Podcasts about Vertebrate zoology

Summary: You mean Screamers have even more physical oddities? Yep! Join Kiersten to find out about more anatomical anomalies of Screamers.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill “A peculiar association: the skin and the subcutaneous diverticula of the Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata, Anserifomes), by Mariana B. J. Picasso, Maria Clelia Mosto, Romina Tozzi, Federico J. Degrange, and Claudio G. Barbeito. Vertebrate Zoology, 64(2): 245-249, 7/25/2014. “A Study of the Pterylosis and Pneumaticity of the Screamer,” by Ida S. DeMay. The Condor, March 1940, vol 42. Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. In this episode we will continue with our anatomical anomalies. The seventh thing I like about Screamers is their unusual feather pattern and subcutaneous air pockets. That is not a sentence I ever thought I would say, but I have had this experience many times since I've started Ten Things I Like About…  Just like the last episode, we will have to do a little bit of background on avian anatomy before we jump into the Screamer anomalies, so let's get started. Birds are covered in feathers. When talking about nature you should not use all or never because there is always an exception to the rule, but we can safely say that all birds have feathers. Feathers help bird do lots of different things such as keep warm, keep cool, keep hidden, or advertise their presence, and of course fly. They have different types of feathers that cover their body, such as flight feathers, both primary and secondary that help them fly, tail feathers that help them during flight and balance while perching, downy feathers that lay close to the skin to help with temperature regulation, and bristles that are often seen near the eye or mouth. Feathers grow out of the skin from pores. They are not spread along the entire skin like the fur of most mammals. Avian feathers grow in tracts on the birds body. The concentration of the tracts can differ depending on the species of bird, for example, Tundra Swans, which have approximately 25,000 feathers, have 80% of those feathers on their head and neck, where as, songbirds have 2000 to 4000 feathers and only 30 to 40% are found on the head and neck. In between these track are patches of bare skin called apteria.  There are nine major feather tracts. These names of the feather tract are not important for our purposes, but where they are located is pertinent. On most birds the feather tracts travel from the middle of the head at the base of the beak down the spine to the tail. There are more tracts on the tops of the wings from shoulder to wrist, along the side of the neck and belly, and long the legs. You may be thinking, “I have never seen big ‘ole bald spots on birds?” Well the feathers in the tracts lay flat and cover the apteria. That's why we don't see them. For any one you that have pet birds that you can handle and groom, know just what I'm talking about.  Okay, what does this have to do with our Screamers? Well, Screamer feathers do not grow in tracts like other birds. They grow all over their body. Screamers have no apteria, no patches of bare skin. Why? We don't know. The other bird species that have this type of feather growth pattern are the flightless ratites including ostriches, emus, rheas, and cassowaries, as well as penguins, so what the flighted Screamers are doing with this pattern of feather growth, we're not entirely sure. But it is one more thing that makes Screamers unique. The second anatomical anomaly of Screamers that we are going to talk about in this episode is the odd subcutaneous air bubbles they possess. That is right, I said subcutaneous air bubbles. This is pretty odd, let's delve into it. First a bit of background into bird respiration. Birds do have lungs similar in structure to mammals but they function differently. Most bird species have two lungs attached to the trachea via two bronchi. Sounds pretty familiar, but the air flow is different. In mammals air flow is both in and out. Birds breathe in only one direction, but they have only one trachea. So how does this work? Air sacs that are part of their respiratory system. These sacs allow birds to utilize all the oxygen in each breath and disperse carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere while employing continuous, unidirectional, efficient flow of air. Amazing! This respiratory system it what allows birds to process enough oxygen to fly and prevent them from overheating when they are in flight. Pretty important stuff. Screamers have an oddity associated with their respiratory system. They have subcutaneous diverticula, also known as, pneumatic diverticula, subcutaneous air cells, or superficial air cavities, all over their body. These bubbles are full or air and lay between the skin and muscles. These structure appear to be extensions of their respiratory system.  Why do they have these extra air sacs? Once again, we don't know. Screamers are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. But boy it does make them fun! We can make educated guesses as to why they might need these, such as Screamers fly at unusually high altitudes and the excess air sacs ma  y help in buoyancy keeping the body light. This combined with their highly pneumatic bones that we learned about in the last episode could explain the extra air sacs. These subcutaneous air sacs may also help them extract as much oxygen out of thin air as possible. We do know that it gives them a strange crackling noise when they walk, and keeps them safe from hunters. The extra air sacs make them unappetizing to the human palate.  Well, that's it for episode seven of Screamers and I hope you found it as fascinating as I did because my seventh favorite thing about them in their anatomical anomalies. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another exciting episode about Screamers.        (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Dr. Martha Muñoz is an evolutionary biologist. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and an Assistant Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum.Dr. Muñoz spoke with Connect Latino News' Belen Dumont about her work and family.

Do remote and hybrid managers need different skills to those who work in-person? If so, what are those skills and how do we develop them?  In this first episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast for 2025, Ross Dickie and Ross Garner are joined by return guest Gary Cookson, author of Making Hybrid Working Work. We discuss:  The ‘sensory loss' that takes place when managers move to a hybrid environment  The digital signals that help managers understand their teams  Strategies for building hybrid management capability.  Gary's book, Making Hybrid Working Work, is available now from Kogan Page.  During the discussion, we referenced a few other episodes of our podcast:  271 — Jobcraft Country  406 — Revisiting 70:20:10: Theory into practice  407 — Revisiting 70:20:10: From learning to performance  421 — Good managers balance care with results  Ross Garner also discussed ‘context-dependent memory effect'.  In ‘What I Learned This Week', we each shared a paper:  Ross G: Vences, M., Köhler, J., Hutter, C. R., Preick, M., Petzold, A., Rakotoarison, A., ... & Scherz, M. D. (2024). Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 74, 643-681.  Gary: Veronese, N., Stubbs, B., Noale, M., Solmi, M., Vaona, A., Demurtas, J., ... & Fontana, L. (2017). Fried potato consumption is associated with elevated mortality: an 8-y longitudinal cohort study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 106(1), 162-167.  Goh, E., Gallo, R., Hom, J., Strong, E., Weng, Y., Kerman, H., ... & Chen, J. H. Large Language Model Influence on Diagnostic Reasoning. JAMA Network Open, 7(10).  For more from us, including details of our new Manager Skill Builder, visit mindtools.com.   There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.    For more from Gary, see EpicHR.co.uk  Connect with our speakers     If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:  Ross Garner  Ross Dickie  Gary Cookson

In this episode Robert Hansen joins me to talk about his work at UC Berkley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and his 20 years of work as the editor for Herpetological Review. We also talk about his work with Mexican King Snake species and his upcoming book. Enjoy!

