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  • <p>Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that measure longer than a city bus. Playing female whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself the center of attention of a group of male <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/north-atlantic-right-whale">North Atlantic right whales</a>. Will she be able to gather crucial data before a breaching whale crashes down on her boat? Find out in this podcast from the <a href="http://education.eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a>.</p>

    North Atlantic Right Whale: One Species at a Time
    Dec 22 2009 - 3:14pm
    Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that measure longer than a city bus. Playing female whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself...
  • <p>What <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/coral-reefs/">reef</a> animal comes in a rainbow of crazy colors, can throw out its stomach to immobilize predators, then creep away and regrow a brand-new stomach? It’s the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic delight by some cultures and beginning to yield some of its secrets to scientists. Follow <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast">Podcast of Life</a> host Ari Daniel Shapiro from Chinatown to the reefs of Fiji to learn more about these amazing creatures.</p>

    Sea Cucumber: One Species at a Time
    Feb 3 2010 - 4:20am
    What reef animal comes in a rainbow of crazy colors, can throw out its stomach to immobilize predators, then creep away and regrow a brand-new stomach? It’s the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic...
  • <p>In this episode of the <a href="http://education.eol.org" target="_blank">Podcast of Life</a>, students from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in Massachusetts and La Salle Academy in Rhode Island question shark researcher Greg Skomal about a charismatic predator at the top of the ocean food chain: the <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/great-white-shark/">Great White Shark</a>. Learn some surprising facts and the answers to questions like what preys on the Great White and do they mate for life?</p>

    Great White Shark: One Species at a Time
    Mar 12 2010 - 10:55am
    In this episode of the Podcast of Life, students from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School in Massachusetts and La Salle Academy in Rhode Island question shark researcher Greg Skomal about a...
  • <p>In this episode of the <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast/" target="_blank">Podcast of Life</a>, learn how three fiery, painful stings during an early morning swim in Hawaii changed the life of researcher Angel Yanagihara. Once the young biochemist had recovered from her box jelly encounter, <em>Carybdea alata</em> had her full attention. Now she works to unlock the secrets of venom of these beautiful, and sometimes dangerous, angels of the sea.</p>

    Box Jellies: One Species at a Time
    Apr 2 2010 - 12:16pm
    In this episode of the Podcast of Life, learn how three fiery, painful stings during an early morning swim in Hawaii changed the life of researcher Angel Yanagihara. Once the young biochemist had...
  • <p>Coral reefs are bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns. Can reefs spring back from devastating bleaching events? In this episode of the <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast/" target="_blank">Podcast of Life</a>, Ari Daniel Shapiro and researcher Dr. Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium, journey to the remote Phoenix Islands to find out.</p>

    Coral Reefs: One Species at a Time
    May 11 2010 - 3:27pm
    Coral reefs are bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns. Can reefs spring back from devastating bleaching events? In this episode of the Podcast of...
  • <p>How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to Smithsonian’s<strong> <a href=" http://www.mnh.si.edu/" target="_blank">National Museum of Natural History</a></strong> in Washington, D.C.? Call in the U.S. Navy! In this episode of the <strong><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast/" target="_blank">One Species at a Time</a></strong>, find out how <em>Operation Calamari</em> unfolded and how the museum managed to put their new giant squid on display.</p>

    Giant Squid: One Species at a Time
    Jun 2 2010 - 12:31pm
    How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.? Call in the U.S. Navy! In this...
  • <p>Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast/" target="_blank">The Podcast of Life</a> by science contributor Josh Kurz, who tells the story of dinoflagellates through "music from the bottom of the food chain." There are "billions of these microscopic creatures in every bucket of the salty sea," Kurz reveals. Learn which dinoflagellate has a special glow, and which one is responsible for killing more people every year than sharks.</p>

    Dinoflagellates: One Species at a Time
    Jun 8 2010 - 8:33pm
    Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of The Podcast of Life by science contributor Josh Kurz, who tells the story of dinoflagellates through "music from the bottom of the food chain." There...
  • <p>In this episode of the <strong><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast " target="_blank"> Podcast of Life</a></strong>, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to discover a white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery "lips." This isn’t a creature from outer space. Meet Riftia, a tube worm that lives in deep-sea vents, and learn the surprising lessons this denizen of the abyss is teaching scientists about life on Earth.</p>

    Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time
    Jun 14 2010 - 4:31pm
    In this episode of the Podcast of Life, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to discover a white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery "lips." This isn’t a...
  • <p>What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen? In this episode of the <strong><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast" target="_blank">Podcast of Life</a></strong>, learn how a tuna fisherman and a biologist are teaming up to tag <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/atlantic-bluefin-tuna-thunnus-thynnus">bluefin tuna</a></strong>, and how those tags are revealing surprises that might help save tuna from their own popularity in sushi restaurants.</p>

    Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: One Species at a Time
    Jul 8 2010 - 6:57pm
    What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen? In this episode of the Podcast of Life, learn how a tuna fisherman and a biologist are teaming up to tag bluefin tuna,...
  • <p>Follow researchers Candy Feller and Dennis Whigham from the <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean_collaborators/smithsonian-environmental-research-center/">Smithsonian Environmental Research Center</a> as they scramble, climb, crawl, and creep through the tangled roots of a <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/mangroves/">mangrove</a> forest. In this episode of the&nbsp; <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast" target="_blank">Podcast of Life</a>, learn what’s threatening these unique ecosystems where the ocean meets the land.

    Mangroves: One Species at a Time
    Jul 14 2010 - 10:01pm
    Follow researchers Candy Feller and Dennis Whigham from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center as they scramble, climb, crawl, and creep through the tangled roots of a mangrove forest. In this...
  • <p>No iguana wants to be cooked alive on a hot rock and then served up as dinner for a Galapagos hawk. But it turns out the marine iguanas (<strong><em><a href="http://eol.org/pages/795986/overview">Amblyrhynchus cristatus</a></em></strong>) have a strategy that warns them of the presence of hawks they can’t see. They learned to tune in to a kind of police scanner…the alarm calls of mockingbirds.</p>

    Marine Iguanas: One Species at a Time
    Aug 10 2010 - 5:06pm
    No iguana wants to be cooked alive on a hot rock and then served up as dinner for a Galapagos hawk. But it turns out the marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) have a strategy that warns them of...
  • <p>Each month, the Naked Oceans podcast invites a leading marine researcher to pick the "critter of the month" by asking: if you were a marine organism, which one would you be? This month, <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/dr-nancy-knowlton/">Dr. Nancy Knowlton</a>, the Sant Chair for Marine Science at NMNH makes her pick: the Caribbean boulder star coral <em>(Montastrea cavernosa)</em>. Catch to the full podcast (and more episodes) on the <a href="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/oceans/">Naked Oceans website</a>.</p>

    Star of the Reef: One Species at a Time
    Sep 10 2010 - 3:03pm
    Each month, the Naked Oceans podcast invites a leading marine researcher to pick the "critter of the month" by asking: if you were a marine organism, which one would you be? This month, Dr. Nancy...