The Rise of the Dinosaurs [ENCORE]

This is a rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes from season 9! Do fungi breathe? That’s what listener Alice wants to know - and we’ll find out in our punniest episode yet! We visit the Fungarium - the largest and oldest collection of fungi in the world with curator Lee Davi ...  Show more

This is a re-broadcast of a favorite episode from 2019. We actually won our first AAAS Kavli Award for this episode, along with The Cave of the Underground Astronauts. Check it out! Why do seals have whiskers? Listener Karah’s question dives into the wonderful world of whisker sc ...  Show more

When did Dinosaurs live? What did dinosaurs eat? Join us for this episode of “Music to Our Ears”, when we travel back in time to make friends with Stegosaurus and observe from our imaginary hideout T-Rex. 🦖 You can download here the vocabulary for this episode to help you learn ...  Show more

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte consulted on the new “Jurassic World: Dominion” movie, and helped director Colin Trevorrow introduce new species of dinosaurs into this final installment of the franchise. Steve shares some of the new dinosaurs you’ll see in the film, the knowledge h ...  Show more

Did you know that the dinosaur with the longest name is Micropachycephalosaurus? In this episode we answer questions from our listeners about dinosaurs.  Questions like, what caused the dinosaurs to become extinct, and What was the first dinosaur ever discovered? If you love dino ...  Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of their multi-award winning science/comedy show. They kick off with arguably any child's first interest in science - dinosaurs! They are joined by comedian Rufus Hound and palaeontologists Susannah Maidment from the Natural Histor ...  Show more