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May72022

Why Does Fisheries Management Not Work?

Sustainability & Natural LivingBy Kate HildenbrandMay 7, 2022

Managing the ocean isn’t easy. How do we decide who can fish where, with what methods, and how much? Let’s talk fisheries management.

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May12022

The Freaky Biology of Nautiluses and Allonautiluses

Climbing the Tree of LifeBy Kate HildenbrandMay 1, 2022

Nautiluses are often considered living fossils. Today we talk about these shelled cephalopods and their more recent cousins, the allonautiluses.

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Apr232022

Is it ethical to eat fish?

Sustainability & Natural LivingBy Kate HildenbrandApril 23, 2022

Today, we are answering a very important question: Can it be ethical to eat fish? The answer is not as clear-cut as I’d like it to be, so let’s get into this mess.

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Apr162022

Mollusks: Mussels, Snails, Clams, and Co

Climbing the Tree of LifeBy Kate HildenbrandApril 16, 2022

Today, we talk mollusks. From clams and oysters to snails and underwater slugs in all colors of the rainbow.

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Apr102022

Bilateria

Bilateria: When Mouths become Other Things

Climbing the Tree of LifeBy Kate HildenbrandApril 10, 2022

Today, we are continuing our precarious climb along the ever-changing tree of life. Once I survive the three weeks of full-time lectures, we’ll make things a little more diverse on here again. There are quite a few exciting things I want to talk about, but my brain is refusing to do more than chew up…

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Apr22022

The Unbelievable Biology of CORALS and Anemones

Climbing the Tree of LifeBy Kate HildenbrandApril 2, 2022

Today, we are going to talk about one of my favorite animals: corals. Yep, I said animal. Those plant-looking things are definitely animals. It’s even weirder than that, though. Let’s dive in. Let’s quickly orient ourselves where we are on the tree of life. In the kingdom of the animals, the so-called Animalia, the Ctenophora…

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Mar242022

On Picking and Choosing Facts: Shady Statistics and Propaganda

Sustainability & Natural LivingBy Kate HildenbrandMarch 24, 2022

I hadn’t planned another detour from our biodiversity series this week, but after spending a day watching propaganda from both sides on the state of fish populations and fisheries, I couldn’t help but talk about sustainable fisheries. On the one side, there was a speech by this dude called Ray Hilborn, author of the book…

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Mar192022

Sea Jelly

The Stingy Biology of Jellies & Sea Combs

EpisodesBy Kate HildenbrandMarch 19, 2022

Today, things are getting more and more colorful with sea jellies of all shapes and forms, with rainbow-light sea combs, and more. Sea jellies are usually called jellyfish, though they are far from fish, and sea combs are usually called comb jellies, though they aren’t jellies. Oh, the fun naming of taxonomy. Until very recently,…

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Mar112022

The Ancient Biology of Sponges

Climbing the Tree of LifeBy Kate HildenbrandMarch 11, 2022

Are sponges the oldest animals? What kind of sponge is that squarepanted yellow idiot with the pineapple? Are the inner skins of sponges made up of sperm? From SpongeBob to nature, we’re talking sponges today.

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