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Der Mensch kann offenbar präziser riechen als bisher gedacht +++ Sieben neue Baumfroscharten in Madagaskar entdeckt, die pfeifen wie Raumschiff Enterprise +++ Die Länder Europas gehen oft nicht gut mit ihrem Wasser um +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Human olfactory perception embeds fine temporal resolution within a single sniff, Nature, 14.10.2024Burning rubbish now UK's dirtiest form of power, BBC, 15.10.2024Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar, Vertebrate Zoology, 14.10.2024Europe's state of water 2024: the need for improved water resilience, EEA, 15.10.2024Suprathreshold Water Spray Stimulus Enhances Plant Defenses against Biotic Stresses in Tomato, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 09.09.2024Alle Quellen findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok, Tiktok und Instagram.

The long-held dominant narrative about evolution is that it works like a tree. But as science has advanced in the last century, the idea of a family tree might not tell the full story anymore. Evolutionary biologist David P. Mindell is a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the author of The Network of Life: A New View of Evolution which explores the concept of horizontal evolution alongside traditional Darwinian vertical evolution.Greg and David discuss the importance of creating an updated narrative for evolutionary biology, the intricate nature of hybridization and horizontal gene transfer, the ethical implications of gene editing, and horizontal evolution's potential application in medicine, agriculture, and public health. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Show Links:Recommended Resources:Charles DarwinRichard DawkinsÖtziSimon SchwendenerAndreas Franz Wilhelm SchimperFrederick GriffithGregor MendelGuest Profile:Professional WebsiteMuseum of Vertebrate Zoology WebsiteHis Work:The Network of Life: A New View of EvolutionEpisode Quotes:Why horizontal evolution matters for understanding life35:07: We really have to rethink what are the major mechanisms of evolution for all of life, not just what we see in animals or animals and plants. And this is why I think there's been some resistance to this idea that horizontal evolution really is highly consequential. It's just that we tend still to be human-centric, then animal-centric, and then maybe animal- and plant-centric. But if we really want to understand the evolution of all of life, then we can see that horizontal evolution is a big deal. There's both still vertical and horizontal, but we can't neglect the horizontal evolution from the basic, the most basic narrative, especially for the public, if we want them to understand how evolution operates.How important is an overarching narrative in making sense of new discoveries?07:37: Narrative is so important because, especially for the public, we understand stories. We're kind of wired to understand a story. And when you get the outlines of a story, you get a lot more information than just the basics of the story. You get new information, and you can plug it into the story as well. So having a narrative that is squared with our best science is valuable because it informs our understanding of evolutionary biology overall.The power of decentralized evolution in rapid change14:08: I talk in the book [The Network of Life] about inheritance when you're talking about how horizontal evolution can be decentralized. This is a powerful concept because they are supposed to have pros and cons of decentralization, but one of the advantages of it is its rapid change and rapid innovation. And this certainly can be advantageous for organisms, particularly when they're in a changeable environment, to suddenly get a new set of genes that have already been honed for millions of years in some other organism. If you can manage, if an organism can, if those can be expressed, and they are potentially useful, that's a way to get much faster adaptation than single base pair substitutions, which is what you usually see between parents and progeny.Can we use horizontal evolution to our benefit—wisely?41:50: Humans will be doing more and more forms of hybridizations or tinkering with life forms. If we can find some that carry particular functions that humans are interested in and talk briefly about bacteria that have the ability to remediate environmental toxins, this is something most everybody agrees could be a good thing, or bacteria that are capable of producing energy, and so we will eventually be using horizontal evolution to our benefit. You know, the question is, can we do it wisely enough?

Welcome to this BONUS episode featuring the inaugural Translate Science Panel Discussion. About Translate Science Translate Science is an all-volunteer community of interest for multilingual open science. The community supports gatherings of its members to share opportunities and perspectives about the many ways in which a more multilingual and open scientific enterprise can be achieved. For more information about Translate Science, please visit https://translatescience.org/ Being a part of the Translate Science community can mean many different things because the work of increasing multilingualism within the scientific enterprise by necessity engages diverse actors working in science. In our first panel discussion, the Translate Science core contributors are seeking to help our wider community understand different approaches by providing a platform for folks to share how they advance open and multilingual science in their current role. In this iteration of our Translate Science community meeting we will be featuring Lynne Bowker and Emma Steigerwald. Session recording Find the original recording and chat at https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/translate-science-external/ References Emma Steigerwald, Valeria Ramírez-Castañeda, Débora Y C Brandt, András Báldi, Julie Teresa Shapiro, Lynne Bowker, Rebecca D Tarvin, Overcoming Language Barriers in Academia: Machine Translation Tools and a Vision for a Multilingual Future, BioScience, Volume 72, Issue 10, October 2022, Pages 988–998, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac062 Machine Translation Literacy: https://sites.google.com/view/machinetranslationliteracy/ Book: De-mystifying Translation. Introducing Translation to Non-translators; ByLynne Bowker Speaker profiles Lynne Bowker, PhD, is Full Professor at the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Ottawa and incoming Canada Research Chair in Translation, Technologies, and Society at Université Laval. She is the director of the Machine Translation Literacy Project and author of the open access book De-mystifying Translation (2023, Routledge). She is also a certified French-English translator specializing in scientific and technical translation. You can find more details about her publications and other activities on her LinkedIn and ORCID pages. Emma Steigerwald is a conservation genomicist interested in understanding how forces like climate change and emerging infectious diseases impact the evolutionary and demographic trajectories of populations– particularly in amphibians. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California Santa Cruz, where she was just awarded a University of California Chancellor's Fellowship. She recently finished her PhD at UC Berkeley in August of 2023. Her dissertation fieldwork and outreach in the high Andes contributed to her interest in making access to scientific careers and scientific findings more equitable. She served as founding chair of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology's Translation Working Group, and continues through this group to work on collaborations focused on increasing linguistic diversity in science. Original announcement of this panel discussion: https://blog.translatescience.org/translate-science-april-2024-panel/ Discussion summary: https://blog.translatescience.org/summary-of-our-april-panel-lynne-and-emma/ At Access 2 Perspectives, we guide you in your complete research workflow toward state-of-the-art research practices and in full compliance with funding and publishing requirements. Leverage your research projects to higher efficiency and increased collaboration opportunities while fostering your explorative spirit and joy. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This episode we are looking at egg-feeding poison frogs and their ability to find their way back to their home territory. Species of the Bi-week is a fresh mud snake. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Gómez-Consuegra J, Amézquita A. 2024. Ecological and behavioral correlates of homing performance in the egg-feeding poison frog Oophaga histrionica. Evolutionary Ecology 38:241–253. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-023-10283-z. Species of the Bi-Week: Nguyen SN, Le MV, Lathrop A, Vo T-D-H, Murphy RW, Che J. 2024. A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 74:221–233. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e116992. Editing and Music: Podcast edited by Wojciech – https://www.fiverr.com/buczar  Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com

