This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit bigbiology.substack.comHow have organisms changed the Earth and what can humans learn from its deep past?On this episode, we talk with Stephen Porder, a Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Org

How do natural selection and sexual selection interact? What can observing adaptive radiation in the wild teach us about evolution?On this episode, we talk with Dale Broder, an Assistant Professor at American University, and Robin Tinghitella, an Associat

What are spiny mice and why are they so social? What about their brains makes them gregarious? Might network neuroscience be a useful framework for understanding spiny mice behavior?On this episode, we talk with Aubrey Kelly, an Assistant Professor in Psy

What was life like in wartime England for a young female scientist? What about living and doing research for months each year with your daughters and husband on a remote island? On this episode, we talk with Rosemary Grant, Emeritus Professor of Ecology a

How do biologists study the influence of heat on organisms and how can this be applied to the study of climate change? What impacts mountaineer survival at high altitudes? On this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Professor Emeritus at University of Wa

How do biologists study the influence of heat on organisms and how can this be applied to the study of climate change? What impacts mountaineer survival at high altitudes?On this episode of Big Biology, we talk with Professor Emeritus at University of Was

Can we predict evolutionary outcomes if we know starting conditions? Do the products of evolution in nature differ from those studied in well-controlled lab experiments?On this episode, we talk to Katie Peichel, head of the Division of Evolutionary Ecolo

Can we study evolution in the wild? Are some species super-evolvers?On the episode, we talk with Alison Derry, a professor of biology at the University of Quebec in Montreal, and Andrew Hendry, a professor in the Department of Biology at McGill Univers

Can we study evolution in the wild? Are some species super-evolvers?On the episode, we talk with Alison Derry, a professor of biology at the University of Quebec in Montreal, and Andrew Hendry, a professor in the Department of Biology at McGill Universi

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