Bio-DIVE-rsity
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWelcome to Bio-DIVE-rsity! A new creature-feature podcast about the splendors of the ocean's creatures and the issues currently affecting them. Using science as a guide, we tackle both the common and the rare, the exotic and the ugly. Let's descend!
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Whose Sustainability Is It Anyway?
April 15, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBThe show where the word is made up and your seafood choices matter! In episode 3 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Cory Nash, Outreach Manager at the esteemed Monterey Bay Seafood Watch program, about our relationships with seafood. In a world where overfishing threatens not only the ocean's health but the lives and rights of us humans - this relationship holds a lot more weight that most realize. What the heck does sustainable even mean, and who is it for? Does the seafood we eat...
Healthy Soils, Healthy Seas
April 01, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBLet’s remember… everything goes somewhere. In episode 2 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guests Seth Watkins and Mia Glover about how inland agriculture, our food systems, climate, and the oceans all relate. Seth is the owner of Pinhook Farm, where he raises beef cattle, hair sheep, chickens, bees… and where he challenges agricultural convention daily. He sees the connections between what he does on the farm and the oceans of the world - and strives to steward and bolster those connect...
Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Deep Sea Low
March 18, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBAin't no mountain high enough Ain't no deep sea low enough Ain't no potato large enough To keep me from talking bout you, sea~ In episode 1 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Mark Haver about the controversial practice of Deep Sea Mining. As Global Policy Advisor for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an environmental consultant, and advocate for action on our oceans and our climate, Mark helps us ask… do our future cell phones, cars, and green energy lie at the bottom of the sea? Or i...
Introducing: Peak & Plunge
March 08, 2024 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBFrom our mountain peaks, let's plunge into the sea. Introducing my latest podcast project - Peak & Plunge: Diving Into the Inland-Ocean Connection! In collaboration with the Inland Ocean Coalition, Peak & Plunge examines the ties between the ocean and those people that live miles away from it. Each episode, I talk to an expert in the field to examine inland-ocean ties through our seafood, our agriculture, our climate, our use of plastics, and even how, from the top of a mountain, your futur...
Ep. 12: Are You Turtle Enough For The Turtle Club?
April 11, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBAwww, baby's first geomagnetic waypoint <3 ----- Episode 12 - Are You Turtle Enough For The Turtle Club? ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Leatherback Turtle Esophagus - https://bit.ly/36Oib8w Picture credit: Mdomingoa. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. Picture 2 – Example of Bony Plates with Scutes Overlain - https://bit.ly/3DFQvys Picture credit: marinebio.net Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3LIbQtO Picture 3 – Fluorescing H...
Ep. 11: A Thief in Coconut Couture
September 27, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBNo one suspects a crab could be the culprit. ----- Episode 11 - A Thief in Coconut Couture ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Distribution Map of Birgus latro - https://bit.ly/3ESHpP8 Picture credit: Pinpin. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License. Picture 2 – Life cycle diagram of Birgus latro - https://bit.ly/2WiuLaK Picture credit: Helagi, et al. 2015. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3m1lMn5 Picture 3 – Adult (A) and Zoea I (B) Li...
Ep. 10: This Podcast Will SHOCK You!
July 26, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBMove over, Sharknado. There's a new apex whirlpool in town. ----- Episode 10 - This Podcast Will SHOCK You ----- Link 1 – Miguel Wattson’s Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/EelectricMiguel/ Picture 1 – Rough Diagram of the Three Electric Organs - https://bit.ly/3kQgqfw Picture credit: Miropa01. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. Picture 2 – Schematic of the In-Series electrocyte arrangement in an electric eel - https://bit.ly/3iQQj5x Picture credit: ...
Ep. 9: You Otter Know
June 08, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBAnd I'm Here To tell all you Of the fluffy pups living in the bay They're out there In the cold sea Diving through the kelp, oh they're so carefree You, you, you, otter know -Alanis Morisette, Probably ----- Episode 9 - You Otter Know ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Microscopic look at sea otter fur - https://bit.ly/2T5qvte Picture Credit: Heather Liwanag/Adelphi University. Retrieved from: https://www.kqed.org/science/25908/the-...
Ep. 8: The Volcano Knight
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBArmor? Check. Chivalry? Check. Maximum cutedorableness? Double check. ----- Episode 8 - The Volcano Knight ----- Supplementary Material and External Links Picture 1 – Scaly-Foot Snail (White Variant) - https://bit.ly/3vhSDHq Image from Nakamura K., et al. Used under CC BY 2.5 License. Picture 2 – Scaly-Foot Snail (Black Variant) - https://bit.ly/32ObQE4 Picture credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from: https://phys.org/new...
Ep. 7: The Dragon
April 05, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBA ferocious dragon and a crafty assassin, all rolled into one invisible small fry. ----- Episode 7 - The Dragon ----- Supplementary Material Picture 1 – Deep Sea Dragonfish - https://bit.ly/31MHrG0 Image by Audrey Velasco-Hogan. Picture 2 – Diagram of hinged jaw of Malacosteus niger - https://bit.ly/3dyGoyP Image is from KENALEY, CHRISTOPHER P. “Exploring Feeding Behaviour in Deep-Sea Dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiidae): Jaw Biomechanics and Functional ...
BadGrass (Bonus Episode!)
