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Danielle Lee: Chasing Tender

November 22, 2019

When scientist Danielle Lee travels to Tanzania to study pouched rats, she finds she's more of an outsider than she'd expected.

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In Ecology Tags Danielle Lee, field work, Black in STEM, Tanzania, Africa, animals, Season 9

Adam Selbst: Acting Like Prey

November 15, 2019

Adam Selbst competes with tigers for the attention of his mother.

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In Ecology Tags Adam Selbst, tigers, conservation, mothers, family, animals, Season 9

Erika Hamden: The Baby Falcon

November 15, 2019

Weighed down by the burden of leadership as she supervises the construction of a telescope, Erika Hamden finds comfort in an unlikely spot.

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In Astronomy, Physics Tags Erika Hamden, animals, falcon, physics, telescope, astrophysics, leadership, Season 9

Devon Kodzis: Freaky Little Frog Ears

November 1, 2019

Zoology student Devon Kodzis's strategy of attracting boys with fun animal facts proves difficult.

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In Ecology Tags Devon Kodzis, zoology, animals, love, dating, Story Collider producer, Season 9

Paula Croxson: I Know This Monkey

August 23, 2019

A routine procedure with one of the primates in her lab becomes much more complicated when neuroscientist Paula Croxson cuts herself with the scalpel.

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In Neuroscience Tags Paula Croxson, Season 9, animals, primates, lab work, surgery, Story Collider producer, neuroscience

Rodrigo Solis: Desperate Measures

July 26, 2019

Veterinarian Rodrigo Solis thinks he's found the perfect job -- taking care of horses in the Mexican Army -- until a new commander takes over.

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In Biology Tags Rodrigo Solis, veterinarian, military, animals, career, Mexico, Season 9

Heather Hamlin: Think Heavy

June 21, 2019

Biologist Heather Hamlin leaves the safety of the lab for her first field assignment: tagging alligators.

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In Biology Tags Heather Hamlin, biology, field work, animals, Season 9, alligators

Gianmarco Soresi: You Are the Company That You Keep

April 26, 2019

Gianmarco Soresi learns more about cats than he ever wanted to when his girlfriend adopts five.

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In Biology Tags Gianmarco Soresi, Season 9, cats, comedy, animals, pets

Tracy Rowland: An Inhospitable Smell

April 26, 2019

In a battle over her apartment's air quality, cat foster mom Tracy Rowland discovers how to use her kitten's parasite as a weapon.

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Tags Tracy Rowland, Season 9, Story Collider producer, cats, animals, smell

Laura Kehoe: My First Ever Conservation Job

April 12, 2019

When conservation scientist Laura Kehoe writes about a surprising chimp behavior, the media takes it wildly out of context and the situation spirals out of control.

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In Ecology, Science Communication Tags Laura Kehoe, Season 9, conservation, primates, chimpanzee, media, animals, religion

Joseph Mendelson: Gringo Perdido

December 21, 2018

When herpetologist Joseph Mendelson gets his an opportunity to do fieldwork in Guatemala during his first year of graduate school, he struggles to connect with the locals.

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In Biology, Ecology Tags Joseph Mendelson, herpetology, Guatemala, field work, Season 8, culture, communication, language, animals

Andrew Oberle: A Deadly Lesson

December 15, 2017

Anthropologist Andrew Oberle barely survives an attack by the chimpanzees he was studying.

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In Biology Tags Andrew Oberle, animals, chimpanzee, recovery, attack

Cylita Guy: A Shirt Full of Bats

November 24, 2017

Ecologist Cylita Guy finds unexpected adventure when she studies bats in the field.

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In Ecology Tags Cylita Guy, bats, animals, field work

Jeff Braden: Raising Chimpanzees Like Children

August 25, 2017

While working as a schoolteacher, Jeff Braden gets a phone call out of the blue from a renowned chimpanzee expert.

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In Biology, Psychology Tags Jeff Braden, animals, chimpanzee, language, NC State

Gifford Wong: A Half-Ton Fish-Eating Machine With Teeth

August 11, 2017

In Antarctica, scientist Gifford Wong attempts to save a seal that has gone into “dive mode.”

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In Marine Biology, Biology Tags animals, Gifford Wong, Antarctica, Weddell seal, arctic, field work

Yael Fitzpatrick: Does Anybody Have a Flashlight?

June 9, 2017

Yael Fitzpatrick and her theater technician friends attempt to save a sea turtle.

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In Ecology Tags animals, turtles, Yael Fitzpatrick

Evon Hekkala: Catching a Man-Eating Croc

March 17, 2017

Ecologist Evon Hekkala travels to Madagascar to help protect a village from a man-eating crocodile.

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In Ecology Tags Evon Hekkala, Madagascar, crocodile, ecology, animals

Drew Prochaska: Sharks Named Tim and Sally

February 24, 2017

Drew Prochaska decides to confront his fear of sharks -- by going swimming with them.

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In Marine Biology Tags Drew Prochaska, sharks, phobia, animals

Patrick Freeman: Elephant Time

September 30, 2016

Patrick Freeman is studying elephants in Namibia when he receives terrible news.

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In Ecology Tags Patrick Freeman, ecology, animals, elephants, Namibia, field work, grandparents, grief

Aaron Wolfe: The Inseminator

August 5, 2016

Aaron Wolfe seeks meaning through labor at a kibbutz dairy farm -- and finds himself tackling some rather unexpected tasks.

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In Agriculture Tags Aaron Wolfe, animals, Judaism, farming, insemination
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