Podcasts about Species

Dr. Karen James is a staff scientist at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Maine. She is trained in genetics, and she applies her skills to environmental, conservation, and restoration research. In particular, Karen uses DNA to identify animals and plants, including those collected by citizen scientists for conservation and restoration projects. Karen spends her free time outside on the trails of Acadia National Park near where she lives. She does a lot of gardening, hiking, biking,  and cross country skiing to get as much time outdoors as possible. She received her PhD in Genetics from the University of Washington and conducted postdoctoral research at the Natural History Museum in London before joining the MDI Lab. Karen is also Co-Founder and Director of UK-based charity The HMS Beagle Trust which is working to rebuild the HMS Beagle and retrace the journey of Charles Darwin with a new generation of students and scientists. In this interview, Karen shares more about her life and science. 

The Galapagos Islands are famous for their tortoises, among many other things. A few million years ago, some giant tortoises from South America were somehow carried across hundreds of miles of ocean to the islands – perhaps on driftwood during storms.  Tortoises don't swim, so any that made to an island could only breed with […]

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Since Darwin, evolutionary biology has been “all about the boys,” with the males of the species being the drivers of change and females simply passively devoted to them, zoologist Lucy Cooke argues. Rather than conforming with this male-dominated view of a male-dominated field, Cooke instead seeks to humorously reinvent the narrative—and show just how fierce, dangerous and hilarious the queens of the animal kingdom can be. Lucy Cooke is a British zoologist and an author, director and television producer. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins. A trailblazer in the field of evolutionary biology, Cooke's works have included multiple BBC films and documentaries and has published numerous books on various members of the animal kingdom. In her latest book, Bitch: On the Female of the Species, Cooke gives a new look at the females of the species—from same-sex albatross couples raising chicks, to murderous mother meerkats and the titanic battle of the sexes waged by ducks. In her words, “This isn't your grandfather's evolutionary biology,” dispelling myths and showing just how ravishing the kingdom's queens can be. Join us live in San Francisco as Cooke breaks down the gender stereotypes of zoology, and provides striking accounts that prove females can be just as dynamic as any male. SPEAKERS Lucy Cooke Zoologist; Author, Bitch: On the Female of the Species; Twitter @mslucycooke In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on June 21st, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, the team at Water Colors discusses their top 5 CARES fish species. The CARES Preservation Program (Conservation, Awareness, Recognition and Responsibility, Encouragement and Education, and Support and Sharing) is based on conservation efforts and public education. The goal of the program is to "encourage hobbyists worldwide to devote tank space to one or more species at risk and distribute offspring to fellow qualified hobbyists, while forming an information network where possible between aquarists, scientists, and conservationists." - Claudia Dickinson CARES Preservation Program Coordinator Addendum:  We recorded this episode before our recording session for the Lacey Act Amendments (Episode 67). In this podcast you will hear us referring to an upcoming "Lacey Act Amendments" podcast, despite that episode having already been released. The content discussed in our Lacey Act Amendments episode includes many potential ramifications for the future of our hobby. At the time, it was decided that we should prioritize getting that information to you as quickly as possible.

Biologist Roger Payne, creator of the iconic album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" explains how the record came to be.

On today's Cool Science Radio, Lynn Ware Peek and John Well's guests include:(01:02) National Geographic explorer, TED talker, and award-winning documentarian Lucy Cooke who explores a fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom in her new book: Bitch: On The Female of The Species. Then, (25:39) Senior Editor at Scientific American Magazine, Tanya Lewis, who will discuss how an advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend authorizing the Moderna and Pfizer shots for the youngest children. What does this mean for summer, the upcoming school year, and how parents, in general, make their decisions surrounding the vaccine.

