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The Wild Life

An optimistic, curiosity-chasing show about the wonder and wildness of life, following the threads that connect us to the natural world. The Wild Life is, always has been, and always will be a show about the diversity of life within the animal kingdom, but it"s about more than that. It"s about connections. It"s about how the natural world inspires our culture, movies, and technologies. It"s about the patterns that persist throughout not just life, but the universe itself. It"s about us. The Wild

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42:25

Poop Cubed with Patricia Yang

The Wild Life ·

2021/04/17

In this episode, we finally learn the answer to why wombats have cubed poop, learn how all of us mammals are bonded by our bowels, find out about something called the Law of Urination, and learn that we are in deep doo-doo as we discover the Global Feces Problem. Patricia Yang is a postdoc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she is studying thecollective behavior of birds. Before coming to Stanford, she completed doctoral and postdoctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia

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Behind the 𝗦𝗖i𝗘𝗡c𝗘𝗦 with Patricia Yang, PostDoc at...

The Wild Life ·

2021/04/14

Stay tuned for her full episode, Poo Cubed, out this Friday!Patricia Yang is a postdoc in Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she is studying thecollective behavior of birds. Before coming to Stanford, she completed doctoral and postdoctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology on thefluid mechanics of body fluids, in particular, blood, feces, and urine. She received bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering (ESOE) and Physics from

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05:53

SHORT: What's the Purpose of Ticks?

The Wild Life ·

2021/04/09

The truth is, the concept of a plant or animals purpose isn’t as cut and dry as many would like. This makes sense. People are always trying to determine their purpose, their deeper meaning, and trying to answer age old questions like “What’s the meaning of life?”. When we start looking outward, we start trying to apply that same thought logic, but that’s just not how life really works. This is a topic I will be sure to explore more in-depth in a future podcast episode devoted to this idea of

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18:01

Us: The Dangerous Myth of Overpopulation

The Wild Life ·

2021/04/08

Welcome to part 1 of Us, an ongoing series examining our connections and impact on the environment, sustainability, and our changing climate. Part 1 through roughly 9 will focus on laying the groundwork for understanding these complicated issues from a variety of perspectives, while parts 10 through 20 or so will place the first half into real-world context, examining issues and controversies surrounding Deforestation, Overfishing, Recycling, and E-Waste.For a transcript of the episode, check out

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51:14

How to Save a Wild Life with the Wildlife...

The Wild Life ·

2021/02/19

Have you ever seen an injured animal and wished you knew what to do or who to call? Have you ever seen an animal acting strangely but were unsure of whether or not that thing you saw was normal? Have you ever thought about getting into wildlife rehab? Then this is the episode for you.We talk baby birds, fledglings, bats, baby deer, squirrels, and so much more.Our guest is Tami Vogel, the Communications Director of WRCMN.Check them out here!Support us at www.patreon.com/thewildife

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59:48

Saving Quokkas Now, Using the Past with Dr Larisa...

The Wild Life ·

2021/02/04

This episode has it all: Quokkas, trivia, selfies, Australia, the La Brea Tar Pits, Conservation Paleobiology, and somehow manages to tie it all together. Dr Larisa DeSantis, Conservation Paleobiologist and professor at Vanderbilt University, is our guest and she tells us how she is using relics of the past to inform the conservation of species now and into the future. Check out our new children's e-book on Kindle, Quokka's Aren't Cute!Also, be on the lookout for the upcoming quokka kids book from

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NEWS: Joe the Pigeon is on Death Row

The Wild Life ·

2021/01/15

A fascinating journey that sounds the stuff of an animated movie or a children’s book is about to come to a rather different sort of end.On December 26th, a man by the name of Kevin Celli-Bird discovered an understandably exhausted pigeon resting in the backyard of his home in Melbourne, Australia.The bird was from America.Read the Story HereSupport The Wild Life at patreon.com/thewildlife

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Spittlebugs & Froghoppers with Dr Jason Cryan

The Wild Life ·

2021/01/08

Have you ever been outside during the spring and you see what looks like spit clinging to the sides of plant stems? Well, it's not spit, but it is a body fluid, and it hides a fascinating little creature that grows up to be something even more fantastical. Learn all about these snorkeling, high jumping, super-powered true-bugs with Dr Jason Cryan as your guide.Watch a Froghopper's incredible jump in slow-motion!Support The Wild Life, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, at patreon.com/thewildlife or

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SHORT: The Wild Life of the Nicobar Pigeon

The Wild Life ·

2021/01/05

It's kind of hard to believe at first glance, but yes, they're actually pigeons.https://thewildlife.blog/2020/05/12/the-wild-life-of-the-nicobar-pigeon/

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SHORT: The Always Adorable, Sometimes Vicious, Shrew

The Wild Life ·

2021/01/05

Shrew are many things. Sometimes venomous, sometimes able to walk on water, sometimes snake-killers, but always adoreable.https://thewildlife.blog/2019/02/26/twl-hiking-clubthe-always-adorable-sometimes-vicious-shrew/

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52:28

New Year, New You? + Revisiting the Metamorphosis...

