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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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions
Made possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Kelly R. Dwyer & Erin Talbert
Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm
Delphinology Part 2 (DOLPHINS) with Justin Gregg
Delphinology Part 1 (DOLPHINS) with Justin Gregg
Field Trip: My Butt, a Colonoscopy Ride Along & How-To
Chickenology Part 2 (HENS & ROOSTERS) with Tove Danovich
Chickenology Part 1 (HENS & ROOSTERS) with Tove Danovich
Smologies #21: SLEEP with Chris Winter
Domicology (ABANDONED BUILDINGS, RECYCLED HOUSES & GHOST TOWNS) with Rex LaMore
Chronobiology (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS) Encore + 2023 Updates with Katherine Hatcher
Smologies #20: FISHES with Chris Thacker
Detroitology (DETROIT) with Aaron Foley
Field Trip: An Airport Full of Neuroscientists
Environmental Toxicology (POISONS + TRAIN DERAILMENT) with Kimberly K. Garrett
Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT) with Tina Lasisi
Scotohylology (DARK MATTER) with Flip Tanedo
Laryngology Part 2 (VOICE BOXES) with Ronda Alexander
Laryngology Part 1 (VOICE BOXES) Ronda Alexander
Aperiology (MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY) Encore with Joseph Saunders
Oneirology Part 2 (DREAMS) with G. William Domhoff
Oneirology Part 1 (DREAMS) with G. William Domhoff
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