Today, you'll learn about how a single drink a day can add years to the age of your brain, how scientists figured out that thousands of tree species are yet to be discovered, and how the world's biggest and best particle accelerator is powering up for its third run.A drink away does not keep the doctor away.“Just One Beer or Glass of Wine a Day may Cause Your Brain to Shrink, Study Suggests” by Mike Sniderhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/03/09/beer-glass-wine-daily-brain-shrink/9425508002/“Just One Extra Drink a Day may Change the Brain” by Tara Haellehttps://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20220310/one-extra-drink-a-day-changes-brain“It's Time to Rethink How Much Booze May be too Much” by Julia Belluzhttps://www.vox.com/2018/4/24/17242720/alcohol-health-risks-facts“The ‘French Paradox' Turned out to be an Illusion, but it led to some Interesting research” by Emma Wightmanhttps://theconversation.com/the-french-paradox-turned-out-to-be-an-illusion-but-it-led-to-some-interesting-research-78196No, that tree is not the same as that other one.“Earth May Have 9,200 More Tree Species Than Previously Thought” by Jude Colemanhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/tree-species-earth-biodiversity“How Much Space Does Nature Need? 30 Percent of the Planet May Not be Enough” by Jonathan Lamberthttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/nature-will-protecting-30-percent-earth-prevent-extinction-crisis“Thousands of Tree Species Remain Undiscovered, Say Scientists” by Lucy Sherriffhttps://www.discovery.com/nature/unknown-treesImagine two needles smashing into each other.“Large Hadron Collider is waking up after a 3-year nap, and it could help explain why the universe exists.” by Mara Johnson-Grohhttps://www.livescience.com/large-hadron-collider-third-run“CERN's particle accelerator starts up after a three-year hiatus” by Nicole Wetsmanhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/4/22/23037077/cern-particle-accelerator-restarts-upgrades-dark-matter”“The Large Hadron Collider is about to turn back on after a 3-year hiatus” by Chelsea Gohdhttps://www.space.com/cern-large-hadron-collider-turn-on-run-3“The Large Hadron Collider” by CERNhttps://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-colliderAT&T's Internet Data Calculatorhttps://www.att.com/support/pages/data-calculator/“Standard Model” by Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_ModelFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/drink-brain-shrink-secret-tree-species-lhc-round-3

The boys drink and review Sweetwater's Glacial India Pale Cold Ale, then discuss the man of the week, pronouns, and other gender confusions. A regular listener objected to "man" of the week. The boys discuss. Do we have to change "fireman" to "fireperson"? What is the point here? And how does this relate to pronouns and other "gender" issues of the day? Some people think it's "inclusive" to say "he or she," or other silliness. The boys discuss that at length.

On this ID the Future, distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly continues unpacking his new argument against modern evolutionary theory. According to Bechly, contemporary species pairs diverge hardly at all over millions of years, even when isolated from each other, and yet we're supposed to believe that the evolutionary process built dramatically distinct body plans in similar time frames at various other times in the history of life. Why believe that? He suggests this pattern of relative stasis among species pairs strikes a significant and damaging blow to Darwinian theory. In this Part 2 episode, Bechly and host Casey Luskin discuss mice/rat pairs, cattle and bison, horses and donkeys, Asian and African elephants, the Asian black bear and the South American Read More › Source

Can the smell of predators put lizards off their lunch?  Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper Reference: Webster C, Massaro M, Michael DR, Bambrick D, Riley JL, Nimmo DG. 2018. Native reptiles alter their foraging in the presence of the olfactory cues of invasive mammalian predators. Royal Society Open Science 5:180136. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180136. Species of the Bi-Week: Oliver PM, Rittmeyer EN, Torkkola J, Donnellan SC, Dahl C, Richards SJ. 2020. Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 68:15. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Apfelbach R, Parsons MH, Soini HA, Novotny MV. (2015) Are single odorous components of a predator sufficient to elicit defensive behaviors in prey species? Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9, 263. (doi:10. 3389/fnins.2015.00263) Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney

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After serving as the Bronx Zoo's Curator of Herpetology for 11 years, Don Boyer retired this year. Before he left, WCS Wild Audio's Nat Moss toured the Bronx Zoo's Turtle Propagation Center with Don to discuss some of the highlights of his inspiring career and the Bronx Zoo's efforts to breed highly threatened turtle species and return them to the wild.

