We are talking all about bats this episode with the YA novel, Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel Show Notes: –Silver haired Bat –Eastern Red Bat –Greater False Vampire Bat –Bat Evolution –Bat Reproduction –White Nose Syndrome –Bat Conservation International is a great organization helping bats worldwide

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Silverwing

We are back, celebrating Shark Week with the terrible but a bit fun movie Ice Sharks! Show Notes –Greenland Sharks –Trimethylamine N-oxide –Drifting Ice Stations –Fletcher’s Ice Island

Ice Sharks!

We are back with special guest Matthew Vose from Eloquent Gushing talking all things Aliens; the movie, and the franchise and their place in the pop culture zeitgeist. Show Notes: –Acid buffers in humans –Ovipositors

Aliens

It’s World Oceans Day! ?  (tomorrow, June 8th). To celebrate we are discussing the incredible Moana! Show Notes: –Legends Behind Moana –Coconuts –Maui –Decorator Crabs –Why Everything Becomes a Crab

Moana

We are back, celebrating the (self-proclaimed) Year of Matt Damon with The Martian! Prepare for some poop science, a lot of rover love and just overall nerdiness. Show Notes: -The Martian the book –Grow plants on Mars –Mars Rovers? –Hexadecimals

The Martian

We are once again celebrating Star Wars Day with a look at Season 2 (mainly episodes 1 and 2) of the Mandalorian! (slight spoilers for Mando Season 1 and Season 2 Eps 1-3) Show Notes: –Greater Krayt dragon –Prehistoric Burrowing Animals –Wombat Tunnels –Banthas –Frog Lady –Poison Dart Frogs –Knobby Ice Spiders –Winter Spiders –Last … Read More Read More

The Mandalorian Season 2

We are continuing Dino Month with every millennials most emotional memory: The Land Before Time! Show Notes –Brontosaurus –Apatosaurus –Triceratops –Pteranodon –Stegosaurus –Parasaurolophus –Sycamore Trees –Dinosaur Metabolism  –Dinosaur Babies

Land Before Time

It’s Dino Month here at Nature Finds a Way! We are kicking it off with a return to the island with the first of the disappointing sequels: Jurassic Park: The Lost World Show Notes: –Family structures in birds –Lysine

Jurassic Park: The Lost World

We are celebrating Dolphin Awareness Month with The Dolphins of Pern from Anne McCaffrey and it’s giving us alllllllll sorts of dolphiney feelings! Show Notes: –Dolphin Vocals –Bottlenose Dolphins –Bottlenose vs Common Dolphins –Remoras    

Dolphins of Pern

We are celebrating Pi(e) Day early with Life of Pi (the movie) featuring many animals, some fantasy and a lot of sea sickness for both of us ? Show Notes: –Marianas Trench –Bengal Tigers –Flying Fish –Whale Shark –Meerkat –Mangroves    

Life of Pi

We headed back into the lab this episode to spend time with Grissom and his amazing horse puns in CSI (Vegas) Season 3, Episode 21: Forever Show Notes: –Horse Racing –Diamond Clarity –Veterinary Pathologist

CSI: Forever

We are celebrating Darwin’s birthday with Master and Commander: Far Side of the World which is NOT about Darwin but does have a some great Galapagos footage and an amazing soundtrack-which is why we asked our guestpert Amanda Kinnear to return to tell us all about the pieces used. Show Notes: –Song Exploder: Yo-Yo Ma … Read More Read More

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

We are back! And it’s the year of Matt Damon! Kind of. Anyway, here’s We Bought a Zoo, a delightful movie filled with feelings, decent science and a dreamboat. Show Notes: –Dartmoor Zoo

We Bought a Zoo

The #ScienceofSantaClaus is back with Christmas Chronicles Two which is not at good as the first so be prepared for a small amount of science and a lot of Goldie Hawn love! Show Notes: –Yule Cat –Lynx –Aurora borealis -Science of Santa Claus part one, part two, The Christmas Chronicles One

The Christmas Chronicles Two

We go back in time this week with Ice Age! Sadly, that time is 2002 as this movie is filled with horrible early aught/patriarchal tropes. ? Show Notes: –Paleolithic  –Mammoths –Saber-toothed Cats –Ground Sloths –Dodo –Saber-toothed Squirrel

Ice Age

Join Lindsay and Sara as they nerd out about Biology in some of their favourite books, movies and TV shows.

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