- 154
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 81
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 306K
- YouTube views
About The Biologic Podcast
Welcome to the Biologic Podcast, an audio exploration of the incredible world of living things. The journey begins at the dawn of life, almost 4 billion years ago. In this ancient eon, biochemical reactions gave rise to ordered systems (the cell) capable of replication. The key to this replication is the genome, and the DNA itself. At this point, the journey expands in scope; we will explore the process of evolution, then move through hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history until we come to the modern day, to survey the modern world's biodiversity. Then we'll take a step back to look at the ecological interactions of all this life, and the resulting biomes that define the surface of our planet Earth. Our journey through the biological realm takes a sudden turn; having learned about life at the grandest scale, we now return to the ground, to look in greater detail at the various organisms that share this world with us. We first explore the physiology & diversity of plants, and then same for the fungi. Moving from flora to fauna, we explore the physiology & diversity of animals, up to and including the human being. For the ever-curious listener, there are many great discoveries and insights to be had in the world of the biological.
- Publisher
- Isaac V
- Category
- education · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
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15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 137 - Hymenoptera II - Apocrita - The Stinging Wasps, Bees, & Ants

15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 136 - Hymenoptera I - Symphyta - The Wood Wasps & Sawflies

15 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 135 - Insect Metamorphosis
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Episode 137 - Hymenoptera II - Apocrita - The Stinging Wasps, Bees, & Ants
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In addition, some bees have adapted mouthparts that allow them to store a large quantity of pollen in their mouth as they fly around. In a few clades, including the orchid bees, the honeybees, and the bumblebees, they've evolved a unique structure, formerly called a corbicula, less formally called a pollen basket. This corbicula can take one of two forms. It can either be a dense patch of hairs that pollen can be pressed into, or it can be a literal cavity in the tibia, an open pouch built into the distal leg segment that pollen can be scraped off or pressed into. These pollen baskets allow the bee to carry a larger, denser load of pollen, making them that much more efficient at their work. […]
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- YouTube views
- 306,243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 57 ratings
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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