by Marina Wang • Naming leads to knowing, which leads to understanding. Residents of a small British Columbia island take to the forests and beaches to connect with their non-human neighbors. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

On today's ID the future, German paleoentomologist Günter Bechly and host Casey Luskin unpack a recent article of Bechly's at Evolution News, “Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Darwinists.” There Bechly describes a challenge to evolutionary theory that thus far has been given little attention, namely “the morphological similarity of modern species pairs.” He says this “poses a severe problem for Darwinian theory “because it implies that the macroevolutionary processes that allegedly were at work and common during all periods of Earth history and in all groups of organisms, apparently were totally absent in the origins of all of the millions of living species.” Or as he puts it in a follow-up article on the same topic, “Among the 350,000 Read More › Source

This episode we're joined by Diego Calderon, biologist and co-host of The Birders Show, to discuss all things birds and birding in Colombia and beyond!Topics discussed: Species discovery including the Antioquia Wren, ground rollers, ornithology and recreational birding in the Neotropics, birding with FARC, vagrancy and rare bird chasing, and the Morro Bay Winter Bird FestivalSend your topic ideas to lifelistpodcast@gmail.com

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A new weeks brings a new episode and this week, we're going back to the movie that many a young man probably watched just to see some bewbs in the mid 90s: Species. So join us as we ask if this sci-fi thriller starring Trevor Slattery, Otto Octavius, Mr. Blonde, and Ghost Dog The Way of the Samurai holds up.

Submissive. Chaste. Monogamous.That's how evolutionary biologists have classified female animals for centuries — dating back to Darwin and Aristotle.Zoologist Lucy Cooke says they've got it all wrong.Cooke joins us to talk about her new book, "Bitch: On the Female of the Species". Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

Is there still a Middle-earth beneath the civilized modern world? Or better yet, do we live in Middle-earth? Science plays a key role in understanding the underpinnings for today's episode.   An interesting article suggests that Hobbits, a diminutive human-like species, somehow survive in remote captivity on the islands of Indonesia. But take it as a grain of salt. We dive deep concerning the issues of social anthropology and the chances of extinction under evolutive processes.   In this episode, Alex and Jason teach a lesson for humanity. The maintenance of lifespan, just like the survival of Hobbits, signals that small changes in evolution can produce life and death scenarios for the course of natural change. Species go extinct if they don't adapt to the changes of nature. We need to find the reason that they are not here anymore. Alex also mentions the consequence of a butterfly effect, having small changes can cascade into a ripple of massive, transforming events. A single snap of mistake can turn humanity next in the chopping board of mass extinction. Essentially making Hobbits outlive us.    We need to immortalize life and death because everything that lives will come and go. But the Earth will outlive us all. We come to the conclusion that change is the permanent key to survival. You need to adapt in order to survive in a constantly evolving world. The choice is to adapt or go extinct. The existence of Hobbits is a spark of curiosity that begs people to open up their minds for a greater world around them.   Let us join Alex and Jason as they revisit some discussion on Evolution and Extinction. www.higherdensityliving.com

 The Freedom of Species team come together for another Animal Trivia show for the 3CR Radiothon 2022! Listen to the interesting animal sounds, trivia questions such as do you know the name of the band who sings our theme song, Animal Liberation? Play along and see if you can beat the FoS presenters and other FoS listeners!  Thanks so much to everyone who pledged donations and/or sent in answers for our trivia show today! Thanks also to the vegan pizza business Red Sparrow Pizza for providing gift vouchers to our top donors in the Trivia show. Even though our 2022 Radiothon show is over, you can still support our Radiothon campaign and keep our show going for another year by donating. Donate via these options (however you donate, please nominate our show to receive your donation): Online: https://givenow.com.au/cr/freedomofspecies2022 Other options for donating here: https://3cr.org.au/donate or in-person at 3CR at 21 Smith Street Fitzroy, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia between 9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday. Phone: +61 3419 8377. The music we played on today's show: Monkey Gone to Heaven by The Pixies https://open.spotify.com/track/6BT7qiDY4A5tOyklohjQuW?si=246f955820144742 Most Girls by Hailee Steinfeld https://open.spotify.com/track/10GJQkjRJcZhGTLagFOC62?si=c7310656afa34838 Wolf by First Aid Kit https://open.spotify.com/track/64MZlAEryuE2KlLS2lWWFX?si=79b490cf5b8a4dc5 Thanks very much for your support of FoS and stay tuned for another trivia show later in the year - make sure your like our Facebook page for further updates about this! Plus you can subscribe to our show by searching for it on your favourite app, including iTunes and Spotify.

