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In our last episode, we learn how to drink tea, build human towers, watch the sunset forever and find the Ian inside all of us. 

We learn what happened to a two-thousand year-old toe, and what to do when our voices make you sick. 

Devil In The White City author Erik Larson helps us write gooder, and we tell you how to snack silently at the movies. 

Do you love going to the zoo? Want a behind-the-scenes peek into how zookeepers keep their animals safe and happy? Listen to this fascinating episode with Zookeeper Susan Summers as she tells us what it's like to take care of some amazing animals!  

Hello Internet! Welcome to another in our impromptu "Summer Fun!" series! This week, ZOOS! What do you do when you see a kid tapping the glass? Can you go to a zoo as a childish adult? Should you correct a parent spreading misinformation? What do you say to your kid when the anim ... Show More

As human civilization encroaches on wild animals' habitats, some face extinction. Learn how researchers hope to someday use frozen DNA sample taken from zoo animals to replenish wild populations in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart ... Show More

So... what do you do when a crocodile and a shark end up in your mine pit? AT THE SAME TIME.  

To answer this question, we’ll unpack a scientific battle centuries in the making, one that involves a serial killer elephant and a suicidal dog. We’ll also learn a new way that people who are ambivalent about zoos can now go to zoos in good conscience. Guest: Dr. Laurel Braitman ... Show More

Zoos in the modern world: Laurie Taylor talks to David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of 'American Zoo: A Sociological Safari'. Zoos blur the boundaries between culture and nature; animals and humans and separate civilisatio ... Show More

Mal angenommen, es gibt keine Zoos mehr. Sterben einige Tierarten dann schneller aus? Und sehen wir wilde Tiere dann nur noch auf dem Bildschirm? Ein Gedankenexperiment. 

For the past 50 years, visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. were able to see giant pandas. But recently, China asked for those pandas back. (Technically, all pandas in the United States are considered “on loan” from China.) With pandas in the news, we’re b ... Show More

Ian Sample meets the conservation biologist Liana Zanette, whose recently published research demonstrates that humans are now the super predator, inciting more fear in wild animals than even lions. She explains the ramifications of this knowledge for conservation techniques and t ... Show More

Today at the zoo, Ada and Gio are celebrating the 10 year birthday of the zoo! All the animals got to eat special treats, but the Panda ate his Apple pie too quickly and now doesn't feel good. It's up to them to find the magical flower that will make the Panda feel better! Learn ... Show More