Have you ever wondered how wild horses evolved in North America? I think it's very important to understand the history of horses so that we can better understand what we might do to help wild horses in the future. Dr. Ross MacPhee is with me today to do just that.   Dr. Ross MacPhee, Director of Science at Rewilding America Now, is a renowned paleontologist and former curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. We discuss the origins of wild horses and how crucial they are to the grasslands ecosystem today.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.wildhoofbeats.com/27

Annie Montague Alexander was an adventurer, amateur paleontologist, and the founding benefactor of two venerated research collections at UC Berkeley - the UC Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. She was born in 1867, the daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, but she never quite fit in with her high society peers. Instead, Annie created for herself a grand life out of doors, away from the constraints of the era: she funded expeditions up and down the West Coast, hunting fossils. And sometimes she wore pants! But there was a catch. Annie always had to be accompanied by a female chaperone, as it was considered unseemly for a woman to travel surrounded only by men. Luckily, this worked out well for Annie: One of those female chaperones would become her life partner. For show notes and transcript, visit lostwomenofscience.org

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Richard Prum about sex, gender, and biology. They talk about why sex and gender are sometimes controversial, defining sex, and sex as history. They discuss the materialist-feminist framework, gender as an extended phenotype, gender performativity, genes and chromosomes, Wolffian and Müllerian ducts, the role of hormones, the future of gender, and many more topics. Richard Prum is an Evolutionary Ornithologist at Yale University. His research interests are avian biology, behavioral evolution, sexual selection, and mate choice. He has been a main contributor to the theropod dinosaur origins of birds and the evolution of avian plumage coloration. He is the Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Previously, he was the Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale. He is the author of, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us, and his latest book, Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference. You can find his scholarly publications here. Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe

Snake diets are difficult to study, but are deeply interesting. This episode we look at a paper that has gathered together records (paper and digital) to examine whether rat snakes and cobras compete for food. We also have a tiny hopping Species of the Bi-week. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Weiss M, Kalki Y. 2023. Trophic Niche Partitioning between Sympatric Naja naja and Ptyas mucosa: Crowdsourced Data in Application to Community Ecology. Journal of Herpetology 57. DOI: 10.1670/22-013. Species of the Bi-Week: Mângia S, Santana DJ, De Oliveira Drummond L, Sabagh LT, Ugioni L, Costa PN, Wachlevski M. 2023. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephali­dae) from Serra do Tabuleiro, Southern Brazil. Vertebrate Zoology 73:575–597. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e102098. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Essner RL, Pereira REE, Blackburn DC, Singh AL, Stanley EL, Moura MO, Confetti AE, Pie MR. 2022. Semicircular canal size constrains vestibular function in miniaturized frogs. Science Advances 8:eabn1104. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn1104. Other Links/Mentions: Davey M. 2023. ‘Oh my god': live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world-first discovery. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/live-worm-living-womans-brain-australia-depression-forgetfulness Editing and Music: Podcast edited by Emmy – https://www.fiverr.com/emmyk10  Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com

The new short film “Merman” follows nurse André Chambers as he explains navigating racism and homophobia from an early age, and finding a place for himself in the world. Camarillo's Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology houses more than 1 million preserved bird eggs — one of the largest collections in the world. The 1994 “Crime Bill” stripped people in prison of eligibility to access federal Pell Grants for college education. This July, that changed. 

Virginie Courtier-OrgogozoBiodiversité et écosystèmes (2022-2023)Collège de FranceColloque - Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology : Diversity and Evolution of Visual Systems in Frogs and ToadsOrganisms rely on their senses—touch, hearing, vision, smell—to interpret their surroundings to find food, avoid predators, find mates, regulate temperatures, and follow their circadian rhythms. These complex traits are fascinating to study because they are under strong selection and give us a glimpse as to how other organisms experience the world. Frogs are compelling models for investigating the diversity and evolution of sensory systems because they have adapted to live (and sense) in a wide variety of environments, from tropical rainforests to deserts, and underground (fossorial) to tree-dwelling (arboreal). While some species are active during the day, others come out at night. Some frogs are completely aquatic and of course, many frogs have a major transition in their development as they metamorphose from an aquatic tadpole to a terrestrial adult. In this seminar I will share some of our current research combining spectral, morphological and genomic approaches to understand how frog visual systems have evolved in response to different environmental and behavioral contexts.Rayna Camille Bell received her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University in 2014, and was awarded a University of California Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2015, Rayna joined the National Museum of Natural History as Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles where she remains a research associate. In 2019, Rayna moved to the California Academy of Sciences where she is the Assistant Curator of Herpetology. Rayna's research focuses on the ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles with an emphasis on island biogeography, hybrid zones, and coloration phenotypes.

Classificação Biológica O mundo biológico contém uma quantidade incrível de diversidade e para falarmos sobre esse mundo, suas características, comportamentos e relações, é importantíssimo que a gente descreva, nomeie e classifique tudo isso. Separe meia horinha do seu dia e descubra com a Dra. Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) como a CLASSIFICAÇÃO BIOLÓGICA, ou a taxonomia, foi criada. Apresentação: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) Roteiro: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) e Emilio Garcia (@emilioblablalogia) Edição: @Matheus_Herédia (@mewmediaLAB) Produção Prof. Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) REFERÊNCIAS: ARISTÓTELES, 2006. História dos animais. Livros I-VI. Tradução do grego de Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva. Revisão de Paula Lobo. Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Lisboa. BOND JE, STOCKMAN AK: An integrative method for delimiting cohesion species: finding the population-species interface in a group of Californian trapdoor spiders with extreme genetic divergence and geographic structuring. Syst Biol. 2008, 57: 628-646. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802302443 GEORGALIS, Georgios; SMITH, Krister. Constrictores Oppel, 1811–the available name for the taxonomic group uniting boas and pythons. Vertebrate Zoology, v. 70, p. 291-304, 2020. PADIAL, J.M., MIRALLES, A., DE LA RIVA, I. et al. The integrative future of taxonomy. Front Zool 7, 16 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-16 RAVEN, Peter H.; BERLIN, Brent; BREEDLOVE, Dennis E. The Origins of Taxonomy: A review of its historical development shows why taxonomy is unable to do what we expect of it. Science, v. 174, n. 4015, p. 1210-1213, 1971. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.174.4015.1210

