Lazy Biology Productions present WTF, Biology Podcast. We explore the lesser known and under appreciated strangeness that exists in the world around us. Each week we will dive into a different topic that will leave you asking, "WTF, Biology?"
In this bonus episode, I discuss some of my favorite co-evolved plant-pollinator relationships. I also include a portion of my conversation with Dr. Lindsie McCabe that ended up on the cutting room floor for last week's full episode.
You can learn more about Lindsie and her research by visiting her website https://twitter.com/Lindsie_McCabe (https://twitter.com/Lindsie_McCabe). You can also find her on Twitter @Lindsie_McCabe (https://twitter.com/Lindsie_McCabe)
If you're interested in participating in citizen science, you can check out iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/), and/or bumblebeewatch.org (https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/)
As always, music for the show is by Dr. Ron Deckert. Find his music at soundcloud.com/ron-deckert (//soundcloud.com/ron-deckert).
2 Jun 2021
Episode 12: National Pollinator Month with Dr. Lindsie McCabe
In celebration of #NationalPollinatorsMonth, my guest and I talk about the lesser known and under-appreciated pollinators--native bees and flies. I am joined by Dr. Lindsie McCabe, an entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research (https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/) lab, otherwise known as the bee lab. Check out more on how to make your garden bee friendly here: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pollinators-month-june/#:~:text=National%20Pollinators%20Month%20in%20June,bats%2C%20and%20other%20natural%20pollinators. (https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pollinators-month-june/#:~:text=National%20Pollinators%20Month%20in%20June,bats%2C%20and%20other%20natural%20pollinators.)
You can learn more about Lindsie and her research on her website lindsiemccabe.wordpress.com (https://lindsiemccabe.wordpress.com/). You can follow her on Twitter @lindsie_mccabe for awesome bee and other pollinator related science.
The citizen science resources we mentioned are here:
https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/ (https://www.bumblebeewatch.org/)
https://www.inaturalist.org/ (https://www.inaturalist.org/)
https://beespotter.org/ (https://beespotter.org/)
Follow WTF Biology on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and/or TikTok @wtf_biology. Music for the show is by Dr. Ron Deckert. Find him at soundcloud.com/ron-deckert (//soundcloud.com/ron-deckert)
20 May 2021
Episode 11 Living under a rock has its merits with Dr. Jenna Ekwealor
Deserts are extreme places bouncing between too hot and too cold; too dry and too wet. But moss have found a way to buffer those extremes. Join Dr. Jenna Ekwealor and I as we discuss the strange lifestyle of hypolithic moss, namely moss that live underneath rocks. You can learn more about desert mosses at https://3dmoss.berkeley.edu/ (https://3dmoss.berkeley.edu/) Check out Jenna's hero scientists here: https://www.esf.edu/faculty/kimmerer/ (https://www.esf.edu/faculty/kimmerer/ )https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/kirsten-fisher (https://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/kirsten-fisher) Listen to Dr. Ron Deckert's music on soundcloud.com/ron-deckert (//soundcloud.com/ron-deckert). This week's song is Green Rain. Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @wtf_biology in all the places.
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