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How flowers shaped (some of) our oceans, with David George Haskell (opens the original)
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When you think of flowers, the ocean probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind—and for good reason, because flowering plants evolved on land and less than 0.03 percent of all known flower species now live in the ocean. This 0.03 percent, which corresponds to 72 individual species, is composed of four distinct plant lineages that independently moved to the sea and adapted to survive and reproduce completely submerged in ocean waters. In so doing, this group of plants created a new habitat
Coevolution isn’t just for specialists, with Dr. Diego Vázquez (opens the original)
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The hawkmoth and Darwin’s orchid. Fig wasps and fig trees. Rough-skinned newts and garter snakes. These classic examples of coevolution present images of particular species linked in tight relationships of mutual dependence or, in the case of the newt and garter snake, constant battle. While these relationships are undoubtedly cases of coevolution, a growing body of research is showing that the tight coevolutionary linkages between specialist species taught in textbooks may not be the predominan
A tribute to slow science: remembering Bob Ricklefs (opens the original)
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What was distinctive about Bob Ricklefs’ mentorship style, and how did he influence his students and collaborators? What were Bob’s major contributions to biology, and how did these ideas leave a lasting legacy on the field?In this episode, we commemorate the life and work of Bob Ricklefs, who passed away recently. Bob was a giant in the fields of ecolo… Read more
Cassandra in the Lab: Scientists who didn’t “fit” and our bias against the contrarian with Matt Kaplan (opens the original)
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A young honours thesis student stands in front of her poster. A crowd gathers around, swarming her with a ferocity more fitting a pack of hyenas than tenured faculty at a paleontology conference. This is how recent Big Biology guest Matt Kaplan, a science journalist at The Economist, begins his book I Told You So!. In the book, Kaplan tells the stories of several scientists who were treated with hostility even when their work was solid.
Flower power (Ep 153) (opens the original)
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How have flowers shaped the modern world? Why do we and many other species have such intimate and long-term relationships with them?On this special episode, we talk with David George Haskell, a writer and biologist. We discuss his most recent book, How Flowers Made our World, which explores the creative powers of flowering plants. Big Biology blogger and Biology PhD student, <a href="https://bigbiol
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