out for a birding excursion with a major time constraint and ponder on my relationship with time itself. If you're listening or reading thi…

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How to Build an Animal: Body Cavities 8:21

2y ago8:21

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So far in the How to Build an Animal series, we’ve been taking a look at the very things that make an animal, well, an animal. In Part One we explored types of symmetry and got oriented with the directions of cephalization. In Part Two we dove into the early development of animals, from fertilization to the gastrula. We also defined the early layer…

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Change, Time, & Lessons from a Caterpillar 15:30

2y ago15:30

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Time marches on, change is never ceasing, and yet in spite of it all, there are lessons to be learned from even the smallest of creatures, like the caterpillar. TranscriptThe Wild Life

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The Law of Conservation of Energy, and You 5:13

2y ago5:13

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The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, just transferred and transformed. This means many things, not the least of which is that energy itself, across the entirety of the universe, is finite. There’s only so much that can exist. There’s only so much capacity. Energy comes in many forms in this universe, …

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How to Build An Animal: Development 12:03

2y ago12:03

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There really is no shortage of ways to build an animal, but there are rules to be followed. To truly understand, we have to go to the very beginning. Check out Part 3 of my pre-kick-off series to my new zoology series, Class, and get oriented with the development of animal life. Link to the amazingly spectacular video I mentioned Transcript Support…

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How to Build an Animal: Symmetry 8:14

2y ago8:14

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There really is no shortage of ways to build an animal, but there are rules to be followed—rules with deep roots. Check out Part 2 of my pre-kick-off series to my new zoology series, Class, and get oriented with the basic body patterns of animal life. Transcript Support at www.patreon.com/devonbowker…

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What are Animals? 9:22

2y ago9:22

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From the biggest elephant to the littlest fly. From every fish in the sea, to all the birds in the sky. Animals are all around us. Dolphins are animals. Just like owls, salamanders, and the anoles in the tree. A salamander may not look like an owl, and an owl definitely doesn’t look like an elephant. Yet, even still, you can tell they are animals j…

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The Wild Life of the Largemouth Bass 5:40

2y ago5:40

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The Largemouth Bass is a freshwater fish of the Black Bass genus named for—you guessed it—its large mouth. The Largemouth Bass is different than the equally common Smallmouth Bass in that it does in fact have a larger mouth. Who knew? Depending on your location, this fish is known by a variety of other names such as green bass, black bass, bucketmo…

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The Wild Life of the Gulf-Coast Pygmy Sunfish 3:26

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The Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish is found in the coastal river drainages of the Sunshine State, Florida, over to southern Georgia. They can be found in areas of dense vegetation in the drainage portions of rivers along the coasts of where they live off of a diet of small invertebrates such as worms, insects, and tiny crustaceans. Transcript Support the…

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What's the Fastest Fish? 2:04

2y ago2:04

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How fast can fish really be? Faster than you’d probably expect. TranscriptThe Wild Life

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Biohacking Starfish 4:23

2y ago4:23

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The Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish may not look like much, but their impact is inarguable. They feed heavily on corals essential for building reefs, the marine equivalent of a metropolis. When these starfish have a boom in their population, the result is a significant loss of live coral. The damage has a higher impact on the reef’s health and resilience …

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The Wild Life of the Splendid Toadfish 3:04

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If you’ve ever been down to Cozumel, Mexico, you’ve been to one of two places (the other being Glover’s Reef in Belize) on earth where this species of fish can be found. I was there in 2011—on land, granted—but had I gone out snorkeling near any coral outcrops I may have had the opportunity to see the spectacular Splendid Toadfish. Transcript Suppo…

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Shooting a Lion 4:42

2y ago4:42

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This episode was originally written in October 2015 as a reflection essay I acknowledge there is nuance to these issues which are not fully expressed in this essay In The New York Times article “Shooting a Lion”, University of Cambridge professor and acclaimed writer, Helen Macdonald, details her recent safari at Kruger National Park in South Afric…

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Birding by Smartphone 6:16

2y ago6:16

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In 1917, the American poet Wallace Stevens published a poem called 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. In truth, 13 is a major understatement, with just as much variation in “why” as their is in “how”. Whether you’re a life “lister”, a casual admirer, or anywhere in between, at some point each and every one of has had a moment where we saw a bird an…

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More than a Long Neck: 16 Giraffe Facts You Probably Didn't Know 8:14

2y ago8:14

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Who doesn’t love Giraffes? Yet, despite their international love and viral webcam footage with thousands tuning in to watch their birth, there is much about them that is unknown by the masses, which is a shame because they are truly fascinating animals with a multitude of fun facts about them. Here are 16 things you probably didn’t know about Giraf…

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Confronting Climate Change with Jeff Corwin 47:55

2y ago47:55

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Jeff Corwin, American biologist and wildlife conservationist, joins Devon on The Wild Life today to talk about his new show on ABC, Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin, in partnership with Defenders of Wildlife, his career's core-wins, lessons learned, finding the right tone, focusing on what matters, finding hope, and confronting climate change. Jeff…

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The Wild Life of the Deep-Sea Dragonfish 3:33

2y ago3:33

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The Deep-Sea Dragonfish, a scaleless eel-like fish about 6 inches in length that lives (you guessed it) in the deep sea, specifically the bathyal zone of the Atlantic Ocean beyond where any light can reach. Transcript Support the ShowThe Wild Life

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The Life and Impact of Barry Commoner 5:31

2y ago5:31

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As one of America’s most influential environmentalists, Barry Commoner devoted his life and career to ecology, awareness, education, and enacting positive change. Support the Show Transcript Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://a…

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The Wild Life of Muskellunge 3:04

2y ago3:04

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The Muskellunge, or Muskie, is the largest member of the pike family, and just a large fish all around. Their common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, which translates to “ugly pike”. But there's a lot more to the muskie. Transcript Support the ShowThe Wild Life

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The Wild Life of Butterflyfish 2:57

2y ago2:57

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Butterflyfish are a group of around 120 species in the Family Chaetodontidae. They can be found in reefs around the world in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Butterflyfish are probably most recognizable for their disk-like body shape, pointed snout, and striking patterns and coloration seen across mo…

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