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 268 – Green Lacewing: A Bug in Sheep’s Clothing
“…and today we’re talking about a bug with junk in the trunk, but more on that later.” Precious resources are often fiercely guarded. Only a clever wolf will ever taste mutton, and the rules remain i…
00:43:07 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Episode 267 – Mane Wolf: Taxonomic Trouble
“…and today we’re talking about my manned man, but more on that later.” Look! In the woods! It’s a wolf, it’s a fox! No, it’s the maned wolf and his mild-mannered alter ego, uh Phil. Keeping taxonomy…
00:47:57 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Episode 266 – Dotted Humming Frog: Friends in Low Places
“…and today we’re talking about the familiar of a ferocious female. But more on that later.” The life of a pet is a charmed one–at least when your owner is a kind and benevolent ruler. But what if yo…
00:41:37 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
Episode 265 – Mirror Spider: Glass Bottom
“…and today we’re talking about the lurker in the cathedral, the stained aranea. But more on that later.” In the forests of Australia, the glistening dew of a rain-kissed leaf might be a little more …
00:47:04 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Episode 264 – Waxy Monkey Frog: Skincare Routine
“…and today we’re talking about a frog with a killer skincare routine. But more on that later.” For too long, amphibians have only dared to come out at night. But the waxy monkey frog says no more. T…
00:44:55 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
Episode 263 – Oilbird: Burning the Midnight Oil
“…and today we’re talking about a ba… I mean bird. But more on that later.” The caves of the Caribbean are home to a slick bird that thinks it’s a bat. Deep in these midnight caverns, shining an unwe…
00:45:26 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Episode 262 – Dog: Man’s Best Friend
“…and today we’re talking about a canis comrade, but more on that later.” There are many symbiotic relationships in nature, but there is no closer interspecies bond than the one found between humanit…
00:59:31 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Episode 261 – Reef Stonefish: Point Taken
“…and today we’re talking about a stone at the bottom of the sea. Definitely don’t be on that later.” It’s no surprise that the most venomous fish in the world is found in none other than the land do…
00:41:49 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Episode 260 – Bar-Tailed Godwit: Long-Haul Birds
“…and today we are talking about Godwit the Soarin. But more on that later.” If you’re looking wistfully out the window at a frozen or snowy gray day, you know that winter can be a real drag. Some bi…
00:49:25 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Episode 259 – Wrap-Around Spider: Flat Spider Theory
“…and today we’re talking about a flat character in the animal kingdom, but more on that later.” There are hundreds of species of spiders that call Australia home. Some small, some big, some deadly, …
00:45:03 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
Episode 258 – Phylliroe: The Fake Fish
“…and today we are talking about an impostor that’s not among us, but among the fish of the sea. But more on that later.” Humans have explored nearly every biome on earth, but when it comes to gettin…
00:41:06 |
Tue 27 Dec 2022
Episode 257 – Markhor: Nature is Metal Gear
“And today we’re talking about a gruff goat with a wooly throat. But more on that later.” High up in the mountains of central Asia lives a giddy goat with a lot of panache and a penchant for stomping…
00:58:08 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Episode 256 – Large Blue Butterfly: Larval Marvel
“…and today we’re giving our last hope to you. Don’t give it back to me, Bitterblue. But more on that later.” In the insect world, there are threats around every log and under every leaf. A young gru…
00:20:29 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Episode 255 – Magnificent Frigatebird: A Pirate’s Flight
“…and today we are talking about the Pirates of the Caribbean, but not the movie. More on that later.” Out on the high seas, it’s a dog eat dog eat bird eat other bird’s food kinda world. Yer never s…
00:44:41 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
Episode 254 – Pelican Eel: Sea Shovel
“…and today we’re talking about a big-mouthed, deep-living, inflatable tube man. But more on that later.” Americans have just enjoyed a holiday of abundance. Many of us have funneled turkey into our …
00:36:49 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Episode 253 – Red-Sided Garter Snake: Tying the Knot
“…And today we’re talking about an American noodle of many varieties. But more on that later.” The Manitoban city of Narcisse is a small, quaint place with not much tourism for most of the year. Howe…
00:51:38 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Episode 252 – Silverfish: Real Bookworms
“…and today we’re talking about a bookworm. Literally, but also not literally. More on that later.” In the dark of an academy library, a shining silverfish ponders some of life’s greatest questions, …
00:52:24 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Episode 251 – Mossy Frog: Who’s the Dummy Now?
“…and today we’re talking about moss that grows fat on a rolling toad. But more on that later.” Whether you’re a hungry predator or just a curious researcher, finding yourself a Vietnamese Mossy Frog…
00:34:44 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
Episode 250 – Common Spotted Cuscus: A Claimed Staked
“…and today we are talking about an animal that stands for what they believe in. But more on that later.” What do you do when you’ve saved the last slice of cake but there are other hungry eyes with …
00:50:31 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Episode 249 – Sperm Whale: Monstrous Maestro
“…and today we’re talking about a deep diving jelly-headed leviathan. But more on that later.” Deep in the water where the fish hang out lives a massive tanky mammal with a quite impressive shout. T…
00:53:52 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
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