The Wild Life ·

2021/01/01

Hey Wildlings! First off, Happy New Year. This episode is about 15 minutes of something a little different from what we normally do + a revisit to an old classic, The Metamorphosis Metaphor.We'd love to hear from you too. What do you want from us in the New Year? What would you like to hear, see, do? How do you want to interact with us? Also, we'd love to start off the new year in the top charts. Leave us a quick rating and review! You have no idea how deeply we appreciate it.Support The Wild Life

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01:59:37

Science, Academia, and Podcasting: 2020 Wrap-Up LIVE...

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/31

Follow all of the podcasts featured in this episode!The Root of the ScienceTwitter: https://twitter.com/RootofSciPodWebsite/Podcast: https://rootofthesciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/Earth IdeasTwitter: https://twitter.com/ideas_earthWebsite/Podcast: https://lnk.bio/SnYrCuriosity CakeTwitter: https://twitter.com/curiosity_cakeWebsite/Podcast: https://curiositycake.co.uk/Papa PhDTwitter: https://twitter.com/PapaPhDPodcastWebsite/Podcast: https://papaphd.com/Mad ScientistTwitter:

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05:02

Jack's Favorite Animals

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/23

My 4 year old brought me my mic and asked if we could make a podcast episode. This is that episode!

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04:17

SHORT: The Cookiecutter Shark

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/22

Also know as the cigar shark for that one time a sailor mistook it for a cigar and only realized their mistake after trying to light it up—kidding of course—Isistius brasiliensisisshark of the family Dalatiidae. The genus name,Isistius,is based on Isis. No, not the terrorist group, but after Isis, the Egyptian goddess of light.https://thewildlife.blog/2019/08/05/sunday-fish-sketch-the-cookiecutter-shark/Support at patreon.com/thewildlife

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SHORT: Clever Fox

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/12

NOT A LEMUR, NOR A CAT. THIS RACCOON-LIKE CRITTER IS A “CLEVER FOX”.

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04:42

SHORT: Blood Root

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/11

THIS TOXIC, NECTARLESS FLOWER IS SPREAD BY ANTSSupport our work at patreon.com/thewildlife

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SHORT: Is it a Worm? A Wasp? No, it's the Elm Sawfly!

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/10

This past August as I sat below an old oak tree while drinking my morning cup of coffee and looking out on a glassy Lake Darling in Alexandria, Minnesota, something fell from the sky and landed at my feet. Small and curled up like a slightly puff green and yellow sour gummy worm. It’s face made it look like a Pokémon, or like one of those smiley face antenna toppers. Two hours later, another fell in the same exact spot. If I didn’t already know what it was, I would think it was a caterpillar of some

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03:15

SHORT: The Dragonhunter

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/09

In the skies across Minnesota (and much of the eastern US and southeastern Canada, for that matter), roams a fierce and agile predator, capable of taking down prey you would never imagine—and some many wouldn’t dare to try at themselves.Support us at patreon.com/thewildlifeRead the transcript of this episode, see some art, and awesome videos at https://thewildlife.blog/2019/07/11/the-dragonhunter/

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SHORT: Carrion My Wayward Beetle

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/09

This is circle of life—or at least an ugly, albeit necessary, curve of it. This is the life of the American Carrion Beetle.Support our show at patreon.com/thewildlifeFollow us on Twitter @thewildlifepodRead the transcript of this episode at https://thewildlife.blog/2018/08/03/carrion-my-wayward-beetle/

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46:34

REVISIT 2019| How to Make a Snowflake

The Wild Life ·

2020/12/04

In this episode, Devon and Richard talk snow, Frozen 2, whether or not water has memory (and if it's good or bad), the Big Bang, the formation of planets, the secret role of bacteria, why snowflakes are intricately symmetrical, and more!Become a patron (and our best friend), and get tons of cool perks at www.patreon.com/TheWildLife and help us to keep doing what we are doing and getting better! Also, check out our latest merch at www.thewildlife.blog/shopIf you are interested in learning more about

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