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Life, Death, and Taxonomy

Learn about all things animalia in this family friendly podcast. Each week Joe and Carlos dive deep into nature to find animals that have at least one amazing talent they use to survive. Gather up some animal knowledge and crazy nature facts to drop on your friends at parties with each new episode of Life, Death, and Taxonomy.

Episode 314 – Red Fox: Animal Magnetism

44 mins; January 30, 2024

Episode 313 – Saddleback Caterpillar: A Tiny Steed

38 mins; January 23, 2024

Episode 312 – Candiru: Swimming Upstream

46 mins; January 16, 2024

Episode 311 – Giant Sea Spider: All Legs

37 mins; January 09, 2024

Episode 310 – Silk Shark: Shark Boy and Lava, Girl

31 mins; January 02, 2024

Rewind – Reindeers: Our Most Festive Episode

47 mins; December 25, 2023

Episode 309 – Aardvark: Earth Bending

38 mins; December 19, 2023

Episode 308 – Plains Zebra: White Stripes

53 mins; December 12, 2023

Episode 307 – Greater Sage Grouse: House of Grouse

34 mins; December 05, 2023

Episode 306 – Demodex Mite: Face to Face with Friends

46 mins; November 28, 2023

Episode 305 – Sarcastic Fringehead: Sea Grouch

32 mins; November 21, 2023

Episode 304 – Bdelloid Rotifer: Millennial Thaw

35 mins; November 14, 2023

Episode 303 – Slaver Ant: Hill Raiders

45 mins; November 11, 2023

Episode 302 – Yellow Bellied Marmot: Brilliant Burrows

37 mins; October 31, 2023

Episode 301 – Pinhead Pearlfish: Nature’s Pocket

31 mins; October 24, 2023

Episode 300 – Sponge Crab: Hat Fashion

44 mins; October 17, 2023

Episode 299 – Koala: Eucalip-Smacking Good

48 mins; October 10, 2023

Episode 298 – Doliolida: Mass Reproduction

44 mins; October 03, 2023

Episode 297 – Crocodile Icefish: Cold as Ice

34 mins; September 26, 2023

Episode 296 – Burmese Python: Invasion of the Swamp Snatchers

48 mins; September 19, 2023

Episode 295 – Timber Wolf: Another Day with Parasites

42 mins; September 12, 2023

Episode 294 – Cartwheel Spider: Whirly Bug Saw

27 mins; September 05, 2023

Episode 293 – Blue-Ringed Octopus: Uh-Oh Spadeadly-Os

41 mins; August 29, 2023

Episode 292 – Purple Emperor: Purple Putrid Eater

42 mins; August 22, 2023

Episode 291 – Jack Jumper Ant: Be Nimble

32 mins; August 15, 2023

Episode 290 – Tadpole Shrimp: Rice Lice

33 mins; August 08, 2023

Episode 289 – Hadal Snailfish: 20,000 Leagues

38 mins; August 01, 2023

Episode 288 – Harris’s Hawk: Sky Wolf

40 mins; July 25, 2023

Episode 287 – Squat Shrimp: Hardly Twerking

30 mins; July 18, 2023

Episode 286 – King Cobra

49 mins; July 11, 2023

Episode 285 – Vampire Finch: Birdula

48 mins; July 04, 2023

Episode 284 – Common Rock Barnacle: Reachable Goals

44 mins; June 27, 2023

Episode 283 – Izecksohn’s Brazilian Tree Frog: Pollination Army

37 mins; June 20, 2023

Episode 282 – Raccoons: Wiley Bandits

50 mins; June 13, 2023

Episode 281 – Winghead Shark: Wing and a Scare

45 mins; June 06, 2023

Episode 280 – Bald Eagle: Warm Wings

43 mins; May 30, 2023

Episode 279 – Alligator Snapping Turtle: Follow Your Throat

35 mins; May 23, 2023

Episode 278 – Tiger: Specter of the Sundarbans

59 mins; May 16, 2023

Episode 277 – Horned Screamer: Dem Bones

47 mins; May 09, 2023

Episode 276 – Aye Aye: Finger on the Pulse

44 mins; May 02, 2023

Episode 275 – Cereal Leaf Beetle: Mobile Incubation

37 mins; April 25, 2023

Episode 274 – Common Rain Frog: Stuck Like Glue

37 mins; April 18, 2023

Episode 273 – Spider Decorator Crab: Master of Disguise

37 mins; April 11, 2023

Episode 272 – Salmon Shark: Omelets for Babies

31 mins; April 04, 2023

Episode 271 – Giant Anteater: King of the Hill

42 mins; March 28, 2023

Episode 270 – Horsehair Worm: Parasite on the Prowl

36 mins; March 21, 2023

Episode 269 – Bull Shark: Huck Fin

47 mins; March 14, 2023

Episode 268 – Green Lacewing: A Bug in Sheep’s Clothing

43 mins; March 07, 2023

