Life, Death, and Taxonomy
Learn about all things animalia in this family friendly podcast. Each week Joe and Carlos dive deep into nature to find animals that have at least one amazing talent they use to survive. Gather up some animal knowledge and crazy nature facts to drop on your friends at parties with each new episode of Life, Death, and Taxonomy.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 390
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 30 – Hoatzin: The Fowl-Smelling Tree Cow
“…And today we are talking about a weird and clumsy birb that is inexplicably not endangered.” Taxonomy Debate Given its own order because it’s such a little weirdo. But some think it could be closel…
00:29:03 |
Tue 24 Jul 2018
Episode 29 – Humpback Whale: Krill or be Krilled
Intro The ocean is a vast world filled with perils, including an array of large, voracious predators looking to make a meal out of anything they can get their jaws around. But there’s one aquatic ave…
00:30:03 |
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Episode 28 – Photuris Firefly: From Dusk Till Dawn
Imagine you’re a male firefly and you only have a month or so to find your soulmate. You flash your lights and strut your stuff, but nothing comes of it. Then, a ray of hope shines as you witness the…
00:49:56 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Episode 27 – American Bison: The Star Spangled Buffalo
The vast amber waves of grain seem an unceasing sea of unbroken golden wheat and prairie grasses. But a mighty beasts roams this American savanna, framed by a blue mountain backdrop. It’s size dwarfs…
00:29:43 |
Sun 08 Jul 2018
Episode 26 – Tube Worm: Blood Plumes Near Magma Fumes
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Or, at least, get some distance between you and that molten underwater volcano. But there’s one animal that can not only take the heat, it needs it…
00:33:59 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Episode 25 – American Black Bear: The Super Supper Smeller
They can smell when you have a pie, they can smell when you tell the lie, “My, oh, my! I have no pie!” Its a sense of smell you can’t deny, on a big ol bear you shan’t defy. They can smell it in a ca…
00:34:36 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Episode 24 – Epomis Beetle: An Underbug Story
The animal kingdom usually seems pretty straightforward. The bigger animal eats the smaller animal. But there are some cases where the tables are turned and the little guys win. At first glance, the …
00:35:27 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Episode 23 – Pacu Fish: Incredible Incisors
The life of an aquatic herbivore may mean non-stop soggy salads but there’s one South American fish that doesn’t mind at all. They may look like their killer kin, but they hide a secret smile that al…
00:31:09 |
Sun 10 Jun 2018
Episode 22 – Indian Grey Mongoose: The Quick and the Fuzzy
We have a saying in India: “Don’t go near King Cobras”. But the Indian Grey Mongoose says “bupkis” to that. When you are combating the world’s largest venomous snake, you’d better be light on your fe…
00:25:53 |
Tue 29 May 2018
Episode 21 – Hairy Frog: The Real Wolverine
The earth is covered in creatures with all kinds of amazing traits. But sometimes, those traits can be pretty horrifying by human standards. In the Congo, when push comes to shove, you better have so…
00:26:53 |
Tue 22 May 2018
Episode 20 – Sea Devil: The Monster With Attachment Issues
Alright ye landlubbers! Hoist up the main sail, strike yer colors, and listen to the tale of the Black Sea Devil—a fish with the face of a demon. With cold, lifeless eyes and a mouth full of razor sh…
00:29:18 |
Tue 15 May 2018
Episode 19 – Woolly Bear Moth: Just Dying to Fly
In nature, animals fight hard to survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. For an insect in the frigid regions of North America, even the pursuit of adulthood is a demanding task. Meet …
00:24:46 |
Tue 08 May 2018
Episode 18 – African Land Snail: She’s the Man
If there are three things that Africa has given the Western World, they would be papyrus, hurricanes, and snails the size of your forearm. On the world’s list of invasive species, the Giant African L…
00:26:50 |
Tue 01 May 2018
Episode 17 – Rubber Boa: They Hunt at Night
When you think of the rolling vistas of the alpine regions of the North Eastern United States, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it snakes? Probably not. Because if a snake wants to survi…
00:27:55 |
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Episode 16 – Nursery Web Spider: What is Love? Baby Don’t Eat Me
Romance is the air! Animals show affection in all kinds of ways. But affection doesn’t really come into play for the Nursery Web Spider. To pass along his genes without being eaten alive, a male need…
00:22:53 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Episode 15 – Rufous Hummingbird: A Long Strange Trip on Little Wings
Imagine you were born a few weeks ago and one morning you wake up and your parents are gone. It’s getting colder and the days are getting shorter. Something inside you is spurring you on, out of your…
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Episode 14 – Samurai Crab: Ghost of the Sea of Japan
Deep beneath the waves of the Sea of Japan, an ancient child emperor and his retinue of samurai drowned themselves rather than be captured by the enemy. Tales tell of their souls binding to the carap…
00:30:14 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Episode 13 – Collared Pika: Alaska’s Cutest Botanist
The Alaskan Winter is harsh. The days grow shorter until the sun doesn’t come out at all. The temperature drops to negative fifty and nothing grows for months. Most animals hibernate to limit the nee…
00:26:55 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Episode 12 – Leafcutter Ant: The Ant Farm Fungus Farmer
Sooie! I’ve been a simple farmer all my life, gettin’ up at the crack of dawn and plowin’ the fields ‘til sundown. But humans ain’t the only ones to grow a crop or two. The leaf cuttin’ ant is a prim…
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Episode 11 – Axolotl: The Peter Pan Salamander
In the heart of Mexico, a rare creature once found its home in the depths Lake Chaco near present day Mexico City. Unfortunately, that lake no longer exists. With it’s home drained to make room for t…
00:34:49 |
Tue 13 Mar 2018
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