The 3 Best Big Biology Podcast Episodes
1) Big Blue: How whales evolved to become ocean titans (Ep 50)
Are whales the biggest animals to have ever lived? Why have they evolved to become so gigantic? What key adaptations support their immense size? On this episode of Big Biology, we talk to Jeremy Goldb...Show More
2) The amphibian omnivore’s dilemma: Plasticity-led evolution in spadefoot tadpoles (Ep 78)
What roles does plasticity play in evolution? Where does novelty come from, and how does it become widespread in populations? On this episode, we talk all things plasticity with David Pfennig, a...Show More
3) Ep 22: Whale Aware
Is intelligence similar in humans and dolphins? Do dolphins and whales have their own culture and language? How do they perceive the world around them? Janet Mann is a biologist at Georgetown Universi...Show More
4) Ahead of the (thermal) curve (Ep 122)
How do biologists study the influence of heat on organisms and how can this be applied to the study of climate change? What impacts mountaineer survival at high altitudes? On this episode of Big Biolo...Show More
5) Long-term experimental evolution in the wild (Ep 106)
Can we predict evolutionary outcomes if we know starting conditions? Do the products of evolution in nature differ from those studied in well-controlled lab experiments? On this episode, we talk to Ka...Show More
6) Stickle-back to the future: experimental evolution in nature
Can we study evolution in the wild? Are some species “super-evolvers”? On the episode, we talk with Alison Derry, a professor of biology at the University of Quebec in Montreal, and Andrew Hendry, a p...Show More
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8) Shifting mutational landscapes (Ep 120)
What is mutation bias and how can scientists study it? How does changing a population’s mutation bias influence its evolutionary trajectory? In this episode, we talk with Deepa Agashe, an Associate Pr...Show More
9) Big Biology Presents: The Naked Scientists Podcast
This week on Big Biology we're sharing an episode from The Naked Scientists Podcast about how humans lost their tails. Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans do not have tails. It sets us apart ...Show More
10) Biology as its own metaphor (Ep 119)
At what levels does causation happen in biology? Are metaphors useful for understanding biology? In this episode, we talk with Phil Ball, a science writer who was also an editor for the journal Nature...Show More