How Ecosystems Work

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Turtles

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Eels

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Trees

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Iguanas

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Sea Horses

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Animal Needs

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What Will Be Born?

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Octopuses

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Reading Tutor, Grades 4 - 8: Mammals

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What Is Hatching?

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Crocodiles

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Animals Have Classes Too! Mammals

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Iguanas

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Are Ants Like Plants?

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Animals Have Classes Too! Reptiles

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Toads and Other Amphibians

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Sea Turtles

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Animals in Winter

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Learning About Mammals, Grades 4 - 8

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Animal Societies

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Snakes

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Does a Fly Cry?

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Animals Have Classes Too! Amphibians

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Vampires Can Swim! And Other Strange Facts

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Cows Don't Live in Trees!

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STEM Jobs in Wildlife Conservation

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Animal Architects

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Let's Classify Animals!

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Sharks

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Sea Otters

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The Dark Is Rising

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner

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The Phantom Tollbooth

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Into the Wild: Warriors #1

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The Graveyard Book

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Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner

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Bridge to Terabithia

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Over Sea, Under Stone

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Twas the Night Before Christmas

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Summary of The Fourth Turning: by William Strauss & Neil Howe - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny - A Comprehensive Summary

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Fever 1793

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Coraline

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Out of My Heart

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Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner

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Spanish Short Stories For Beginners (Vol 1): Use short stories to learn Spanish the fun way with the bilingual reading natural method

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Cedric The Shark Get's Toothache: Bedtime Stories For Children, #1

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Amari and the Night Brothers

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The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie

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My Shadow Is Purple

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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

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The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials

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The Self-Regulation Workbook for Kids: CBT Exercises and Coping Strategies to Help Children Handle Anxiety, Stress, and Other Strong Emotions

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Alone

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Atlas Shrugged SparkNotes Literature Guide

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Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics)

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The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner

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Summary of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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The Fixer

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Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition

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Tikki Tikki Tembo

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Land Snails and their Amazing Diversity: Land Snails

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Podcast 147 - Otters and Sharks and Wolves Oh My: The gang returns to one of their favorite pet topics, food! This week, we discuss two papers that investigate what different animals are eating. Specifically, we focus on a paper that uses fossil data to infer the feeding strategies of extinct giant...

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Animal Behaviors Part 1

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020 – Love in the deep sea with Craig Young: It’s February, the month of love and there’s love in the deep ocean too. We talk reproductive strategies in the deep sea with Professor Craig Young, Dr Autun Purser and Dr Mike Vecchione. How do you find a mate in the sparsely populated deep ocean? How c...

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Episode 234: Sun Bears, Water Bears: Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! - Thanks to Enzo and Lux for their suggestions! Let's learn about the sun bear and the water bear this week! - Sun bear just chillin: - Sun bears got long tongues: -

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32. Embracing the Joys and Benefits of Nature with Kids: We could talk about how much we love nature for hours! Growing up, our parents were very intentional about pointing out the beauties in the world. All of us have taken that appreciation for nature and woven it into the fabric of our own families. Join...

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The Orangutan Project With Leif Cocks

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Smart Animals; Stupid People | Dr. Justin Gregg: Justin Gregg is a Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and an Adjunct Professor at St. Francis Xavier University where he lectures on animal behavior and cognition. Originally from Vermont, Justin studied the echolocation abilities of wild dolphins in Japan and The Bahamas. Justin Gregg is science writer and author of the upcoming book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity, as well as the books Are Dolphins Really Smart? by Oxford University Press and Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins. He writes about animal behavior and cognition, with articles and blog posts appearing in The Wall Street Journal, Aeon Magazine, Scientific American, BBC Focus, Slate, Diver Magazine, and other print and online publications. Justin produced and hosted the dolphin science podcast The Dolphin Pod, and has provided voices for characters in a number of animated films. Justin

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Episode 109: Convergent Evolution: I mention convergent evolution occasionally, but what is it really? This week we learn about what it is and some animals that demonstrate it. Thanks to Richard E. and Llewelly for their suggestions this week!

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Beyond Shark Week: Dr. Dean Grubbs, co-author of the new book Shark Biology and Conservation, joins Defender Radio to discuss the book, his own experiences with sharks and debunk one or two fears.

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Episode 51: Roger Smith talks about bears, raptors, and life as a field biologist: Today’s episode features field biologist Roger Smith, the founder and chair of the Teton Raptor Center, a rehabilitation facility in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that annually cares for more than 130 injured birds. - Roger and his wife, Margaret Creel,

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Podcast 156 - Never Underestimate the Little Snake: The gang discuss two papers that look at the links between morphology and ecology. Specifically, they discuss a fossil marine reptile with a very unique looking skull that gives clues to a possible “platypus” like life-habit. However, they also...

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168: Coral: It's a plant! It's a rock! No ding dong, it's an animal. Buckle up and learn about this ocean friend.   This week we tackle questions like: How can an animal reproduce both sexually and asexually? What's it like not having a butt? What's the difference b...

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Podcast 170 - The Impact of Taphonomy; On Conodonts and Dinosaur Nesting Sites: The gang discusses two very different papers that are sort of united together based upon the importance of taphonomy. First, they look at a paper about how the ways in which conodont elements are preserved can affect our understanding of their...

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Podcast 167 - Jet Lagged Pterosaur Eggs: [TRIGGER WARNER: Some dead baby jokes because we were in a very weird mental place, and also way too much rambling conversations about Star Wars] The gang celebrates their cross continental trip to the 2019 North American Paleontology Convention by...

