TWiEVO 12: Take a left at the goats

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Josh Drew Josh joins Nels and Vincent to talk about his research on the evolution and conservation of aquatic tropical  biodiversity, and the historical ecology of 19th century American Whalers. Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Drew Laboratory at Columbia University American Whalers by Ed Yong Karen Bao Sea cucumber genome Sea cucumber population connectivity (Nature) This episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world’s best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also sponsored by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Science Picks Nels - Dr. Mary-Claire King at World Science Festival Vincent - Contagious ThinkingJosh - Diversify EEB Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]