In this second part of a two episode show conservationist and contract biologist Dan Nedrelo returns to “On the Shoulders of Giants- Talking Old Timers with Thomas Steenburg” to talk about more of the encounter reports he has taken over the years.  He tells the hosts about a creepy encounter that happened to a woman and her small child parked in a rest area in the middle of nowhere, and the disturbing sight one hunter experienced while hunting hogs. These reports and many more he shared will leave you second guessing if you are ever truly alone in the forest!  Dan is out of Wisconsin and travels extensively throughout his home state and beyond taking reports and collecting potential evidence and more.. Be sure to tune in! Dan Nedrelo is currently a biologist with the OMS (Ozark Mountain Sasquatch) headed by Shane Carpenter, Randy Harrington and Gary Schutte. His background is wide in natural resources first obtaining his BS in Vertebrate Zoology with a focus on Wildlife Biology.  Work experience included field seasons with the National Wildlife Federation, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources as a herpetologist and as a contract biologist.  He contracted with various departments including DOT, The Nature Conservancy and Dept of the Army as an assessment biologist. In addition, his business, Nedrelo Lectures concentrated on wildlife conservation and environmental education.  He has over 35 yrs. of public speaking coast to coast. Published in over 100 books and magazines he also uses photography in his lyceums, displays and demos.  Dan started in the BFRO for four years and became an independent researcher. He also has numerous groups online including WILDMAN Literature & Art and Data Sasquatch Witnesses as well as working with others such as Alex Evans and Sybilla Irwin who specialize in sasquatch witness description. Thank you for your support, brought to you by MONSTER X RADIO!  

In this first of a two episode show conservationist and contract biologist Dan Nedrelo joins “On the Shoulders of Giants- Talking Old Timers with Thomas Steenburg” to discuss his involvement with Bigfoot investigating.  Dan is out of Wisconsin and travels extensively throughout his home state and beyond taking reports, investigating private properties, exploring remote forests, collecting potential evidence and more.  He has had a long interest in this field and combined with his knowledge of biology he brings quite a bit to the table in regards to research.  Be sure to tune into part two in just a couple of weeks! Dan Nedrelo is currently a biologist with the OMS (Ozark Mountain Sasquatch) headed by Shane Carpenter, Randy Harrington and Gary Schutte. His background is wide in natural resources first obtaining his BS in Vertebrate Zoology with a focus on Wildlife Biology.  Work experience included field seasons with the National Wildlife Federation, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources as a herpetologist and as a contract biologist.  He contracted with various departments including DOT, The Nature Conservancy and Dept of the Army as an assessment biologist. In addition, his business, Nedrelo Lectures concentrated on wildlife conservation and environmental education.  He has over 35 yrs. of public speaking coast to coast. Published in over 100 books and magazines he also uses photography in his lyceums, displays and demos.  Dan started in the BFRO for four years and became an independent researcher. He also has numerous groups online including WILDMAN Literature & Art and Data Sasquatch Witnesses as well as working with others such as Alex Evans and Sybilla Irwin who specialize in sasquatch witness description. Thank you for your support, brought to you by MONSTER X RADIO!    

The episode builds from the paper “Institutional Ecology, 'Translations', and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-1939”. It contains a brief history of how biology was changing around 1907, how scientists and collectors collaborated using "boundary objects", and how acceptance tests can be seen as boundary objects. It ends with some heretical thoughts about business alignment.Later: preparing for episode 21, I found that Étienne Wenger has some useful things to say about boundary objects in his Communities of Practice. I wrote a short summary on my blog.CreditsThanks to Randy Clayton and Dawn Marick for advice about the script.Elephant image by Nikhil Bombatkar, licensed CC0 - Free to Use, Attribution Optional

Olá pessoal! Bem-vindas a mais um “Que bicho é esse?”, eu sou a Miriam Perilli e o episódio de hoje é sobre os curiosos e interessantíssimos sapinhos-pingo-de-ouro (Brachycephalus sp.), E neste episódio eu tive o grande prazer de receber o professor Dr. Célio Haddad para nos contar tudo e mais um pouco sobre esse grupo. Célio Haddad possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1982), mestrado (1987) e doutorado (1991) em Ecologia também pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Livre-Docente pela Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus de Rio Claro e atualmente Professor Titular de Vertebrados desta instituição (2001). Membro da Coordenação de Biologia da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), de 2004 a 2009 e de 2018 até o presente, membro da Coordenação do Programa Biota/FAPESP, de 2009 a 2012 e Coordenador do Comitê de Assessoramento de Zoologia CA-ZO do CNPq de 2010 a 2013. Research Associate do Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA (1997). Visiting Professor, Cornell University, USA (2013). Curador da Coleção de Anfíbios (CFBH) da UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo. Foreign Honorary Member em herpetologia da American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura em 1993, na área de Ciências Naturais, pela participação no Livro: História Natural da Serra do Japi. Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura em 2014, na área de Ciências Naturais, pela autoria do Livro: Guia dos Anfíbios da Mata Atlântica: Diversidade e Biologia. Membro Titular da Academia de Ciências do Estado de São Paulo - ACIESP (2015). Membro Titular da Academia Brasileira de Ciências - ABC (2019). Tem experiência na área de Zoologia e Ecologia, atuando principalmente com taxonomia, sistemática, filogenia, evolução, comportamento e conservação dos anfíbios anuros. Visite a nossa loja! loja.desabrace.com.br Dá uma força para manter o DesAbraçando online e com episódios no cronograma contribuindo financeiramente com nosso projeto: O DesAbraçando é um projeto independente e conta com o apoio dos ouvintes para se manter online e pagar a edição de áudio. Se você curte o projeto, considere apoiar financeiramente. Você pode contribuir a partir de R$ 1,00 no www.apoia.se/desabrace Segue a gente lá nas redes sociais: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/desabrace/Instagram Facebook https://web.facebook.com/desabrace/Facebook Twitter https://twitter.com/desabrace Canal no Telegram https://t.me/desabrace Visite nossa página: https://www.desabrace.com.br Envie suas pedradas: primeirapedra@desabrace.com.br Envie sua resposta para o "Que bicho é esse?": bicho@desabrace.com.br Apresentação e pauta: Miriam Perilli Produção: Fernando Lima Edição de Áudio: Senhor A