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Podcast 174 - Feeling Drained; Parasites in the Fossil Record: The gang talks about two papers that look at potential examples of parasitism in the fossil record. One paper finds possible parasites attaching to ancient ostracods, and another paper details potential parasitic isopods on electric ray fossils....

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PRESSURISED: 020 - Love in the deep sea with Craig Young: Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 20. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: htt...

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Roaming elephants and Book Week: Today we’ll follow a rogue elephant herd across China, visit a school making picture books in Indigenous languages, wear purple clothes for rainbow kids, find out what world leaders are doing to tackle climate change, and meet the winners of the Children’s Book of the Year Awards. QUIZ QUESTIONS: 1. How many Asian elephants live in China today? 2. What does Ngayulu Paku Pulka mean? 3. What date is Wear it Purple day? 4. What issue does the United Nations' new report address? 5. Who wrote Aster's Good, Right Things? BONUS TRICKY QUESTION: What is the name of Zeno Sworder's book? ANSWERS: 1. About 300 2. I'm so tired 3. August 27 4. Climate change 5. Kate Gordon BONUS TRICKY ANSWER: This Small Blue Dot

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Episode 23: Elementary School Science: This podcast episode explores the ideas and objectives Charlotte Mason considered necessary for the study of science for grades 1-6. Listen to hear clear guidelines to follow, book suggestions, and practical applications for teaching science. Listen Now:

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Episode 341: The Leaf Sheep and the Mold Pig: Thanks to Murilo and an anonymous listener for their suggestions this week! - Further reading: - The ‘sheep’ that can photosynthesize - Meet the ‘mold pigs,’ a new group of invertebrates from 30 million years ago - A leaf sheep: -

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Ep. 62 - Timber Rattlesnakes: Still Endangered, Still Danger Noodle-y (Part 2): Part 2 of our Timber Rattlesnake episode. If you haven’t listened to part 1, go and do that. We’ll wait right here for you.

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Episode 269: Gila Monsters, Basilisks, and Sand Boas, oh my!: Thanks to Zachary, Enzo, and Oran for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about some interesting reptiles! - Happy birthday to Vale! Have a fantastic birthday!! - The magnificent Gila monster: - The Gila monster's tongue is forked,

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Episode 199: Carnivorous Sponges!: Thanks to Lorenzo for this week's topic, carnivorous sponges! How can a sponge catch and eat animals? What is its connection to the mystery of the Eltanin Antenna? Let's find out! - Further reading/watching: -

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How Do Great Apes Go Wild? with Dr. Laura Simone Lewis: Chimpanzees and bonobos know how to live it up. They hang out with their friends, they take self-care breaks, they eat fresh fruit, and when it’s raining they fashion umbrellas out of leaves. Dr. Laura Simone Lewis is back on the show this week to tell us all about the social lives of these dynamic individuals, who happen to share 98% of our DNA. From their favorite juice flavors to their equivalent of Netflix and chill—this episode’s got it all. Missed Dr. Lewis’s first episode on the show, all about our great ape family tree? Check it out here. Dr. Laura Simone Lewis is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Psychology department at UC Berkeley. She received her PhD from Harvard through the department of Human Evolutionary Biology last year. She studies how social cognition has evolved in our closest living primate cousins, chimpanzees and bonobos! You can follow Dr. Lewis on Twitter @LauraSimoneLew. Want to support our

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SUFB 799: What Happens When One Protected Species Eats Another: Dr. David Shiffman wrote a great article for based on a about the management of protected species. The journal article in Ecology and Evolution looked at the interactions of one protected species, the great white shark, with another protected...

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Episode 241: Weird and Wonderful Squirrels: Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! - Our pre-launch Kickstarter page! You can see what the book cover will look like! - Thanks to Liesbet and Enzo for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about squirrels!

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Podcast 246 - Fossil Record of Parental Care: The gang talks about two papers that look at evidence of parental care in the fossil record, in early synapsids and in insects. Meanwhile, Amanda is going to have an island, Curt is trying not to die, and James has some unique alternative...

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World Environment Day: This week we’re celebrating our planet – and looking at how we can protect it - because it’s World Environment Day this weekend! We’ll put on our headtorches and explore an ancient forest hiding underground then meet a parrot that loves to rock climb. We’ll find out how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions can make oyster farming more sustainable… then it’s time to party with our WOW of the week! QUIZ QUESTIONS 1) What is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day? 2) Which type of bird likes to rock climb? 3) In which country was the secret sinkhole found? 4) How many oyster shells were in the midden on Butchalla Country? 5) What attracted the scallops together for their disco? BONUS TRICKY QUESTION Which part of the lovebird’s body acted like a third limb to help them climb? ANSWERS 1) Only One Earth 2) Lovebirds 3) China 4) 5 million 5) Flashing lights BONUS QUESTION ANSWER Its beak!

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Episode 148: Gastric Brooding and Other Frogs: Thanks for Merike for suggesting the gastric brooding frog and to Hally for suggesting newly-discovered frogs!! - The Gastric brooding frog: - Darwin's frog, round boi: - The Surinam toad carries her eggs and tadpoles in the skin of her back...

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In Search of the Canary Tree, and other Thoughts on Resilience with Dr. Lauren E. Oakes: Dr. Lauren E. Oakes is a conservation and adaptat…