Episodes
Join Ellen & special guest, conservationist and co-host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Peter Gros, to talk about the iconic red wolf and their ongoing recovery from the brink of extinction.
Published 05/02/24
Published 05/02/24
Ellen & special guest Isaac answer questions from young listeners!
Published 04/24/24
Join Ellen & corvid scientist Dr. Kaeli Swift for a review of the clever little goths rummaging through a trash can near you: American crows.
Published 04/18/24
Christian explains why not to mess with the coral snake & Ellen puts the common cuckoo on blast.
Published 04/11/24
Join Ellen & evolutionary morphologist Dr. Kassandra Ford as we get amped up about electric fishes.
Published 04/03/24
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Published 03/28/24
Ellen & Christian answer questions from the audience! We discuss the podcast's humble origins, magical spells, our favorite ducks, and more.
Published 03/27/24
Ellen softens up to the chinchilla & Christian breaks the ice with the walrus.
Published 03/20/24
We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts!
Published 03/18/24
Ellen & special guest, marine biologist Amani Webber-Schultz, suck up to the brilliant little moochers of the ocean: remoras.
Published 03/14/24
Join Ellen & special guest Owen Klessel for some well-deserved PR for the most bizarre and fascinating and incredible animal you’ve never heard of: solenodons.
Published 03/07/24
Christian fishes for compliments about the fishing cat & Ellen goes rock climbing with rock hyraxes.
Published 02/29/24
Join Ellen & special guest Shannon Roivas who brings us first-hand insight straight from her time spent in the forests of Tanzania studying our very own wild cousins: chimpanzees!
Published 02/22/24
Romance is in the air as Ellen commits to the trumpeter swan & Christian catches the lovebug bug.
Published 02/14/24
Join Ellen & science educator and nature hype man Nick VanAcker to sing praises for some of our favorite true bugs: cicadas!
Published 02/08/24
Christian makes some noise for the Freddy Kreuger frog & Ellen picks a bouquet of bone-eating snot flowers.
Published 01/31/24
Join Ellen & special guest, deep sea biologist Dr. Thom Linley, for a literal deep dive into an animal that just might change the way you think about the creatures of the abyss: the ethereal snailfish.
Published 01/25/24
Ellen gets the zig-zagging zoomies with tiger beetles & Christian has an existential crisis over the giant siphonophore.
Published 01/17/24
Join Ellen & special guest, environmental educator Jamison Cole, for a review of our very own backyard apex predators: bobcats!
Published 01/11/24
Ellen & Christian share stories, observations and inspiration from special guest: you!
Published 01/03/24
Join Ellen & returning special guest, wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, for a review of some of our favorite mohawked chatterboxes: belted kingfishers.
Published 12/28/23
Ellen joined hosts Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman for a conversation about bug-type Pokemon, the real-world bugs that inspired them, and the ecology we can learn from the world of Pokemon.
Published 12/21/23
Christian digs into the star-nosed mole & Ellen goes for a deep dive into the Devil's Hole pupfish.
Published 12/14/23
Ellen is joined by a familiar voice, science communicator Ralph Crewe, back with us to review the wiggly little living fossils full of teeth and blood: Pacific lampreys.
Published 12/06/23
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