When Dr. Winifred Kessler started her career in wildlife biology, field positions weren't open to women. That changed when she was doing her PhD, and she went on to have a career that straddled academic and agency life. Wini was often "the first woman" on many different kinds of jobs. She talks about what that was like, and also shares stories of the women who came before us. There was Sheila Minor Huff, who was labeled "not identified" in a photo of other scientists taken during a whale conference. Wini also tells us about Annie Montague Alexander, a sugar heiress, explorer and naturalist whose collected specimens founded the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 5:00 An era of wildlife biology when field jobs weren't open to women 9:00 The gender spread is far more equitable now, and that's (gradually) being reflected in the ranks of leadership 11:00 Serving as president of The Wildlife Society 13:00 "That's the best possible thing that I can hear, you know -- that it's made a difference." 16:00 Wini's article on Sheila Minor Huff: The Hidden Heroes in North American Conservation 18:00 When you set out to research/document the rise of women in conservation... where do you even start? Many exceptional women we omitted from early records of conservation/naturalism 20:00 Flashback: There was a time when studying the classics was in vogue, and science was the “lighter material”; Men studied classics and women (with their smaller brains, you know) were OK'd to study naturalism 21:00 Women often didn't get credit for the work they did 25:00 Speaking of exceptional women in conservation history: Annie Alexander was an intrepid explorer. The sugar heiress walked 700-some miles across modern-day Kenya collecting specimens and bringing meat to her entire party most days 28:00 Female friendship makes the world go ‘round, even in Victorian times 32:00 "Let's get the stories out there." 33:00 On being the first woman in a particular role 35:00 Women often play a role in changing the culture of teams within organizations; Different styles of leadership/engagement with colleagues 39:00 "Imposter syndrome is a real thing" - women are some of the best front-line soldiers when it comes to confronting imposter syndrome in other women 42:00 If you've done good work, moved the proverbial needle, and feel good with yourself -- the satisfaction is there. What's the value of being recognized for your work?  47:00 How we present ourselves to others 49:00 "Your knowledge takes you the farthest when you can back up your ideas." 54:00 The genesis story of the Women of Wildlife group - anyone is welcome if they're willing to advance women in the profession 1:00 Volunteer leadership in conservation... "I find it very hard to say no." 1:02 Volunteer work often informs what you know for broader, professional work opportunities 1:04 With any potential volunteer opportunity, ask yourself, "Is this going to help me grow?" 1:07 What do we work on next? 1:12 "Women in Wildlife Science" anthology edited by Carol Chambers and Kerry Nicholson – Coming Fall 2022  - Pre-Order your copy here! 1:12 "Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists" by Marcia Bonta 1:13 Speaking of books... don't miss the Artemis book club, everyone! Currently reading: "Hunting and Fishing in the New South" by Scott Giltner. Register here! 1:15 Bass Tactics! Registration is open.

While scientists discovered a new snake species in the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu, little did they know that this discovery would unearth a 185-year old problem of name mix-ups done in the past. In 2016, Deepak Veerappan, working with the Natural History Museum in London, received a new snake species from Tamilnadu. It was considered similar to banded racer (a widespread species). For this, they had to describe the snake, look at finer details, and also compare it to a banded racer. When they looked at the morphology and DNA of the new species, they found it to be different from banded racer. When they probed further into banded racer for comparisons, they found that banded racer was wrongly classified in the category of wolf snake. And all this mix-up happened due to Albert Gunther, a scientist, working with the Natural History Museum between 1875 and 1895. The specimens, snakeskin collection and paintings in the Natural History Museum, London and Bodleian Library, Oxford University among other repositories were analysed to deconstruct this. Though discovering a new species is not uncommon among researchers, this research traces back to historical archives and modern science to break a taxonomic confusion. The story is based on a research paper published in the journal of ‘Vertebrate Zoology. Sharada Balasubramanian, an environmental journalist, spoke to authors Deepak Veerappan and Surya Narayanan, and renowned herpetologist Varad Giri, for this story.See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Richard Prum about aesthetics, birds, and the evolution of beauty. They provide an overview of sexual selection and the aspects of sexual ornamentation and mate choice. They discuss Fisher's two-factor model of evolution and use the example of the great Argus pheasant to describe Richard's idea that beauty happens. They discuss the co-evolution of beauty and how sexual selection is not only about adaptation. They mention the subjective experience of animals and theory of mind. They also discuss aesthetic radiation, phylogeny of birds, and the sound production in the wings of Manakins. They briefly discuss the colorful feathers of dinosaurs, duck sex, and aesthetic remodeling. Richard provides some of his critiques of evolutionary psychology and makes the distinction between beauty happening and pleasure happening. Richard Prum is an Evolutionary Ornithologist at Yale University. His research interests are avian biology, behavioral evolution, sexual selection, and mate choice. He has been a main contributor to the theropod dinosaur origins of birds and the evolution of avian plumage coloration. He is the Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Previously, he was the Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale. He is the author of, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us, which can be purchased here. You can find his scholarly publications here.

In this episode we go over our personal backgrounds in the reptile field and the goals of the podcast. We also interview our very first guest Dr. Chris Carmichael. Dr. Carmichael teaches Ecology, Animal Behavior, and Vertebrate Zoology among other things at Bob Jones University. He is also the curator for the school's serpentarium. We discuss his research with Gila Monster venom for cancer treatment and Tuatara ecology and biology.

While scientists discovered a new snake species in the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu, little did they know that this discovery would unearth a 185-year old problem of name mix-ups done in the past. In 2016, Deepak Veerappan, working with the Natural History Museum in London, received a new snake species from Tamilnadu. It was considered similar to banded racer (a widespread species). For this, they had to describe the snake, look at finer details, and also compare it to a banded racer. When they looked at the morphology and DNA of the new species, they found it to be different from banded racer. When they probed further into banded racer for comparisons, they found that banded racer was wrongly classified in the category of wolf snake. And all this mix-up happened due to Albert Gunther, a scientist, working with the Natural History Museum between 1875 and 1895. The specimens, snakeskin collection and paintings in the Natural History Museum, London and Bodleian Library, Oxford University among other repositories were analysed to deconstruct this. Though discovering a new species is not uncommon among researchers, this research traces back to historical archives and modern science to break a taxonomic confusion. The story is based on a research paper published in the journal of ‘Vertebrate Zoology. Sharada Balasubramanian, an environmental journalist, spoke to authors Deepak Veerasamy and Surya Narayanan, and renowned herpetologist Varad Giri, for this story. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

Gavin Hanke Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum (@RoyalBCMuseum) on the life, death and anatomy of Rhapsody - the skeletal star of the museum's fantastic exhibit Orcas: Our Shared Future #RBCMOrcas - which is open until 2022 before touring the world (and was written by Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Skaana home….. skaana.org Skaana on Medium…. https://medium.com/skaana “Your Magical Week" – meditation with Rayne Benu…. digital-enlightenment.net Facebook……….. https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter…………… https://twitter.com/skaanapod The Killer Whale Who Changed the World… http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q  Orcas Everywhere… http://www.orcaseverywhere.com Spotify…………...www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana

Thinking Inside the BoxGuest: Adrienne Raphel, Lecturer, Princeton Writing Program, and author, "Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them"4 down . . . 3 across? What's the clue again? For several decades, crossword puzzles have filled the pages of the world's most prominent newspapers—"The New York Times" among them. But where did these tricky word games come from, anyway? Why have they gained such popularity—especially in times of crisis? Adrienne Raphel joins us to talk about the history and influence of crossword puzzles. Two New Species of Peanut-Butter-Hating, Hopping Shrew RatsGuest: Eric Rickart, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, National History Museum, The University of UtahTwo species of shrew rats were discovered in the Philippines: shrew rats that hop on their hind legs and eat with toothless mouths. How did they stay hidden for so long? Turns out they just aren't fans of peanut-butter bait.

