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Welcome to Bio-DIVE-rsity! A new creature-feature podcast about the splendors of the ocean's creatures and the issues currently affecting them. Using science as a guide, we tackle both the common and the rare, the exotic and the ugly. Let's descend!
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Send us a text I always was fond of water types. ----- YOUNG EARS WARNING: There are Some censored expletives at the beginning of this episode. Please take care when listening. Join my Patreon HERE! ----- Episode 14 - That's Not a Fish, That's a Pokémon ----- Supplementary Material and External Links [Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.] Picture 1 – The Five Molid Species. Picture 2 – Bumphead Sunfish Larvae. Picture 3 – Pharyngeal...
Send us a text A murder mollusk, a fabled pearl, and a potentially clam-shaped future. After a two-year hiatus, let's talk GIANT CLAMS. ----- Episode 13 - Shell Yeah! ----- Supplementary Material and External Links [Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.] Picture 1 – The (Real) Pearl of Lao Tzu Picture 2 – The Stunning Species and Color Diversity of Giant Clams Article 1 – Read the Full Story of the Pearl of Lao Tzu Article 2 – More on the H...
Send us a text Awww, baby's first geomagnetic waypoint <3 ----- Episode 12 - Are You Turtle Enough For The Turtle Club? ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Leatherback Turtle Esophagus - https://bit.ly/36Oib8w Picture credit: Mdomingoa. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. Picture 2 – Example of Bony Plates with Scutes Overlain - https://bit.ly/3DFQvys &nbs...
Send us a text No one suspects a crab could be the culprit. ----- Episode 11 - A Thief in Coconut Couture ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Distribution Map of Birgus latro - https://bit.ly/3ESHpP8 Picture credit: Pinpin. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License. Picture 2 – Life cycle diagram of Birgus latro - https://bit.ly/2WiuLaK Picture credi...
Send us a text Move over, Sharknado. There's a new apex whirlpool in town. ----- Episode 10 - This Podcast Will SHOCK You ----- Link 1 – Miguel Wattson’s Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/EelectricMiguel/ Picture 1 – Rough Diagram of the Three Electric Organs - https://bit.ly/3kQgqfw Picture credit: Miropa01. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. Picture 2 – Schematic of the In-Series electrocyte arrangement in an electric eel ...
Send us a text And I'm Here To tell all you Of the fluffy pups living in the bay They're out there In the cold sea Diving through the kelp, oh they're so carefree You, you, you, otter know -Alanis Morisette, Probably ----- Episode 9 - You Otter Know ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Microscopic look at sea otter fur - https://bit.ly/2T5qvte Picture Credit: Heather Liwanag/Adelphi University. Retrieved from: &n...
Send us a text Armor? Check. Chivalry? Check. Maximum cutedorableness? Double check. ----- Episode 8 - The Volcano Knight ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 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 ...
Send us a text A ferocious dragon and a crafty assassin, all rolled into one invisible small fry. ----- Episode 7 - The Dragon ----- Supplementary Material Picture 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. “Explori...
Send us a text Let's talk about Neptune Balls. A direct to your ears SCIENCE UPDATE about the latest in seagrass science. ----- Bonus Episode - BadGrass ----- Supplementary Material Main Paper - Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics, by Sanchez-Vidal et al. - https://go.nature.com/2MGvjCk Picture 1 – Posidonia oceanica, Neptune Grass - https://bit.ly/2MGoTDe Image i...
Send us a text An anthology of tuna tales and a smattering of science. ----- Episode 6 - Of Man and Fish ----- Supplementary Material Picture 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 C...
Send us a text #LoveAllTunas ----- Episode 5 - Tune in for the Tuna ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 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.l...
Send us a text Rock ON wit' cha Badassfish self. ----- Bonus Episode - BadAssfish ----- Supplementary Visual Material: Picture 1 – Profile Drawing of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/3pIBfZt Picture 2 – Top-down and Bottom-up drawing of the head of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/38bSL2t Pictures 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...
Send us a text Kick some grass. ----- Episode 4 - Honey, I Shrunk the Rainforest ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Anatomy of Seagrass - https://bit.ly/3hgmUjL Album 1 – Videos and Pictures of Discoveries in or near a seagrass bed - https://flic.kr/s/aHsmT6SUd5 Picture 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, Dan...
Send us a text Pandemics 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 Material Picture 1 – Starfish Water Vascular Diagram - https://bit.ly/37qkMSf Picture 2 – Visual Diagram of how microbes “choke” stars by Boundary Layer Oxygen Diffusion Limitation - https://bit.ly/33tPR6e Picture 1 is from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, and is Public Domain. Picture 2 is directly...
Send us a text You’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 Material Videos 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...
Send us a text What 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 Material Picture 1 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (1) - https://bit.ly/2HPoLz6 Picture 2 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (2) - https://bit.ly/34RdruL Picture 3 – Photomicrographs of Foraminifera species - https://bit.ly/34Srtw4 Picture 4 - Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas - ht...
Send us a text NEW 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.&n...
Send us a text It's time for a deeper dive. ----- Please consider joining my Patreon, which you can find HERE! You'll earn some really cool perks if you do, I promise! Thank you for any and all support you can give to support FREE ocean education for all. Let's descend... together! ----- Join my Patreon by clicking HERE! Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com
Send us a text Episode 5 – Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic Plastic can brush your hair, today it’s everywhere Without cessation, we’re hurt by our creation In 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 o...
Send us a text Episode 4 – Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences Every 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 ocea...
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