Crash Course Zoology

Take a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals.

Episodes

  • Frontiers in Zoology: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Frontiers in Zoology

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    We review all that we've learned in this final episode.
  • What is a Species?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    What is a Species?

    S1 Ep13 |
    We try to figure what "species" really means.
  • Phylogenetic Mysteries: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Phylogenetic Mysteries

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    We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are!
  • Parasites: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Parasites

    S1 Ep11 |
    We explore parasites' ecology and evolution in our ecosystem.
  • Animals Working Together: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Animals Working Together

    S1 Ep10 |
    We dive into the amazing ways animals interact with each other.
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    Reproduction

    S1 Ep9 |
    We explore sex and gender and how animals pass down genetic information.
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    Ancestral & Weird Senses

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    We discuss how animals use senses to explore their environment and communicate.
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    How Animals Hear

    S1 Ep7 |
    We explore the evolution of ears and animals' genetic adaptations of them.
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    How Animals See

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    We walk through the history of eyes, how they work, and vision's evolutionary advantage.

About Crash Course Zoology

Crash Course Zoology will take a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals. Host, wildlife ecologist, and conservation scientist, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant will guide us across the tree of life as we endeavor to answer what makes an animal an animal anyway?