Plumage! Dance battles! Possible holographic disco birds? Natural History Museum of LA ornithology curator Dr. Allison Shultz is a professional plumologist aka feather expert. We visit the museum’s collection of rare specimens and chat about everything from fossilized dinosaur feathers to peacock tails, the fanciest roosters, quill pens, pigments, flight feathers, the blackest black birds, and why birdwatching is like seeing tiny purple raccoons zoom overhead. Birds: like Pokemon Go but weirder.
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Full-length (*not* G-rated) Plumology episode + tons of science links
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Experimental Archaeology (OLD TOOLS/ATLATLS) with Angelo Robledo
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Medusology (JELLYFISH) with Rebecca Helm
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Aperiology (MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY) with Joseph Saunders
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Bryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) Part 2 with Daniel Pfau
Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) Part 1 with Daniel Pfau
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Architectural Technology (COMPUTER PROGRAMMING) with Iddris Sandu
Nassology (TAXIDERMY) with Allis Markham
Penguinology (PENGUINS) with Tom Hart
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