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The Best Biome

By: Grassland Groupies
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  • Three prairie biologists make the ever-growing argument for why grasslands are the world's best biome. Features hosts Rachel Roth, Nicole Brown, and Allan Saylor of Kansas-based nonprofit Grassland Groupies.
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  • (Patas) Monkeying Around With Ants

    (Patas) Monkeying Around With Ants
    Apr 11 2024

    Patas Monkeys are weird little guys with fabulous mustaches and very intricate relationships with a special tree on the African savannah. We talk acacias, ants, and the Lorax as Allan tries to make Nicole love just a single primate.

    Photos and more are at our site.

    Primary Sources:

    • Palmer, T., Stanton, M., Young T., Goheen, J., Pringle, R., and Karban, R. 2008. Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism follows the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna.
    • Isbell, L. and Young, T. 2007. Interspecific and temporal variation of ant species within Acacia drepanolobium ant domatia, a staple food of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya
    • Dr. Seuss and the real Lorax. Dominy, N., Winters, S., Pease, D., Higham, J. 2018. Dr Seuss and the real Lorax. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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    54 mins
  • Bonus! Power of Fire: Kindred Podcast

    Bonus! Power of Fire: Kindred Podcast
    Apr 9 2024

    This is a special podcast swap episode where we host Kindred Podcast's Power of Fire episode. Learn about the history of fire, how it shapes the landscape and people that live there.

    Speakers: Tony Incashola Jr., forest manager for CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes), and Stephanie Gillin, information and education program manager and former wildlife biologist for the CSKT at the Flathead Indian Reservation.

    Kindred Podcast hosts: Kate and Jen. Producer: Kat Gatti.

    Primary Sources:

    • Kindred Podcast website

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • [S3E2] Sickle Claw Seriema

    [S3E2] Sickle Claw Seriema
    Mar 14 2024

    The long-legged, sickle claw wielding seriema is a wonderful bird that provides insight into the extinct terror birds of old. Rachel explains the link between past and present and we ponder whether or not scientists ever bother actually looking at birds.

    Photos and more are at our site.

    Primary Sources:

    • Oswald, T., Curtice, B., Bolander, M., Lopez, C. January 2023. Observation of Claw Use and Feeding Behavior of the Red-Legged Seriema and Its Implication for Claw Use in Deinonychosaurs. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.

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    1 hr and 1 min
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