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A group of biologists talks everything science and biology related in a weekly roundtable format.
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BB100 - Read broadly and carry a big horn with Dr. Doug Emlen
In a very special episode #100, we talk to Dr. Doug Emlen, Professor of Biology at the University of Montana and author of the new book Animal Weapons, about animals that don't back down from a fight (unless it makes evolutionary sense to do so), and Doug shares all his tips on how to tell the story of evolution to everyone when you're used to writing for academics.
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BB99 - Getting Down to Monkey Business with Dr. Alexander Georgiev
The birds and the bees may do it, but how about different monkeys and apes? Dr. Alexander Georgiev talks about his work on reproductive behaviours and costs in chimpanzees and Rhesus macaques, and how different their sexual practices are.
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BB98 - Here Comes Caribou -bou with Jean Polfus
Jean Polfus is a PhD Candidate at the University of Manitoba, and joins us from the edge of the Arctic to talk about her research on caribou ecology and evolution. We also discuss the role of traditional knowledge and native peoples in studying northern ecology, and how science needs more art.
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BB97 - Changing the World With Your Video Camera with Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson, Director of Untamed Science, explains how he went from marine biology to science & nature filmography, and how he's trying to help more people come to love the natural world through YouTube.
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BB96 - Shedding Light on Urban Biodiversity & Anti-science Politics with Dr. Travis Longcore
Dr. Travis Longcore, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Spatial Sciences, and Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, speaks to us about his work with habitat conservation in Los Angeles, how we're lighting up the night in the worst possible way, and why he felt compelled to speak out against the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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BB95 - It Takes A Manor to Raise a Meerkat with Dr. Kirsty MacLeod
Dr. Kirsty MacLeod is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (and soon to be at Penn State), and shares why her research is largely possible because a colony of meerkats developed an addiction to boiled eggs, and why a threatened New Zealand bird is getting a free lunch.
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Customer Reviews
Breaking Bio is awe inspiring
Humor & amazing info about the real world - way more awe inspiring than made-up-religious-stuff! the interviewers are consistently funny, low key, modest, & often hilarious. most of the interviewees are great, too! excellent job -i've listened to every episode - this is my favorite bio podcast - thank you, Breaking Bio!