Episode 267 – Mane Wolf: Taxonomic Trouble

47 mins; February 28, 2023

Episode 266 – Dotted Humming Frog: Friends in Low Places

41 mins; February 21, 2023

Episode 265 – Mirror Spider: Glass Bottom

47 mins; February 14, 2023

Episode 264 – Waxy Monkey Frog: Skincare Routine

44 mins; February 07, 2023

Episode 263 – Oilbird: Burning the Midnight Oil

45 mins; January 31, 2023

Episode 262 – Dog: Man’s Best Friend

59 mins; January 24, 2023

Episode 261 – Reef Stonefish: Point Taken

41 mins; January 17, 2023

Episode 260 – Bar-Tailed Godwit: Long-Haul Birds

49 mins; January 10, 2023

Episode 259 – Wrap-Around Spider: Flat Spider Theory

45 mins; January 03, 2023

Episode 258 – Phylliroe: The Fake Fish

41 mins; December 27, 2022

Episode 257 – Markhor: Nature is Metal Gear

58 mins; December 20, 2022

Episode 256 – Large Blue Butterfly: Larval Marvel

20 mins; December 13, 2022

Episode 255 – Magnificent Frigatebird: A Pirate’s Flight

44 mins; December 06, 2022

Episode 254 – Pelican Eel: Sea Shovel

36 mins; November 29, 2022

Episode 253 – Red-Sided Garter Snake: Tying the Knot

51 mins; November 22, 2022

Episode 252 – Silverfish: Real Bookworms

52 mins; November 15, 2022

Episode 251 – Mossy Frog: Who’s the Dummy Now?

34 mins; November 08, 2022

Episode 250 – Common Spotted Cuscus: A Claimed Staked

50 mins; November 01, 2022

Episode 249 – Sperm Whale: Monstrous Maestro

53 mins; October 25, 2022

Episode 248 – Marabou Stork: Enter the Undertaker

41 mins; October 18, 2022

Episode 247 – Chinese Giant Salamander: Skin Deep

48 mins; October 11, 2022

Episode 246 – Tailorbird: A Rivet Run Through It

23 mins; October 04, 2022

Episode 245 – North American Beaver: Great Beaver Bombing

54 mins; September 27, 2022

Episode 244 – Carpet Beetle: Nail Bitter

47 mins; September 20, 2022

Episode 243 – Orchid Mantis: Flower Power

31 mins; September 13, 2022

Episode 242 – Roadrunner: Running Hot

39 mins; September 06, 2022

Episode 241 – Basilisk Lizard: Walk on Water

47 mins; August 30, 2022

Episode 240 – Mariana Snailfish: Good Under Pressure

44 mins; August 23, 2022

Episode 239 – Driver Ant: Snitches are Stitches

43 mins; August 16, 2022

Episode 238 – Lanternfish: The Sea Wall

36 mins; August 09, 2022

Episode 237 – Japanese Macaque: Pink Parka People

40 mins; August 02, 2022

Episode 236 – Hammerhead Flatworm: I Will Survive

40 mins; July 26, 2022

Episode 235 – Blue Manakin: Featherloose

36 mins; July 19, 2022

Episode 234 – Barking Deer: Barking Up the Wrong Tree

34 mins; July 12, 2022

Episode 233 – Draco Lizard: Falling with Style

40 mins; July 05, 2022

Episode 232 – Chimney Swift: Flue Flyers

38 mins; June 28, 2022

Episode 231 – Bloodworm: Jaws of Strife

44 mins; June 21, 2022

Episode 230 – Sea Robin: Walking Ray of Sunshine

38 mins; June 14, 2022

Episode 229 – Striped Skunk: The Stinkiest Gun in the West

43 mins; June 07, 2022

Episode 228 – Bedford’s Flatworm: Contentious Coupling

36 mins; May 31, 2022

Episode 227 – African Lungfish: Pablo Aestivate

39 mins; May 24, 2022

Episode 226 – Java Mouse Deer: Diminutive Deer

33 mins; May 17, 2022

Episode 225 – Green-Banded Broodsac: Fishing to Fly

41 mins; May 10, 2022

Episode 224 – Bearded Vulture: Iron Wings

36 mins; May 03, 2022

Episode 223 – Christmas Island Red Crab: Living Red Moss

37 mins; April 26, 2022

Episode 222 – Corsac Fox: The Climbing Canine

41 mins; April 19, 2022

Episode 221 – Tiger Beetle: Blinded by the Flight

41 mins; April 12, 2022

Episode 220 – Gee’s Golden Langur: A Telltale Tail

48 mins; April 05, 2022

Episode 219 – Brazilian Wandering Spider: Vitriolic Venom

39 mins; March 29, 2022

Episode 218 – Gouldian Finch: The Golden Mouth

41 mins; March 22, 2022

Episode 217 – Honduran White Bat: Tent Makers

44 mins; March 15, 2022

Episode 216 – Atlantic Bay Scallop: Lord of the Eyes

40 mins; March 08, 2022

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