Bio-DIVE-rsity

Send us Fan Mail Through past and present, why, exactly, are horseshoe crabs shaped like a friend?   ----- Join my Patreon HERE! ----- Episode 17 - If Not Living Fossil, Why Fossil Shaped? -----  Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Geological and Morphological History of Horseshoe Crabs Across the Phanerozoic . Picture Credit: Bicknell and Pates, 2020 Full Paper: Pictorial Atlas...

Send us Fan Mail Survival of the fittest? Nah. Survival of the weirdest? Oh heck yea. ----- Join my Patreon HERE! ----- Episode 16 - Cute, Weird Little Dudes -----  Supplementary Material and External Links [Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.] Picture 1 – Anatomy of a Horseshoe Crab . Picture 2 – Diagram of a Horseshoe Crab’s eLdRiTcH eYeS .  Video 1 – A...

Send us Fan Mail O Tannenworm, O Tannenworm! How lovely are your tentacles!  ----- Join my Patreon HERE! You can join for FREE with a seven-day free trial now through January, 2026! ----- Episode 15 - Naughty Or Nice? -----  Supplementary Material and External Links [Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.] Picture 1 – Assorted Christmas Tree Worms by Nick Ho...

Send us Fan Mail I always was fond of water types.  ----- YOUNG EARS WARNING: There are Some censored e xpletives 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.]...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 G...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ac...

Send us Fan Mail 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail The 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...

Send us Fan Mail Let’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 connect...

Send us Fan Mail Ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no deep sea low enough Ain't no potato large enough To keep me from talking bout you, sea~ In episode 1 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Mark Haver about the controversial practice of Deep Sea Mining. As Global Policy Advisor for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an environmental consultant, and advocate for action on...

Send us Fan Mail From our mountain peaks, let's plunge into the sea. Introducing my latest podcast project - Peak & Plunge: Diving Into the Inland-Ocean Connection ! In collaboration with the Inland Ocean Coalition, Peak & Plunge examines the ties between the ocean and those people that live miles away from it. Each episode, I talk to an expert in the field to examine inland-ocean tie...

Send us Fan Mail 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/3DFQv...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail 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              ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Commi...

Send us Fan Mail #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 -...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Challenge...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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/33tPR...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...