Take a walk along the waterways of the Late Triassic, and you could easily think it was a world full of crocodiles! But in fact, those are not crocs, but phytosaurs, a group of predatory reptiles that represent not only one of the oldest groups of carnivorous reptiles to achieve a near-global distribution, but also one of evolution's most famous cases of convergent evolution. So, what features did phytosaurs share with crocs? Where did they differ? And just how croc-like were their lifestyles? Listen in and find out! In the news: dinosaur belly buttons, tiny frogs, snake venom, and giant dwarf crocs. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00 News: 00:05:45 Main discussion, Part 1: 00:41:00 Main discussion, Part 2: 01:11:30 Patron question: 01:47:00 IT'S CROC MONTH! Check out our Croc Month activities on our social media, Discord, and Patreon! We recently made a guest appearance on Third Pod From the Sun, where we discussed the K-Pg mass extinction! https://thirdpodfromthesun.com/2022/06/10/extinctions-dinosaurs-a-big-rock-andclimate-change/ Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast  Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast Instagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.com Or send us physical mail at: The Common Descent Podcast 1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165 Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The second of a two-part episode with Dr Emma Carroll. In this episode Dr Carroll talks about the discovery of a new beaked whale and cultural migratory behaviors.

Ed Yong's new book, “An Immense World,” urges readers to break outside their “sensory bubble” to consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice and other animals experience their surroundings.“I've often said that my beat is everything that is or was once alive, which covers billions of species, across basically the entirety of the planet's history,” Yong says on this week's podcast. “One thing I like about this particular topic — the sensory worlds of other animals — is that it, itself, though a singular, cohesive topic, is also the gateway to thousands of small wonders. There's so much to learn about just in this one corner of biology.”Terry Alford visits the podcast to talk about his new book, “In the Houses of Their Dead,” an investigation of how Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth and their families were influenced by spiritualism.Alford says of Lincoln: “There's a struggle, as best I see it, in him between the rational side and the side that desires to be comforted and to be in contact with someone you loved who's not there anymore. He really wanted that, and he said he wanted that to a number of people. But he just felt, at the end of the day, that séance-type contact with the dead was really delusional.”Also on this week's episode, Lauren Christensen and Joumana Khatib talk about what they've been reading. John Williams is the host.Here are the books discussed in this week's “What We're Reading”:“The Secret History” by Donna Tartt“Blood Orange Night” by Melissa Bond“The Hack” by Wilfrid SheedWe would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

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In this episode I go over Enterococcus species. What are the most clinically significant species of Enterococcus? Morphology? Biochemicals? Tune in to find out more about these organisms, and why are they so significant in healthcare settings.

Where will an evolutionary worldview take you? Ever since the publishing of Charles Darwin's book On The Origin of Species in 1859, we've gradually come to live in a world dominated by his ideas. The fruits of this evolutionary worldview have grown and taken on many forms over the last 150+ years. Learn from David Rives and Russ Miller what these fruits of Darwinism are and where they eventually lead. Russ Miller is president and founder of Creation, Evolution, and Science Ministries. Over the years he has taken thousands of people on tours of the Grand Canyon and is the author of the book COSt. A careful study of the Bible and geology brought him to the realization that the Bible is true, without the need to fit evolutionary theory into it. Now, Russ shares the evidence for God's creation everywhere he goes.

