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New Species

Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day. This podcast talks to the authors of these new species to get the behind-the-scenes s... Read more

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Eleven New Starfish with Chris Mah

Eleven New Starfish with Chris Mah

Grab your parkas, we’re going to Antarctica! Or at least some researchers did in the 1960s, but it took starfish expert ... Read more

8 Aug 2023

33mins

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A New Millipede with Paul Marek and Cedric Lee

A New Millipede with Paul Marek and Cedric Lee

Cedric Lee was collecting slugs with another diplopodologist James Bailey when they stumbled upon a very odd creature; t... Read more

11 Jul 2023

28mins

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Special Episode: Wonderful Weevils with Bob Anderson

Special Episode: Wonderful Weevils with Bob Anderson

“I always say that insect taxonomists will never get really rich but you will see parts of the world where nobody else g... Read more

27 Jun 2023

48mins

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Seven New Grasshoppers with JoVonn Hill

Seven New Grasshoppers with JoVonn Hill

“Here in the South, our grasslands are where most of our, a huge part of our biodiversity are. And most people don't eve... Read more

13 Jun 2023

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Three New Argyresthia Moths with Jacob Gorneau

Three New Argyresthia Moths with Jacob Gorneau

Have you ever seen a series of fine squiggles in a leaf? Those might be leaf-mining moths in the genus Argyresthia. Thes... Read more

30 May 2023

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When a scientist comes on the podcast, we always ask them how they named their new species. It’s a privilege that comes ... Read more

23 May 2023

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A New Bat with Amanda Grunwald

A New Bat with Amanda Grunwald

Amanda Grunwald is fascinated by arthropods, by reptiles, pretty much anything that creeps or crawls. But what about the... Read more

18 May 2023

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Seven New Sea Slugs with Ángel Valdéz

Seven New Sea Slugs with Ángel Valdéz

Dr. Ángel Valdés has known since childhood that he would study sea slugs, and several years ago that dream took him to N... Read more

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Una Araña Trampilla Nueva con Cristian Pertegal

Una Araña Trampilla Nueva con Cristian Pertegal

Muy a menudo, los científicos que entrevistamos en el podcast hablan inglés como su segundo, tercer o cuarto idioma. Y m... Read more

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A New Horseshoe Bat with Michael Curran

A New Horseshoe Bat with Michael Curran

Where there is a unique ecosystem to be studied, for example, a patch of tropical evergreen forest 1,000 meters up a mou... Read more

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