The Miocene, the right teeth for the right job - Today we chat about the Miocene. During this epoch, kelp forest spread along the shoreline, creating habitat for otters and pinnipeds. The climate cooled and forest gave way to open grassland.

The Oligocene, getting cold and growing huge - Today we talk about the Oligocene epoch, when the climate cooled and forest gave way to areas of open land. Grass spread beyond the lake shores and river sides where it had been living,

The Eocene, giant birds and proto-herds - We cover the Eocene epoch, including early horses that lived in forests, but didn’t climb trees. We also had early forms of bores, rhinos, whales and primates.

Why would Paleocene males lay eggs? - Today, Phil and I get back to talking about the history of life and evolution, with the Paleocene epoch. During this time the birds spread out and diversify, along with the mammals.

More rocks - After episode 184, phil and I were outside on the porch. We got to chatting about the bits and pieces about geology and rocks that hadn’t fit within the last couple of episodes. So, we setup the equipment,

Washington state rocks - Today, brother Phil and I chat about the geologic history of our home state. Washington State; it’s made of rock. When I was talking about the supercontinent of Rodinia, I miss spoke. I said that happened from 1.

Life rocks - To take a bit of a break from life and natural history, we talk about geology, which is part of natural history, and life, which is part of life. Specifically we talk about rocks that are formed by life.

Cuddling Cretaceous dinosaurs - Today we chat about the Cretaceous period, when some of the most well-known dinosaurs appear. In this period, birds became much more like modern birds. Flowering plants spread across the land,

What did Jurassic dinosaurs taste like? - Today we cover the Jurassic period, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, growing large and being in charge. One group began, during this period, to evolve toward becoming birds,

“Ridge” not “Trench.” Correcting and expanding episode 179 - We blame the sickness. Both of your hosts managed to catch, and were suffering from, a rather nasty little chest cold. In episode 179, on the Triassic period, we mispronounced,