Today's ID the Future again features Darwinian Racism author and historian Richard Weikart and radio host Hank Hanegraaff exploring the pernicious impact Charles Darwin and Darwinism have had on modern ethics. Ideas laid out in Darwin's The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man fueled scientific racism in the United States and Nazi Germany, Weikart says, and undergird the ideas of contemporary white nationalists, who tend to be virulently anti-Christian and pro-Darwin. We can take some comfort from the fact that white nationalists are a fringe movement and that most evolutionists today are anti-racist, Weikart says, but he notes that Darwinian materialism has poisoned mainstream ethics in another way, by devaluing humans generally. This is why someone as mainstream Read More › Source

December 9, 1945 - Jack is invited to the Colman's for dinner. This is the first episode with Ronald and Benita Colman and the second episode of the "I Can't Stand Jack Benny Because..." contest. References include the Fred Allen Show's character Senator Claghorn, the movie "The Man Who Came to Dinner", the books Charles Darwin's "Origin of the Species", and H.G. Wells' "Anatomy of Frustration" and "The Outline of History". Plus a couple of excerpts from Jack Benny's memoir "Sunday Night at Seven".

A phylogenetic paper focused episode looking at the longest snake of them all: Reticulated pythons. Are all reticulated pythons part of one big happy whole, or do the hundreds of islands they inhabit mean pythons represent just as many sub-species? Species of the Bi-week is a wonderfully lemon-soaked lizard. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Murray-Dickson G, Ghazali M, Ogden R, Brown R, Auliya M. 2017. Phylogeography of the reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus ssp.): Conservation implications for the worlds' most traded snake species. PLOS ONE 12:e0182049. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182049. Species of the Bi-Week: Pavón-Vázquez CJ, Esquerré D, Fitch AJ, Maryan B, Doughty P, Donnellan SC, Keogh JS. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173:107516. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107516. Other Links/Mentions: Tom's appearance on BBC Springwatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCP2w5CVbkY Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Mike Mooney Other Music – The Passion HiFi, www.thepassionhifi.com

Dilian Georgiev is an Associate Professor in the department of Ecology and Environmental Protection at The Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv. In this episode, he tells Zoe about his recent paper in volume 44 of Historia naturalis bulgarica, in which he and his coauthors describe a new species of spring-snail from the Belasitsa Mountains in South-West Bulgaria. He describes spring-snail evolution, tells us some stories about caving, and shares some wise words about the importance of conservation. The title of the paper is "Bythinella fabiae n. sp., a new spring-snail species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the Belasitsa Mountains, South-West Bulgaria." The paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.041 Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), like the podcast page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast), and music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom). If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodcast

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Once again, we return to the Jurassic franchise! And as usual with these movies, there's lots to discuss about the portrayal of ancient animals, scientific concepts, and scientists. Another trilogy concludes – Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) _ IT'S CROC MONTH! Check out our Croc Month activities on our social media, Discord, and Patreon! Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast  Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast Instagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.com Or send us physical mail at: The Common Descent Podcast 1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165 Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

Its fathers day and we share some of our best dad stories and we break down the 1995 classic Species. 

Introduction The flight of a hummingbird, the sprint of a cheetah, the breath of a whale, a daisy turning towards the sunlight. Given the complexity of the natural world, we can understand why – before the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species – people believed that the universe was the work of an intelligent designer. These days, however – although creationism continues to be defended by religious fundamentalists – the scientific consensus is that the world's organisms evolved through the long and arduous process of natural selection. ‘With a complete physical explanation,' say the new atheists, ‘there's no need to appeal to the supernatural.' In this interview, we'll be discussing atheism with Professor Richard Dawkins. It's no exaggeration to say that Richard Dawkins is one of the most influential scientists, and the most famous atheist, of all time. Alongside his invaluable contributions to evolutionary biology, his books – including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion – have a readership in the tens of millions, resulting in numerous prestigious awards and recognition as ‘the world's top thinker'. ‘Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin', says Dawkins, ‘Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.' It is time we seized that possibility: that we embrace the godless universe, craft our own meaning, and stop suffering fools gladly. Contents Part I. Why I'm an Atheist Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion Links Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene. Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker. Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God. Richard Dawkins, Flights of Fancy. www.richarddawkins.com www.richarddawkins.net

Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That's according to a recent study in the scientific journal "Nature." Geoff Bennett takes a deeper look now at what's driving this extinction crisis and what it could mean for the rest of the world. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That's according to a recent study in the scientific journal "Nature." Geoff Bennett takes a deeper look now at what's driving this extinction crisis and what it could mean for the rest of the world. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The dawn chorus is that time when, just before sunrise, birds begin to sing. One by one, then all together, their voices join to greet the new day. But which bird sings first? The timing of when a bird joins the chorus seems to depend on how well it can see in low light. So the birds with bigger eyes -- like a Gartered Trogon -- start to sing first.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org.Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.

Happy Croc Month! In this special episode, we talk croc conservation and geek out about crocs with special guest Dr. Marisa Tellez of the Crocodilian Research Coalition. We learn about what it's like to study crocs in the wild, we discuss the importance of public education, and we hear some of Marisa's amazing croc tales! Follow Marisa on Instagram and Twitter: @crocparasites13 CRC Info: Webpage: www.crocodileresearchcoalition.org Facebook and Pinterest: Crocodile Research Coalition Instagram: @crocodileresearchcoalition Twitter: @CrocResCoal TikTok: crc_crocresearchcoal Check out more Croc Month activities on our social media, Discord, and Patreon (links below)! Check out our blog for more info about us and our episodes: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast  Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow, Join, and Support us on: Discord: https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast Instagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.com Or send us physical mail at: The Common Descent Podcast 1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165 Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

Since 2018, Nasa's InSight Mars lander has been sitting on the surface listening to the seismic rumbles of the red planet's deep interior. But this week, plans were announced to finally phase down its activity, as martian dust obscures too much of its solar panels to power it through the forthcoming winter. Jon Amos tells Vic Gill of some of its many successes, and quite why it didn't fly with a duster on board. 50 years of observations across Australia's northern tropical forests suggest yet more bad news for the climate. Trees' mortality has, it seems, doubled since the 1980s. As Oxford University's David Bauman tells Vic, it seems to be linked to a drying of the air as temperatures rise, and if the trend is also true across the world's other moist tropical forests, they could rapidly slip from being carbon sinks, to carbon sources. Conservationists say we're losing animal species faster today than at any point in the last 10 million years of Earth's history. And one approach aims to save as many of those lost animals as possible – after they've died. Biobanking – saving frozen tissue from dead animals for future cloning or other reproductive technologies could buy us time to prevent extinction - or even reverse it. Vic visits Nature's Safe, where technology used in pedigree breeding is being deployed to preserve the cells and tissue of endangered species when individuals die or are euthanised, for possible research in the future, or even cloning. Meanwhile, 2.5 miles off the coast of Jersey, archaeologists are holing up in a medieval fortress waiting for the few lowest tides of the year to give them access to the Violet Bank - an area of reef thought once to have been home to Neanderthal populations, but which now is for most of the year submerged by the sea. Marnie Chesterton has been talking to UCL's Matt Pope between the ebbs and flows. Presented by Victoria Gill Reporters: Marnie Chesterton and Jonathan Amos Produced by Alex Mansfield

Species (1995) has a top notch cast and top notch nudity and yet it's a complete mess. Aliens send us their DNA and we decide to merge it with our own DNA to see what happens, for fun. Fun does not ensue. This episode was previously premium Patreon content which originally posted on October 19th, 2020. The post BMFcast Extra 199 – Species first appeared on Bad Movie Fiends Podcast - The BMFcast.

