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The Best Biome

Two prairie biologists make the ever-growing argument for why grasslands are the world's best biome.

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#2 – Savage Stinky Scavengers

#2 – Savage Stinky Scavengers

CW: we talk about animal genitalia in this episode in the last 30 mins (it's hard to avoid with hyenas) Hyenas have hist... Read more

19 Feb 2022

1hr 31mins

Ranked #2

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#1 – The Noble Ibis

#1 – The Noble Ibis

We are always fans of highlighting underappreciated animals and this week we tackle the ibis. Bin chicken or noble alarm... Read more

3 Feb 2022

1hr 13mins

Ranked #3

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#25 – Disease-ridden Bloodsuckers

#25 – Disease-ridden Bloodsuckers

Content Warning: talk of blood. The last of our "spooky"-themed episodes, let's talk about ticks! How do they feed, what... Read more

28 Oct 2021

1hr 4mins

Ranked #4

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#24 – Bring Out Your Dead (Part 2)

#24 – Bring Out Your Dead (Part 2)

Content Warning: talk of dead things (not graphic). Old World Vultures have a different set of tricks in order to surviv... Read more

14 Oct 2021

1hr 14mins

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Ranked #5

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#23 – Bring Out Your Dead (Part 1)

#23 – Bring Out Your Dead (Part 1)

Content Warning: talk of corpses and the eating of them. Vultures are nasty birds which cleanse the landscape of death a... Read more

8 Oct 2021

1hr 18mins

Ranked #6

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#22 – Vampiric Plants

#22 – Vampiric Plants

If you ever find yourself staring at a tangle of orange spaghetti in a grassland, it's probably a dodder plant. These ta... Read more

16 Sep 2021

51mins

Ranked #7

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#21 – Chasing the Summer

#21 – Chasing the Summer

A raptor like no other crosses 20,000km across hemispheres every year, chasing summer and bugs and grasslands through th... Read more

2 Sep 2021

48mins

Ranked #8

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#20 – Grasshopper Grazing

#20 – Grasshopper Grazing

How can grasshoppers save the world? By doing what they do best: eating. But too many grasshoppers might end us all so k... Read more

20 Aug 2021

1hr

Ranked #9

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#19 – The Mighty Oak Savanna

#19 – The Mighty Oak Savanna

Rachel takes us on a journey into one of North America's savannas dominated by oak trees. They provide shelter and food ... Read more

6 Aug 2021

1hr 11mins

Ranked #10

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#18 – The Cunning Coyote

#18 – The Cunning Coyote

Episode Notes Coyotes are fantastic survivors that no matter how much people hate them (and boy do they hate them) they ... Read more

22 Jul 2021

55mins

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