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Crash Course Zoology

Crash Course Zoology

Take a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals. Host, wildlife ecologist, and conservation scientist, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant will guide us across the tree of life as we endeavor to answer what makes an animal an animal anyway?

Frontiers in Zoology

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We review all that we've learned in this final episode. (12m 35s)

What is a Species?

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We try to figure what "species" really means. (12m 35s)

Phylogenetic Mysteries

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We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are! (12m 32s)

Parasites

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We explore parasites' ecology and evolution in our ecosystem. (13m 4s)

Animals Working Together

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We dive into the amazing ways animals interact with each other. (13m 21s)

Reproduction

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We explore sex and gender and how animals pass down genetic information. (13m)

Ancestral & Weird Senses

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We discuss how animals use senses to explore their environment and communicate. (12m 42s)

How Animals Hear

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We explore the evolution of ears and animals' genetic adaptations of them. (11m 56s)

How Animals See

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We walk through the history of eyes, how they work, and vision's evolutionary advantage. (12m 39s)

Brainy & Brainless Animals

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We take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some evolved to lose them. (12m 45s)

How & What Animals Eat

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We explore carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores and how animals help redefine food. (13m 35s)

Diversity of Bodies & Sizes (but mostly crabs)

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We take a look at the various ways animals can grow. (13m 16s)

What’s the Most “Animal” Animal?

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We try to figure out what that “average” animal would really look like. (11m 29s)

What is an Animal?

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So what is an animal anyway? (14m 56s)

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