Season 4
The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies
This fungus was actually manipulating ants’ and forcing strange movements.
The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies
How Whale Evolution Kind Of Sucked
We explore the origin of the Mystacodon, what we know today as baleen whales.
How Whale Evolution Kind Of Sucked
Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?
There is one group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal catarrhine primates.
Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?
It started with the production of one specific molecule and its ability to evolve.
Why Does Caffeine Exist?
How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles
The epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible and even striking.
How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles
Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not
In 2003, microbiologists made this huge discovery.
Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not
Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years
Paleodictyon, a hexagonal-patterned fossil, is a bit of a mystery. What could it be?
Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years
Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record?
Diictodon used burrows to breed and a male parent may have stayed behind to feed it.
Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record?
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion
Large feline roamed Eurasia and Its fossils have been found across the continent.
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion
Ants have been farming for 60 million years! We explore how, when and why they started.
When Ants Domesticated Fungi
The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body
Would it really be impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology?
The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body
Why Sour May Be The Oldest Taste
Sour used to be the taste of danger. But, now its role has reversed.
Why Sour May Be The Oldest Taste
How the Smallest Animal Got So Simple
This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, evolved from something bigger and more complex.
How the Smallest Animal Got So Simple
The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last
Only a few million years ago, Hyenas lived very different lives from what we know today.
The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last
The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal
A truly enormous ichthyosaur reached its size within just a few million years.
The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands
The giant pterosaur's occupied the empty Hateg Island.
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)
We learn why all mammals today, from humans to bats, have five fingers or fewer.
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)
How Horses Went From Food To Friends
With evidence from from art, archaeology, and ancient DNA, we put together horses history.
How Horses Went From Food To Friends
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again
Here's why teeth would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrate.
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again
Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?
Dinosaurs were not just carnivores or herbivores; they were occasional omnivore too.
Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?
How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side
Around 10,000 years ago, a parasite made a huge leap and found its way to a new host: Us.
How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side
Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)
The Snake Detection Hypothesis is deeply embedded in primates, including us.
Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)
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