Good News: A new study shows a correlation between physical well-being and optimism! Link HERE. The Good Word: A wonderful quote from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II! Good To Know: A surprising bit of trivia about wasabi… Good News: A great story about an endangered sea turtle species, Link HERE. Wonderful World: Explore the delights […]

According to zoologist Lucy Cooke, scientists have traditionally defined females in the animal kingdom with Victorian, sexist stereotypes. In her new book, “Bitch: On the Female of the Species,” Cooke debunks these outdated notions using examples throughout the animal kingdom of females breaking out of their passive roles and displaying aggression, competitiveness, and promiscuity. We spoke with Lucy Cooke about looking at female animals with a new lens, one that shows that males and females are not as different as previously thought.

Perhaps you've heard of Pangaea, the supercontinent that existed when our modern continents were puzzle-pieced together. But have you heard of Rodinia? Or Columbia? Scientists have only come to realize in the last few decades that supercontinents are a recurring feature of our planet. This episode, we discuss what counts as a supercontinent, what evidence they leave behind, and the various ways they impact just about every other feature of our planet as they continuously come together and break apart. In the news: croc resilience, American cheetahs, dome-headed giraffoids, and traveling termites. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00 News: 00:05:00 Main discussion, Part 1: 00:43:00 Main discussion, Part 2: 01:14:30 Patron question: 02:03:30 IT'S CROC MONTH! Check out our Croc Month activities on our social media, Discord, and Patreon! We recently made a guest appearance on Third Pod From the Sun, where we discussed the K-Pg mass extinction! https://thirdpodfromthesun.com/2022/06/10/extinctions-dinosaurs-a-big-rock-andclimate-change/ Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast  Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast Instagram: @commondescentpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.com Or send us physical mail at: The Common Descent Podcast 1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165 Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On episode THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT of The Purrrcast, Sara and Steven continue to rate their favorite wild cats out of FORTY in part two of an epic two-parter tier list episode. The Purrrcast, talking to cat people because we can't talk to their cats.All 40 Species of Wild Cat (Organised by Lineage) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIJkTw9OeKQ Video captures famed mountain lion P-22 outside Hollywood Hills home - https://abc7.com/p22-mountain-lion-sightings-hollywood-hills/11718768/ 6 Podcasts for Pet Owners https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/arts/podcasts-pet-owners.html Purchase Super Lucha Cats #2 https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuchaCat Listen to our Welcome to Night Vale guest appearance - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/190-listeners/id536258179?i=1000525534188 The Purrrcast is the cat podcast for you and your feline friends. Based in Los Angeles, hosts Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris chat with fellow cat enthusiasts about the furry little creatures they love. Not sure how the cats feel about it though. New episodes every Wednesday! Please rate and subscribe in iTunes: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/the-purrrcast Email us! thepurrrcast@gmail.com Consider donating to Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 - COVID-19 FAQs - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/faq.html NEW PURRRCAST MERCH: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/shop Elijah McClain details and links to help:Donate to the family's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/elijah-mcclainSign the Petition: https://www.change.org/p/adams-county-district-attorney-justice-for-elijah-mcclain-88600e12-fb72-41e4-9137-030a1dcaf695 Call city and state officials to demand justice: https://justiceforelijahmcclain.yolasite.com/ Follow Justice For Elijah McClain for updates: https://www.instagram.com/justiceforelijahmcclain/ Follow The Purrrcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePurrrcaston Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepurrrcast/Please like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePurrrcastFollow Sara Iyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saraanjuliiyerFollow Sara Iyer on Instagram: https://instagram.com/saraiyer/Check out Sara Iyer on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/saraiyerListen to Sara's Weezer podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/weezer-has-turned-and-left-us-hereListen to Sara's Don Bluth podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-bluth-the-whole-bluth-and-nothing-but-the-bluthFollow Steven Ray Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorrisCheck out Steven's new podcast, See Jurassic Right: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/see-jurassic-right/id1239538917?mt=2Theme song by Anabot (Analise Nelson) and Dax Schaffer:https://thesaxelnaiad.bandcamp.com/Artwork by Jillian Yoffe: flatratstudio.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.