Frogs have hopped around this planet for 200 million years. In comparison, anatomically modern humans have only been around for 200 thousand years. But the last half century has seen a tragic loss in amphibian biodiversity around the world. It seems especially striking that a group of animals that predate the dinosaurs have been devastated by modern human activities. With us today to discuss the history of discoveries in the area of amphibian declines is David Wake. David graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California in 1960 and 1964. He then taught at the University of Chicago before joining the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. At Berkeley, David served as curator of herpetology and Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. He also served as President of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, and the American Society of Zoologists. In 1998, David was elected into the National Academy of Sciences.

Conversations avec...un article. C'est 10-15 minutes où je rends compte d'un article scientifique récent paru dans une revue en sciences humaines et sociales. Épisode 2 : L'histoire conflictuelle du fauteuil roulant moderne (1930-1980). L'article original dont je rends compte : Hilary Stewart et Nick Watson, "A Sociotechnical History of the Ultralightweight Wheelchair: A Vehicle of Social Change", Science, Technology, & Human Values, décembre 2019. ----------- Pour aller (beaucoup) plus loin, avec les principales et principaux concerné.e.s : - Le compte indispensable "Les Dévalideuses" sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/LesDevalideuses - Le Collectif Lutte et Handicaps pour l'Egalité et l'Emancipation : http://clhee.org/2016/04/12/manifeste/ --------- Les autres références universitaires citées : **Sur les objets-frontières** - Susan Leigh Star et James R. Griesemer, "Institutional Ecology, “Translations” and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-39", Social Studies of Science, 19(3), 1989, p. 387‑420. - Pascale Trompette et Dominique Vinck, "Retour sur la notion d'objet-frontière", Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, Vol. 3, n° 1(1), 2009, p. 5‑27. **Sur les portraits sonores** Alison M Baker, Christopher C Sonn et Kirsten Meyer, « Voices of displacement: a methodology of sound portraits exploring identity and belonging », Qualitative Research, 2020. ---------- Personnes et structures citées : - Independant Living : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_living - Jeff Minnebraker, l'inventeur d'un fauteuil roulant révolutionnaire (le Quadra)

With the dramatic decline in bird populations and insect species, how can we help birds flourish in our cities and backyards? With the hope of protecting their continued survival, artist Sharon Beals has photographed and documented the intricacies of birds' nests and their occupants. Beals will cover the feat of migration, a journey of up to 5,000 miles that a fledgling travels without any parental guidance, and how in our own lives we might be affecting their survival, even from a distance. Beals is the author and photographer of Nests, a visual homage to birds, documenting the nest and eggs specimens dating from the 1800s to the present day. Beals' sources include the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Berkeley, the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates and the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian. Select images from Nests are currently on view at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, in the Farmer Gallery on the first floor until June 28. MLF Organizer: Lynn Curtis MLF: Arts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our August TEDxSantaBarbaraAdventure is going to be at the 103-year-old Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Dr. Krista Fahy is the Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and will be leading us on a tour of the Collections and Research Center at the Museum. In this Behind the Scenes Podcast, we talk with Briana Sapp-Tivey, the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Museum. She gives us a bit of the backstory of the Museum and what to expect during our Adventure. The Museum also has their Butterflies Alive exhibit that will be next to the area of our tour and the Prehistoric Forest that has nine animatronic dinosaurs that you'll be able to see and hear when you join us. The event starts at 5:30 and lasts until 7:30. Cost is $50. Tickets are available at https://TEDxSantaBarbara.com/Adventures This Adventure is limited to 30.

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara speaks with Dr. Ross MacPhee, Curator of the Department of Mammalogy in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. They talk about his newest book, “End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest, Animals.” In it, Ross discusses new and exciting theories underlying the multiple extinction events of Earth’s largest prehistoric mammals.

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara speaks with Dr. Ross MacPhee, Curator of the Department of Mammalogy in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. They talk about his newest book, “End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest, Animals.” In it, Ross discusses new and exciting theories underlying the multiple extinction events of Earth’s largest prehistoric mammals.

After Lux — one of the peregrine falcons born on the Campanile — died last year after striking a window of Evans Hall, the campus community was heartbroken. But Carla Cicero, the staff curator of birds at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, has given the peregrine a new purpose. Lux is now one of 750,000 specimens — birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — at the museum used for research at Berkeley and across the world. Lux is the 4,287th specimen that Carla has prepped for the museum in the past 30 years. Although the museum is closed to the public, for one day a year — Cal Day, in April — people are invited in to see special displays.See photos and read the story on Berkeley News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays: Club-winged Manakins who sing with their wings, Great Argus Pheasants who dazzle prospective mates with a four-foot-wide cone of feathers covered in golden 3D spheres, Red-capped Manakins who moonwalk. In his thirty years of fieldwork, Yale University ornithologist Richard Prum has witnessed numerous such display traits that seem to contradict a classically upheld scientific dogma—that Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains every branch on the tree of life and accounts for the evolution of every trait we see in nature. Prum joined us to share findings from his book The Evolution of Beauty and dusted off Darwin’s long-neglected theory of sexual selection, in which the act of choosing a mate purely for aesthetic and pleasurable reasons is an independent engine of evolutionary change. He explored how, according to Darwin, mate choice can drive the formation of traits that are ornamental rather than purely adapted for survival, and how the sexual autonomy of the female evolves in response to male sexual control. Prum showed us how this framework grants us insight even into the evolution of human sexuality—how female preferences have changed male bodies, and even maleness itself, through evolutionary time. Join Prum for a unique scientific vision of nature’s splendor that has the potential to contribute to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves. Richard O. Prum is William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology at Yale University, and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. He has conducted field work throughout the world, and has studied fossil theropod dinosaurs in China. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010. Recorded live at PATH by Town Hall Seattle on Monday, June 11, 2018. 

