Episode 28: Bird Biology Bonanza

2024-03-18

This week, the Interactome team is joined by Dr. Alex Champagne, Associate Professor of Biology at University of Southern Indiana! The team talks all things bird physiology — the age old question of flight evolution, interesting anatomical structures, and Dr. Champagne’s current work (which just got published, by the way)! After listening to the episode, read about how skin lipids in desert bats suggest wing and tail membranes are important to evaporation cooling! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1095643324000473

After listening to the episode, read about how skin lipids in desert bats suggest wing and tail membranes are important to evaporation cooling! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1095643324000473

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Credits:
Audio/Video Editing: Sam Pickell
Artwork: Maia Reyes
Transcript: Margaret Downs
Intro/Outro Music: Geovane Bruno - Dancing In The Future

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:26 Meet Alex!
7:47 Discussing Bird Physiology and its Relationship with Evolution
19:54 Adaptation and Evolution
25:10 Alex's Work
42:23 Archaeopteryx and Microraptor
52:44 Rapid Fire Bird Questions
1:04:31 Outro
1:06:10 BONUS Everyone's Favorite Birds

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