March 03, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBLet's talk about Neptune Balls. A direct to your ears SCIENCE UPDATE about the latest in seagrass science. ----- Bonus Episode - BadGrass ----- Supplementary Material Main Paper - Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics, by Sanchez-Vidal et al. - https://go.nature.com/2MGvjCk Picture 1 – Posidonia oceanica, Neptune Grass - https://bit.ly/2MGoTDe Image is by Melina Marcou and free to use without a license. Picture 2 – Neptune Ball - h...
Ep. 6: Of Man and Fish
February 22, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBAn anthology of tuna tales and a smattering of science. ----- Episode 6 - Of Man and Fish ----- Supplementary Material Picture 1 – Albert P. Halfhill, the “Father of Canned Tuna” - https://bit.ly/3pIk5eb Image is Public Domain. Picture 2 – W. Eugene Smith, American Photojournalist - https://bit.ly/3aDZmUj Image is Public Domain. Link 1 – The Commision for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna - https://www.ccsbt.org/ Link 1 – FDA Guidance on Eating ...
Ep. 5: Tune in for the Tuna
February 08, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB#LoveAllTunas ----- Episode 5 - Tune in for the Tuna ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares - https://bit.ly/2Z0e4hL Image is Public Domain. Picture 2 – Skipjack Tuna in a Shoal - https://bit.ly/2YTENN8 Image is Public Domain. Link 1 – FDA Guidance on Eating Fish for Pregnant Women and Growing Children - https://bit.ly/3q2iocg Link 2 – Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program for Sustainable Eating - https:/...
BadAssfish (Bonus Episode!)
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.01 MBRock ON wit' cha Badassfish self. ----- Bonus Episode - BadAssfish ----- Supplementary Visual Material: Picture 1 – Profile Drawing of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/3pIBfZt Picture 2 – Top-down and Bottom-up drawing of the head of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/38bSL2t Pictures 1 and 2 are from the Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914, and are public doma...
Ep. 4: Honey, I Shrunk the Rainforest
December 25, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBKick some grass. ----- Episode 4 - Honey, I Shrunk the Rainforest ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Anatomy of Seagrass - https://bit.ly/3hgmUjL Album 1 – Videos and Pictures of Discoveries in or near a seagrass bed - https://flic.kr/s/aHsmT6SUd5 Picture 1 is courtesy of the Texas Statewide Seagrass Monitoring Program, found at texasseagrass.org. It is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Album 1 is composed of pictures taken by me, Dane Whicker. All ...
Ep. 3: The Mystery of Stolen Stars
December 01, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBPandemics don't just affect humans. We're just the only species who can do anything about them. ----- Episode 3 - The Mystery of Stolen Stars ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Starfish Water Vascular Diagram - https://bit.ly/37qkMSf Picture 2 – Visual Diagram of how microbes “choke” stars by Boundary Layer Oxygen Diffusion Limitation - https://bit.ly/33tPR6e Picture 1 is from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, and is Public Domain. Picture 2 is directly from: Aquino...
Ep. 2: The Yeti Is Real, We're Just Looking in the Wrong Mountains
November 13, 2020 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBYou’re walking in the Himalayas, there’s no one around and your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye you spot him: and it’s not Shia LaBeouf. ----- Episode 2 - The Yeti Is Real, We're Just Looking in the Wrong Mountains ----- Supplementary Visual Material Videos 1 and 2, as well as ALL pictures are directly from: Thurber AR, Jones WJ, Schnabel K. Dancing for Food in the Deep Sea: Bacterial Farming by a New Species of Yeti Crab. Steinke D, editor. PLoS ONE. 2011 Nov 30;6(11):e2624...
Ep. 1: Ancient Worlds, Just Beyond Sight
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBWhat if I told you that there exists a world beyond ordinary sight? Surely... you must already have felt it. ----- Episode 1 – Ancient Worlds, Just Beyond Sight ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (1) - https://bit.ly/2HPoLz6 Picture 2 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (2) - https://bit.ly/34RdruL Picture 3 – Photomicrographs of Foraminifera species - https://bit.ly/34Srtw4 Picture 4 - Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas - https://bit.ly/3...
Break the Barrier (Poetic Trailer)
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBThere's something about that barrier. ----- Perhaps a pint perplexing - a preview of the playful painting of the precipice on which you're poised. ----- The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain. Music: Nebular Focus by Dan Henig. Used under the YouTube Audio Library License. Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me...
Ancient Worlds, Just Beyond Sight
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBWhat if I told you that there exists a world beyond ordinary sight? Surely... you must already have felt it. ----- Episode 1 – Ancient Worlds, Just Beyond Sight ----- Supplementary Visual Material Picture 1 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (1) - https://bit.ly/2HPoLz6 Picture 2 – Images of Select Foraminifera Species (2) - https://bit.ly/34RdruL Picture 3 – Photomicrographs of Foraminifera species - https://bit.ly/34Srtw4 Picture 4 - Pink Sands Beach, Bahamas - https://bit.ly/3...
A Thesis of Teleosts
November 03, 2020 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.51 MBNEW PODCAST, WHO DIS? ----- Hi there! I'm Dane Whicker, creator and voice performer of the new show, Bio-DIVE-rsity. Listen in for an introduction on me, your resident fish nerd and sturgeon general, and a explanation of what I hope to do with the show! Let's descend. ----- The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain. Theme music: Apolllo by Patrick Patrikios. Used under the YouTube Audio Library License. Official Bio-D...