Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
If it lacks a backbone, we're interested. In this podcast, we're exploring the world of invertebrates, discovering the amazing lives they lead, and thinking carefully about our relationhips with these much-maligned creatures. With the help of experts, we are lifting stones, peering into the water and grubbing in the filth.
Podcasting since 2020 • 38 episodes
Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
Latest Episodes
Insect Flight with Abbey Hayes
Today, its time for a lofty subject, as it were: Tom is joined by Abbey Hayes to discuss the original (and best?) form of flight: insect flight. We’ll be delving into millenia-long developments, and considering wild unknowns. We'll specul...
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The Monarch Butterfly with Richard Rachman
Alert! Alert! This is a time sensitive episode! The new year monarch count is nearly upon us, and if you want to get involved, now is the time!www.westernmonarchcount.orgWhether or not you are geographically able to...
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Episode 36
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Spiders of Alvars with Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris
What on earth's an alvar?In this episode, you can discover precisely what an alvar is, and learn about the spiders that live there. We consider what it means to study a place with reference to animals, and vice versa. Jillian Suh Kurovs...
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Episode 35
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Jellyfish with Bailey Steinworth
Whats going on with these jellyfish then? What are they, and what are they up to? In this episode, Tom is joined by jellyfish scientist Bailey Steinworth to wrestle with the challenge of the jellyfish. How much sense can we make of a gela...
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Episode 34
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Moss Safari with Andy Chandler-Grevatt
Microscropic laughs are lurking in the green. Come and discover tardigrades, rotifers, nematodes and more with Andy Chandler-Grevatt, educator and man-of-moss. We discover 'the big 5' of the moss world, think about life at a wholly different sc...
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Episode 33
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