The Wild Life

Swishy dainty areas, droppable penises (well, just the tip), butt-breathing, smelling things with horns, the tenacity of nudi niche filling, over-generalizations, taxonomy, blind dates, and how nudies came to kick butt and chew bubblegum, and they’re all out of bubblegum!

We sit down this week with the Nagging Naturalist herself, Kristen Mankowski to talk nudibranchs in all their glory.

So, hold onto your butts, wherever they may be, as we dive deep into the world of nudies!

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Tomorrow, we have an episode coming out in which The Nagging Naturalist herself, Kristen Mankowski, drops some major Nudibranch Knowledge on us.

BUT as two naturalist, we had a very hard time staying on topic. This...this is our ramblings. Think of it as an opportunity to get acquainted with Kristen before tomorrows episode! We talk the horribleness of naturalist uniforms at Target, Noodle Knockers, True Facts videos, Biomechanics, what makes good SciComm, and a bunch of other random stuff!

Check out her website and show! http://www.thenaggingnaturalist.com/about.html

Follow her on Twitter at both @nag_naturalist and @junglegymqueen

and tune in tomorrow to learn all about Nudibranchs!!!!

In this episode from 2018, Devon and Richard look into the void to unveil the cause of the once mysterious Deep Scattering Layer, taking you on a journey involving covert military research in World War 2, the largest migration on earth, shimmering creatures of the deep (and their food), and an organic machine responsible for capturing carbon and sinking it into the depths of the ocean.

Behind the SCiENcES with Dr Diva Amon

Let's get to know deep sea biologist, Dr Diva Amon

How long has she been interested in science?

What was her first real connection with nature?

Why the deep sea?

What advice would she give a younger version of herself?

No intros, outros, ads, or credits. Just 100% science!

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We're back with another carefully, specially curated segment from our last full episode with Dr Diva Amon. In this SHORT, you'll get to here about underwater lakes (like the Goo Lagoon), hydrothermal vents, and life in the dark.

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In need of some science in your soul but a full episode is too long at the moment? We're selecting specially curated segments just for you! No intros, outros, ads, or credits. Just straight up science facts!

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I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to share this episode with you. By far one of my favorite interviews I’ve done!

It’s sea-ptember, and today we are diving deep

A month or so back, I had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with today’s guest that left me wonderstruck. As I mentioned at the top, this started as an attempt to follow the journey of the body of one of the oceans most fascinating creatures after their lives have ended, but it became an expedition to the deep sea.

We talk hydrothermal vents, shag 

carpet, whale falls, blobfish, zombie worms, fish on stilts, see through skulls, scientific colonialism, exploding whales, and...honestly there is so much in this episode I can barely come up with a comprehensive teaser.

Today’s guest is a Trinidadian-British deep-sea biologist working at the nexus of science, policy, and communication.

She studies the weird and wonderful animals living in a range of deep-sea habitats and how our actions are impacting them.

She participates in expeditions around the world and has an extensive science communication and outreach record.

She’s also a Pew-Bertarelli Ocean Ambassador, a Co-Lead of the DOSI Minerals Working Group, a Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum in London, and a Director and Founder of SpeSeas.

She has honestly done so much amazing work that I don’t feel I could come up with any intro to do her justice.

So, get ready for a deep dive, to a dark and mysterious place. Take a break from the rippling pressures and darkness of life during COVID (depressing enough?) for a different kind of pressure—-3k to 9k pounds per square inch!

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It's Sea-ptember, and it's about time we revisit this old favorite of ours in which we explore the true source of the Air We Breathe.

In this episode that originally aired May 30th, 2018, Devon and Richard talk to Dr Julie Koester of UNC-Wilmington and Dr Orly Levithan of Rutgers about the truth behind where our oxygen comes from, and the tiny organisms we have to thank for our very existence.

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In the second part of our Phylum miniseries, we're talking Ctenophores (box jellies) and Cnidaria (jellyfish, anemones, hydra, and coral!)

Unlike our episode on sponges, we had done a lengthy episode two years ago on Jellyfish with Lucas Brotz, research associate at the Marine Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia and a Cnidaria Scientist for Quantitative Aquatics.

That being said, we felt it would be a shame to not use the wealth of information from that episode, so most of this episode is a replay of that.

Sometime this week, we will be posting accompanying educational resources and imagery with more detail on the other Classes within Cnidaria, such as anemones and coral!

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