The Golden Mantella frog is the subject of this fortnights episode. Starting with a little bit about how they live in the wilds of Madagascar; followed by the larger portion of the podcast looking at a couple of the studies that have come out of the captive breeding initiatives. Species of the Bi-week returns, and features a couple of newly described frogs from Papua New Guinea. FULL REFERENCE LIST AVAILABLE AT: herphighlights.podbean.com   Main Paper References: Passos, Luiza Figueiredo, Gerardo Garcia, and Robert John Young. 2017. “The Tonic Immobility Test: Do Wild and Captive Golden Mantella Frogs (Mantella Aurantiaca) Have the Same Response ?” PLoS ONE 12 (7): e0181972. OPEN ACCESS Passos, Luiza Figueiredo, Gerardo Garcia, and Robert John Young. 2017. “Neglecting the Call of the Wild : Captive Frogs like the Sound of Their Own Voice.” PLoS ONE 12 (7): 1–11. OPEN ACCESS Woodhead, C., Vences, M., Vieites, D.R., Gamboni, I., Fisher, B.L. and Griffiths, R.A., 2007. “Specialist or generalist? Feeding ecology of the Malagasy poison frog Mantella aurantiaca.” The Herpetological Journal 17 (4): 225-236. Species of the Bi-Week: Günther, Rainer, and Stephen Richards. 2016. “Description of Two New Species of the Microhylid Frog Genus Oreophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Southern Papua New Guinea.” Vertebrate Zoology 66 (2): 157–68. OPEN ACCESS Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Bee, M.A., Perrill, S.A. and Owen, P.C. 1999. “Size assessment in simulated territorial encounters between male green frogs (Rana clamitans).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45 (3-4): 177-184. Biju, S.D., and Franky Bossuyt. 2003. “New Frog Family from India Reveals an Ancient Biogeographical Link with the Seychelles.” Nature 425 (2001): 711–14. Bossuyt, Franky, and Kim Roelants. 2009. “Frogs and Toads (Anura).” In The Timetree of Life, edited by S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, 357–64. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Burghardt, Gordon M. 2013. “Environmental Enrichment and Cognitive Complexity in Reptiles and Amphibians: Concepts, Review, and Implications for Captive Populations.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science 147 (3–4): 286–98. Gerhardt, H. C., and J. Rheinlaender. 1980. “Accuracy of Sound Localization in a Miniature Dendrobatid Frog.” Naturwissenschaften 67 (7): 362–63. Günther, Rainer, Stephen J. Richards, David Bickford, and Gregory R. Johnston. 2012. “A New Egg-Guarding Species of Oreophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Southern Papua New Guinea.” Zoosystematics and Evolution 88 (2): 223–30. Heying, Heather. 2001. “Mantella Laevigata (Climbing Mantella). Aborted Predation.” Herpetological Review 32 (1): 34–34. OPEN ACCESS Janani, S. Jegath, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Elizabeth Prendini, Sushil Kumar Dutta, and Ramesh K. Aggarwal. 2017. “A New Species of the Genus Nasikabatrachus (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the Eastern Slopes of the Western Ghats, India.” Alytes 34 (1–4): 1–19. OPEN ACCESS Johnson, J.A. and Brodie Jr, E.D. 1975. “The selective advantage of the defensive posture of the newt, Taricha granulosa.” American Midland Naturalist:.139-148. OPEN ACCESS Jovanovic, Olga, Miguel Vences, Goran Safarek, Falitiana C E Rabemananjara, and Rainer Dolch. 2009. “Predation upon Mantella Aurantiaca in the Torotorofotsy Wetlands, Central-Eastern Madagascar.” Herpetology Notes 2 (1): 95–97. Ligon, R.A. and McGraw, K.J. 2013. “Chameleons communicate with complex colour changes during contests: different body regions convey different information.” Biology Letters 9 (6): 20130892. OPEN ACCESS Mayer, Michael, Lisa M. Schulte, Evan Twomey, and Stefan Lötters. 2014. “Do Male Poison Frogs Respond to Modified Calls of a Müllerian Mimic?” Animal Behaviour 89: 45–51. Narins, Peter M, Walter Hödl, and Daniela S Grabul. 2003. “Bimodal Signal Requisite for Agonistic Behavior in a Dart-Poison Frog, Epipedobates Femoralis.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (2): 577–80. OPEN ACCESS Rabemananjara, Falitiana C E, Noromalala Rasoamampionona Raminosoa, Olga Ramilijaona Ravoahangimalala, D. Rakotondravony, Franco Andreone, P. Bora, Angus I Carpenter, et al. 2008. “Malagasy Poison Frogs in the Pet Trade: A Survey of Levels of Exploitation of Species in the Genus Mantella.” Monografie Del Museo Regionale Di Scienze Naturali Di Torino XLV: 277–300. OPEN ACCESS Rodríguez, Ariel, Dennis Poth, Stefan Schulz, and Miguel Vences. 2011. “Discovery of Skin Alkaloids in a Miniaturized Eleutherodactylid Frog from Cuba.” Biology Letters 7: 414–18. OPEN ACCESS Saporito, Ralph A., Maureen A. Donnelly, Thomas F. Spande, and H. Martin Garraffo. 2012. “A Review of Chemical Ecology in Poison Frogs.” Chemoecology 22 (3): 159–68. Vences, Miguel, Frank Glaw, and Wolfgang Böhme. 1998. “Evolutionary Correlates of Microphagy in Alkaloid-Containing Frogs (Amphibia : Anura).” Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 217–30. Woodhead, Cindy, Miguel Vences, David R. Vieites, Ilona Gamboni, Brian L. Fisher, and Richard A. Griffiths. 2007. “Specialist or Generalist? Feeding Ecology of the Malagasy Poison Frog Mantella Aurantiaca.” Herpetological Journal 17 (4): 225–36. Other Links/Mentions: Association Mitsinjo Madagascar – https://associationmitsinjo.wordpress.com/ Donate to – http://www.amphibianark.org/donation-for-mitsinjo-project/ Music – http://www.purple-planet.com

Deep in tropical jungles around the world are birds with a dizzying array of appearances and mating displays—from pheasants with 3D feathers to moonwalking manakins—traits that seem disconnected from selection for individual survival. Culminating 30 years of fieldwork, Richard Prum, the Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and a world-renowned ornithologist, revives Darwin’s long-neglected theory of sexual selection in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons—for the mere pleasure of it—is an independent engine of evolutionary change. Sharing from his latest work, The Evolution of Beauty, Prum presents a unique scientific vision for how nature’s splendor contributes to a more complete understanding of evolution and of ourselves in a conversation with evolutionary biologist Amy Parish.For photos from the program, click here. 

