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You have been reading about the biologists behind the Ask A Biologist website. Now you can listen to them in our popular biology podcast show. Dr. Biology has been speaking with many of the biologists that are discovering new worlds and exploring new frontiers in biology. There are over 100 episodes and we continue to add more interviews. Each show includes a full written transcript and content log. Be sure to subscribe using your streaming service of choice. The Ask A Biologist Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Youtube, and most podcast apps.
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We have so many great podcasts with researchers, trainees, park rangers, and more. Take a peek below to listen in.
Ant Life Part 1
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 64
Guest: Jennifer Fewell
As scientists study the amazing social network of ants they are discovering we could learn a lot from these tiny animals. Dr. Biology and co-host Jane Rector visit with Jennifer Fewell, a biologist who is exploring the world of social insects including ants. They learn a lot about this female dominated world and just what leafcutter ants are doing with all those leaves.
Young Women in Science Part 2
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 63
Guest: Holechek, Susan
Listen in as young women scientists, Farah Eltohamy, Amanda Benedetto and Sarah Sakha talk about their work and interview ASU biologist Susan Holechek. Pauline Davies hosts the show as Dr. Biology is exploring the Panama rainforest to bring back fun and exciting stories.
Young Women in Science Part 1
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 62
Guest: Ogle, Kiona
Listen in as young women scientists, CG Schultz and Jessica Mathews, talk about their work and interview ASU ecologist Kiona Ogle. Pauline Davies hosts the show as Dr. Biology is still exploring the Panama rainforest to bring back fun and exciting stories. We hope he is not lost.
Biology Business
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 61
Guest: Bruce Hammock
Biologist Bruce Hammock talks about life as a biologist, being a businessman and mountain climbing. How do these all fit together? Listen in as Dr. Biology learns how these pieces all work together in an interesting career.
Strange Cricket Silence
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 60
Guest: Marlene Zuk
Love them or hate them, something is going on with male crickets on the island of Kauai. Once evenings filled with a chorus of these tiny singers has become strangely silent. Dr. Biology talks with biologist Marlene Zuk about how things are changing fast – maybe the fastest observed evolutionary change in an animal in the wild.
Been There, Dung That
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 59
Guest: Mary Liz Jameson
Are there really flesh-eating scarab beetles, or is it a movie myth? Dr. Biology and biologist Mary Liz Jameson talk about scarab beetles, dung, and even some insect recipes, minus the dung, for humans to try out for their next dinner or pot-luck.
Dear Aliens
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 58
Guest: Lucy Hawking
If aliens were to contact us, what would you say? How would you say it? These are just a few of the questions that Dr. Biology talks about with guest Lucy Hawking. The two have fun with these ideas and more as part of the Dear Aliens essay contest.
Micronauts and Beyond
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 57
Guest: Page Baluch
Three inquisitive young co-hosts, Stephanie Galindo, Anthony Delgado and Raenesha Willis visit with biologist and microscopist Page Baluch. Together with Dr. Biology they explore the tiny world of inner space and learn that there is more to a flower than can be seen with only the eye.
Skin
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 56
Guest: Nina Jablonski
Dr. Biology gets the skinny on our largest organ - our skin. Professor and author Nina Jablonski talks about the important ways our skin works for us each day.
Talking Science
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 55
Guest: Robert Krulwich
Dr Biology sits down with well known science correspondent, Robert Krulwich (Radiolab), for a fun conversation about communicating science. The two talk about media, old and new, and maybe some that may not have been developed.
Bats, Bones, and Biology
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 54
Guest: Fisher, Rebecca, Hagen, Elizabeth
Here is something special you can add to your trick-or-treating this year. Find out if there are vampire bats waiting to drink your blood - or if we really have a funny bone in our body? These are just a few of the things Dr. Biology and his guests Rebecca Fisher and Elizabeth Hagen talk about on this show. You can even listen to some real bat chatter.
Keeping Your Cool - Thermoregulation
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 53
Guest: Dale DeNardo, Arno Vlooswijk
How are some animals keeping cool and staying warm? Listen in as Dr. Biology talks with biologist Dale DeNardo and engineer and thermographic artist Arno Vlooswijk about thermoregulation. Could there be lessons for humans to learn from these animals?
Evolution of Bird Flight
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 52
Guest: Ken Dial
Dr. Biology learns how birds might have developed their ability to fly from ornithologist Ken Dial. The two talk about the evolution of bird flight and some of the other cool things birds can do - like are penguins really flying birds?
New Species Hunters
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 51
Guest: Vicki Funk, Richard Pyle
Dr. Biology has a chance to learn some interesting things about exploring for new species from biologists Vicki Funk and Richard Pyle from the Smithsonian Institute and the Bishop Museum. This episode might just put the explorer bug into your head.
Flora Delaterre - Plant Detective
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 50
Guest: Beth Judy
Dr. Biology along with a group of curious high school students learn why Detective Flora Delaterre is investigating plants and how they can be the perfect medicine for what makes you sick.
Oh No, Not Exercise!
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 49
Guest: Gabriel Shaibi
Do you need to run five miles every day to get in shape and be healthy? Dr. Biology has a chance to sit down after a workout session to talk about exercise and kids with metabolic biologist Gabriel Shaibi. What he and a group of researchers found might surprise you.
Is There a Jaguar in My Backyard?
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 48
Guest: Emil McCain
Could these shy cats be living in Southern Arizona? Dr. Biology learns about these amazing animals from wildlife biologist Emil McCain. The two talk about the Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project and how two long-time hunters became the biggest fans and supporters for Jaguar habitat.
Edward O. Wilson Science Rock Star - Part 2
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 47
Guest: Edward Wilson
Dr. Biology continues his conversation with biologist Ed Wilson. Just what does it take to be a great scientist? What would he do to encourage students to become scientists? These are just a few of the things we learn in this show as well as what Ed Wilson would do or be if he were not a biologist. Some of the answers might surprise you.
Edward O. Wilson Science Rock Star - Part 1
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 46
Guest: Edward Wilson
Dr. Biology sits down with biologist E. O. Wilson to talk about science, his writing including his book, Superorganism, and future new novel, as well as his art. Along the way they discuss the Encyclopedia of Life web project and a very cool outdoor activity called a "Bioblitz."
The Other Marine Biologist
Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 45
Guest: Michael Saxon, James Elser
An interview with limnologist James Elser from the School of Life Sciences. Listen in as Dr. Biology and co-host Michael Saxon learn about a biologist that studies life in and around fresh water, or you might think of him as the other marine biologist.
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