This week The Natural Selection is unzipping the complex topic of genes and DNA. We explored the complex world of genetics and talked about the structure of DNA, HOX genes and glowing sharks. We also talked about nobel prizes, calico cats, epigentics and marbled lungfish. Listen now to find out how long the DNA from a single human cell laid out end to end would measure.

Spoiler: It's not as tall as big ben but taller than an averaged sized Ben.

This episode on the Natural Selection we're all about bees, ants, wasps (and sawflies, sort of). The insect order Hymenoptera is our topic this week, so stop by and hear about the smallest wasp (it's really, really tiny), learn more about crazy ants and their crazy lives, and find out how to build a home for the bees!

This episode on the Natural Selection we're all about bees, ants, wasps (and sawflies, sort of). The insect order Hymenoptera is our topic this week, so stop by and hear about the smallest wasp (it's really, really tiny), learn more about crazy ants and their crazy lives, and find out how to build a home for the bees!

The Natural Selection is back, this week we are talking all about death.

The Natural Selection had a bloody great time with this week's Halloween-inspired theme. We learned all about blood, from red-blooded puppies to green-blooded skinks with Ocellated ice fish in between. We found out that medicine got lucky with the horseshoe crab, we got a taste of sanguinivores, and uncovered why friendship among vampire bats doesn't suck. Please listen, like, and share if you haven't got too much on your platelets.

Surf's up! Join the Natural Selection crew this week as we sail around the world's reefs… and it's not just coral! Listen in to find out where the world's biggest sponge reefs are, what makes the Great Barrier Reef so great, and how to keep an eye on reefs near and far (like this one, in Miami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8ARjIeM2k)—even without a snorkel!

The Natural Selection is back, this week we are talking all about forests.

The Natural selection branch out this week and 'leaf' summer behind as they fall into the topic of autumn.  This week the trio talk about all the losers, changers, and movers and shakers that autumn brings. Listen now to hear all about leaf senescence, murmurations, phenotypic shifts… and, most importantly, baby seals.

Nick, Naomi, and Nic come together again, this time to discuss the wonderful world of beetles. In this episode, find out about everyone's favourite insect—here, there, and everywhere—while we discuss our intended funerals and why, all the wrong names to call a lampyrid, and what to do when you find a coprophanaeus beetle feeding in the wild (hint: let it be)!

The Natural Selection is back, and this week we are talking all about fossils!