The meat served at the 1951 Explorers Club Annual Dinner. Division of Vertebrate Zoology, YPM HERR 19475. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.  Pass the mastodon, would you? This week we're talking about the famous Explorers Club Dinner of 1951, where woolly mammoth (or was it ancient giant sloth?) was a featured appetizer. We'll find out how a Connecticut museum ended up with the leftovers of this crazy meal & how it took over 60 years to finally figure out what was really for dinner that night. Join us for a great discussion with Jessica Glass & Dr. Matt Davis, the two scientists who discovered the identity of the most famous mystery meat in history. We'll talk about the curious tendency for scientists to nibble on their specimens, including Darwin's regrettable dinner of owl, and how food might have a major role in the future of conservation. Written & Produced by Laura Carlson Technical Direction by Mike Portt Click here for more info, show notes, and episode soundtrack Find on iTunes | Other Players Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(From Feb 2014) Harry Greene is a much-admired natural historian and herpetologist with a soft spot for black-tailed rattlesnakes. He's spent years in the field studying venomous serpents, when not in the classroom or lab (he's currently a prof at Cornell; before that he was at UC Berkeley, where he both taught and curated the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology). Harry's a very thoughtful guy and serious writer, as evidenced in his new memoir Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art. We talked about his career, about field biology vs. theory and experiment, about the wonders of snakedom and some of his favorite rattlers (like “Superfemale 21”), and life and death in the natural and human worlds.

Scientific names help us discuss organisms accurately, but they can get complicated. Kevin de Queiroz from Vertebrate Zoology proposes a new system of nomenclature based on phylogenetics rather than taxonomic rank to accommodate changes brought about by new discoveries.

How do baleen whales hear underwater? Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Zoology and Paleobiology Maya Yamato examines specimens from strandings and Smithsonian collections, using an interdisciplinary approach to learn more about baleen whale ear fats and their role in hearing.

How did the turtle get its shell? Tyler Lyson, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, discusses discoveries related to the evolution of the turtle body plan, sharing paleontological evidence that reveals how the shell we see today came about.

The Expeditions Report podcast series offers an insider’s look at what it’s like to live and work in the field. In this episode, herpetologists Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator in the Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology, and Sara Ruane talk about their searches in Madagascar for the most elusive of rarely-seen snakes. Learn more about their research here: http://bit.ly/1s8ZgJT Music by Podington Bear from the FreeMusicArchive.org

RICHARD PRUM (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/richard_prum) is an evolutionary ornithologist at Yale University, where he is the Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/richard_prum-duck-sex-aesthetic-evolution-and-the-origin-of-beauty

We will have guests Shareef Jackson and Danielle Lee discuss all things Science!  If you're a Science geek as well as a fan of the hit primetime series Cosmos, then this is the show for you!Shareef Jackson: Shareef views on science and technology have been featured on sources such as NPR, Scientific American, NASA TV, and This Week in Blackness. His science blog at ShareefJackson.com has won the Black Weblog Award for Best Science and Technology Blog in 2012 and 2013. By using the tagline #ScienceLooksGood, Shareef speaks breaks down science in a way that the average person can understand. Shareef has been able to attend several events including the Consumer Electronics Show and the final launch of NASA’s space shuttle program. Danielle Lee:Danielle is an American biologist. Lee completed her BS in Animal Sciences at Tennessee Technological University, her MS in Vertebrate Zoology at University of Memphis, and her PhD in Biology at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Lee is currently doing post-doctorate research at Cornell University, formerly at Oklahoma State studying African giant pouched rats.  Recently, Lee was named as one of ten White House Champions of Change in STEM Diversity and Access.  In addition to her lab and field research, Lee is passionate about science outreach and is well known for her science promotion and outreach in social media. Lee authors The Urban Scientist on the Scientific American Blog Network.

We have guests Shareef Jackson and Danielle Lee discuss all things Science! If you're a Science geek as well as a fan of the hit primetime series Cosmos, then this is the show for you! Shareef Jackson: Shareef views on science and technology have been featured on sources such as NPR, Scientific American, NASA TV, and This Week in Blackness. His science blog at ShareefJackson.com has won the Black Weblog Award for Best Science and Technology Blog in 2012 and 2013. By using the tagline #ScienceLooksGood, Shareef speaks breaks down science in a way that the average person can understand. Shareef has been able to attend several events including the Consumer Electronics Show and the final launch of NASA’s space shuttle program. Danielle Lee: Danielle is an American biologist. Lee completed her BS in Animal Sciences at Tennessee Technological University, her MS in Vertebrate Zoology at University of Memphis, and her PhD in Biology at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Lee is currently doing post-doctorate research at Cornell University, formerly at Oklahoma State studying African giant pouched rats. Recently, Lee was named as one of ten White House Champions of Change in STEM Diversity and Access. In addition to her lab and field research, Lee is passionate about science outreach and is well known for her science promotion and outreach in social media. Lee authors The Urban Scientist on the Scientific American Blog Network.

Harry Greene is a much-admired natural historian and herpetologist with a soft spot for black-tailed rattlesnakes. He's spent years in the field studying venomous serpents, when not in the classroom or lab (he's currently a prof at Cornell; before that he was at UC Berkeley, where he both taught and curated the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology). Harry's a very thoughtful guy and serious writer, as evidenced in his new memoir Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art. We talked about his career, about field biology vs. theory and experiment, about the wonders of snakedom and some of his favorite rattlers (like “Superfemale 21”), and life and death in the natural and human worlds.

Sometimes science involves putting a bear skull in a CT scanner. Graham Slater, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, analyzes the Polar Bear’s chances of survival with climate change reducing the sea ice and forcing the bear into a more omnivorous diet.

Squirrels are everywhere! (Except Australia and Antarctica.) Dick Thorington of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology has studied Sciuridae for the better part of 40 years, a family that includes all types of squirrels as well as chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs.

If I say Panda, you say China. If you say Australia, I say Kangaroo. Lynne Parenti of the NMNH Department of Vertebrate Zoology discusses the relationship of endemism, or an organism’s geographic uniqueness, to geological history. Learn how conservation policy can be guided by patterns of endemism to maximize conserving biogeographic diversity in this lightning talk given to the Smithsonian’s Senate of Scientists.

Ted Daeschler, Associate Curator and Chair, Vertebrate Zoology

Explore the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology's extraordinary collection of eggs and nests with two scientists from the foundation and the photographer for their new book, Egg and Nest.

In the early 1900's, researchers from UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology traveled around California and created detailed records of the wildlife they found. A century later, scientists are revisiting the same sites – including Yosemite National Park - to see if the fauna has changed. They've found that global warming is already having an impact.

In the early 1900's, researchers from UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology traveled around California and created detailed records of the wildlife they found. A century later, scientists are revisiting the same sites - they've found that global warming is already having an impact.