A Dinosaur Named Sue

The Everglades National Park Join us today as we learn about one of the largest and most diverse National Parks in the United States. Sources: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/pinelands/native-flora-and-fauna https://www.everglades.org/the-everglades-handbo ... Show More

Who Is Barack Obama? Join us today as we learn about the forty fourth President of the United States. Link to Sonya Sotomayor https://anchor.fm/inquisikids-daily/episodes/Who-Is-Barack-Obama-e1udj63 Sources: https://kidskonnect.com/people/barack-obama/ https://kids.kiddle.co/Bara ... Show More

Who Is Mae Jemison? Join us today as we learn about the first black woman in space--Mae Jemison. Sources: https://kids.kiddle.co/Mae_Jemison https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Mae-Jemison/327536 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mae-jemison S ... Show More

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It's a sad life being a dinosaur called Irritator. Everyone thinks you're irritating! Written especially for this podcast by Simon. 

A 245 million years old fossil named Nyasasaurus parringtoni was officially determined the earliest known dinosaur on 4th December, 2012; meaning dinosaurs had roamed the Earth at least 10 million years earlier than the previously believed "dawn of the dinosaurs."Unearthed in Tan ... Show More

67 million years ago the most famous meat-eating dinosaur prowled the earth - the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At it's full size, this prehistoric apex predator was taller than a double decker bus and weighed more than seven tonnes, whilst it's teeth were the size of bananas. But how much ... Show More

When you picture a dinosaur, what does it look like? For Jingmai O'Connor, paleobiologist and associate curator of reptiles at the Field Museum of Chicago, the dinosaurs she studies look a lot more like birds. "If you looked at an artist's reconstruction of something like Velocir ... Show More

Two small creatures are at the heart of today’s questions, sent in to curiouscases@bbc.co.uk.The Tiniest Dinosaur "What is the tiniest dinosaur?" asks young listener Ellie Cook, aged 11.Our hunt takes us from the discovery of dinosaurs right up to the present day, which is being ... Show More

When you imagine the sound of a dinosaur, you probably think of a scene from the Jurassic Park movies. How do sound designers make these extinct creatures sound so believably alive? And what does modern paleontology tell us about what dinosaurs REALLY sounded like? This guest epi ... Show More

Gramma G-Force is doing some good ole fashioned weed-whacking... with a battle ax?! This reminds Mindy and Guy Raz of the new scientific discovery in Chile, where scientists have learned more about the ankylosaurs dinosaur, known for its sharp tail, not unlike an ax! Join Mindy, ... Show More

Tristan Hughes explores Ancient America's true age; how 19th-century fossil discoveries across North America revealed a history far older than previously believed, challenging the notion that the Americas were a 'New World.' Tristan is joined by Professor Caroline Winterer as the ... Show More