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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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Category:general -- posted at: 11:52am EDT

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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Direct download: BB99_-_Alexander_Georgiev_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:03pm EDT

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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Direct download: BB98_-_Jean_Polfus_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

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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Direct download: BB97_-_Rob_Nelson_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

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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Direct download: BB96_-_Dr_Travis_Longcore_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT

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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Direct download: BB95_-_Dr_Kirsty_MacLeod_audio.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:58pm EDT

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