The Natural Selection have gone nocturnal. This week's theme is all about the night. Join the trio as they discuss how to see in the dark, a feathery literary legend, and what insects you might find buzzing around your lightbulb. Listen now to discover what new word Naomi can't pronounce. Hoo is ready to learn all about owls? 

This episode had a few technical issues so apologies for the sound quality in some parts.

The Natural Selection is back. This week we talk all about daylight. Learn why pink might not exist, hear Naomi say something in German, and listen to Nic criticise penguins.

The Natural Selection is back! Join Naomi, Nic and Nick as they talk about Migration. Learn that Entymologists are bad at naming things, why Naomi should never climb Everest, and why Nick just hates all Blue Grouse.

Join the Natural Selection this week as they discuss islands and the creatures that live on them. This week's news featured lonely-lefty snails looking for love, parrots who have evolved for the nightlife and murder hornets. The trio chatted about some important scientific ideas developed on islands, island endemism, and the infamous cat 'Tibbles' possibly responsible for the extinction of a whole species.

Here are some links to the resources Nic mentioned. Birding while black,  https://lithub.com/birding-while-black/

 as well as the book Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature poetry. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6997336-black-nature

Join the Natural Selection this week as they discuss the ever-changing subject of metamorphosis.  Our news this week included some noisy bugs, hungry dinosaurs, and pesky prehistoric parasites. Learn about some controversial ideas behind the evolution of complete metamorphosis in insects. Find out how axolotls stay so cute, dogs stay so friendly and salmon stay alive in freshwater.

Listen now and discover how many times we mess up the word metamorphoesis metamorfosis meta…. You get the idea.

Cicada sound was sourced from https://freesound.org/people/Pogotron/sounds/65497/

Join The Natural Selection as we talk about the Myths inspired by the natural world. Learn why people used to buy narwhal tusks, why you don't like snakes, and hear what a banshee sounds like.

Audio recordings of Narwhal sound by Evgeny Podolskiy, geophysicist at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Jap

https://zenodo.org/record/3402649#.XtV_ccDTU2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5r7lcWhJQ&feature=youtu.be

Barn Owl sourced from Xeno canto recorded by Ciarán Walsh.

https://www.xeno-canto.org/537722

Join Nic, Naomi, and Nick this week as they explore the hidden world of camouflage.  This week's topics covered shipwrecking clams, sandy nymphs, and masterful mimics. Listen now to find out why Nick wouldn't make a good stick impersonator, you might even find some concealed Disney song titles.

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The Natural Selection is back and its gone all metropolitan. Learn why someone fed spiders hot dogs, the debt we owe the brown rat and why Singapore is called Singapore.

Join Nic, Naomi and Nick and learn all about the darker side of symbiotic relationships. Join the trio as they discuss brain controlling fungi, mobster birds, and cat-loving rodents. Last week's episode left us wondering how some caterpillars exploit their ant mutualists, listen now to find out how.

This week's ep delves into organisms that parasitise, manipulate and exploit other creatures so may not be for the squeamish. 

Join Nic, Nick and Naomi and learn why some birds might tick you off, why ants have been branching out, and how to grow tomatoes in Iceland - All on todays episode all about mutualism!