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Send us a textArmor? Check. Chivalry? Check. Maximum cutedorableness? Double check.-----Episode 8 - The Volcano Knight-----Supplementary Material and External LinksPicture 1 – Scaly-Foot Snail (White Variant) - https://bit.ly/3vhSDHq Image from Nakamura K., et al. Used under CC BY 2.5 License. Picture 2 – Scaly-Foot Snail (Black Variant) - https://bit.ly/32ObQE4 Picture cr...

Send us a textA ferocious dragon and a crafty assassin, all rolled into one invisible small fry.-----Episode 7 - The Dragon-----Supplementary MaterialPicture 1 – Deep Sea Dragonfish - https://bit.ly/31MHrG0 Image by Audrey Velasco-Hogan.Picture 2 – Diagram of hinged jaw of Malacosteus niger - https://bit.ly/3dyGoyP Image is from KENALEY, CHRISTOPHER P. “Exploring Feeding ...

Send us a textLet's talk about Neptune Balls. A direct to your ears SCIENCE UPDATE about the latest in seagrass science. -----Bonus Episode - BadGrass-----Supplementary MaterialMain Paper - Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics, by Sanchez-Vidal et al. - https://go.nature.com/2MGvjCkPicture 1 – Posidonia oceanica, Neptune Grass - https://bit.ly/2MGoTDe Image is by Melin...

Send us a textAn anthology of tuna tales and a smattering of science.-----Episode 6 - Of Man and Fish-----Supplementary MaterialPicture 1 – Albert P. Halfhill, the “Father of Canned Tuna” - https://bit.ly/3pIk5eb Image is Public Domain.Picture 2 – W. Eugene Smith, American Photojournalist - https://bit.ly/3aDZmUj Image is Public Domain. Link 1 – The Commision for the Conservation...

Send us a text#LoveAllTunas-----Episode 5 - Tune in for the Tuna-----Supplementary Visual MaterialPicture 1 – Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares - https://bit.ly/2Z0e4hL Image is Public Domain.Picture 2 – Skipjack Tuna in a Shoal - https://bit.ly/2YTENN8 Image is Public Domain. Link 1 – FDA Guidance on Eating Fish for Pregnant Women and Growing Children - https://bit.ly/3q2iocgLin...

Send us a textRock ON wit' cha Badassfish self.-----Bonus Episode - BadAssfish-----Supplementary Visual Material:Picture 1 – Profile Drawing of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/3pIBfZtPicture 2 – Top-down and Bottom-up drawing of the head of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/38bSL2tPictures 1 and 2 are from the Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914, and are public d...

Send us a textKick some grass.-----Episode 4 - Honey, I Shrunk the Rainforest-----Supplementary Visual MaterialPicture 1 – Anatomy of Seagrass - https://bit.ly/3hgmUjLAlbum 1 – Videos and Pictures of Discoveries in or near a seagrass bed - https://flic.kr/s/aHsmT6SUd5Picture 1 is courtesy of the Texas Statewide Seagrass Monitoring Program, found at texasseagrass.org. It is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Album 1 is composed of pictures taken by me, Dane Whicker. ...

Send us a textPandemics don't just affect humans. We're just the only species who can do anything about them. -----Episode 3 - The Mystery of Stolen Stars-----Supplementary Visual MaterialPicture 1 – Starfish Water Vascular Diagram - https://bit.ly/37qkMSfPicture 2 – Visual Diagram of how microbes “choke” stars by Boundary Layer Oxygen Diffusion Limitation - https://bit.ly/33tPR6ePicture 1 is from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, and is Public Domain.Picture 2 is directly from: ...

Send us a textYou’re walking in the Himalayas, there’s no one around and your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye you spot him: and it’s not Shia LaBeouf.-----Episode 2 - The Yeti Is Real, We're Just Looking in the Wrong Mountains-----Supplementary Visual MaterialVideos 1 and 2, as well as ALL pictures are directly from:Thurber AR, Jones WJ, Schnabel K. Dancing for Food in the Deep Sea: Bacterial Farming by a New Species of Yeti Crab. Steinke D, editor. PLoS ONE. 2011 Nov 30;6(11):e2...

Send us a textWhat if I told you that there exists a world beyond ordinary sight? Surely... you must already have felt it.-----Episode 1 – Ancient Worlds, Just Beyond Sight-----Supplementary Visual MaterialPicture 1 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (1) - https://bit.ly/2HPoLz6Picture 2 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (2) - https://bit.ly/34RdruLPicture 3 – Photomicrographs of Foraminifera species - https://bit.ly/34Srtw4Picture 4 - Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas - https://bit....

Send us a textNEW PODCAST, WHO DIS?-----Hi there! I'm Dane Whicker, creator and voice performer of the new show, Bio-DIVE-rsity. Listen in for an introduction on me, your resident fish nerd and sturgeon general, and a explanation of what I hope to do with the show! Let's descend.-----The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.Theme music: Apolllo by Patrick Patrikios. Used under the YouTube Audio Library License. Off...

Send us a textEpisode 5 – Life In Plastic, Not So FantasticPlastic can brush your hair, today it’s everywhereWithout cessation, we’re hurt by our creationIn our final episode of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder/CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition. A fierce advocate for “shutting off the tap” of plastic pollution, her personal journey actually began with an immense appreciation for plastic as a material. Though plastic started off as...

Send us a textEpisode 4 – Ancient Oceans, Modern ConsequencesEvery time we make our morning coffee, jump in a car, or turn on a light, we have prehistoric oceans to thank. In episode 4 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Joanie Kleypas, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Boulder, Colorado. As an inlander climate AND coral scientist, she’s the perfect person to help illuminate how fossil fuels, climate change, inland choices, and ocean h...

Send us a textThe show where the word is made up and your seafood choices matter!In episode 3 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Cory Nash, Outreach Manager at the esteemed Monterey Bay Seafood Watch program, about our relationships with seafood. In a world where overfishing threatens not only the ocean's health but the lives and rights of us humans - this relationship holds a lot more weight that most realize.What the heck does sustainable even mean, and who is it for? Does the s...

Send us a textLet’s remember… everything goes somewhere. In episode 2 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guests Seth Watkins and Mia Glover about how inland agriculture, our food systems, climate, and the oceans all relate. Seth is the owner of Pinhook Farm, where he raises beef cattle, hair sheep, chickens, bees… and where he challenges agricultural convention daily. He sees the connections between what he does on the farm and the oceans of the world - and strives to steward and b...