Ecogeeks : Untamed Science Video Podcast
1) Crazy Animal Births
Rob Nelson gives a quick overview of 5 crazy animal births including the platypus, echidna, hammerhead shark, african cichlids, gastric brooding frog and the Surinam toad.
2) When is Acceleration the Greatest in Skydiving?
Rob jumps out of a plane to help explain the basic concepts of acceleration.
3) World Water Day
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international d...Show More
4) Chemistry of Love
Rob interviews people at the local gym to see what they think about love.
5) Hibernation: A Wintery Slumber
Rob gives a summary of the work we've been doing on bear hibernation
6) Why is the turkey called a turkey?
Have you ever stopped to think it's kind of weird that a country (Turkey) has the same name as our wild thanksgiving bird of choice? You might have thought it was a coincidence, but get this. In turke...Show More
7) The Chemistry of the Stinkiest Fruit Ever!
Here in the United States we are accustomed to eating only a handful of fruits such as apples, oranges and bananas. Yet, there are a lot of fruits that are extremely common in other places of the worl...Show More
8) Why do Animals Strand on Beaches
If you've been watching the news lately, you'll have noticed that there are a lot of mass strandings occurring around the world. This includes the nearly 100+ turtles that stranded off the coast of Ca...Show More
9) Dirt to Dinosaur: Paleontology 101
Lindsay Zanno helped walk us through the details of what it's like to get a dinosaur from the field into a display. The key things she emphasized were that a) it's a lot of work b) it's not glamorous ...Show More
10) Sampling so it doesn't take FOREVER!
This video gives a broad overview of sampling techniques. It doesn't touch on every single sampling method, but gives a quick intro as well as looking more specifically at distance sampling.