Crash Course Zoology

Released: 2021-04-15

Runtime: 15 minutes

Episode Overview

In the inaugural episode, we endeavor to answer just what an animal is, because as it turns out, it’s complicated! But before we get there we’ll need to introduce you to zoology more broadly, tell you about taxonomy (the branch of science dedicated to naming and describing organisms), and then we’ll get to phylogenetics (which looks at traits, evolutionary history, and relationships among living things).

Series Overview

This fourteen-episode series takes a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals, guiding us across the tree of life as we endeavor to answer what makes an animal an animal anyway? Explore the current state of the world and how it's evolving with in-depth looks at particular animals, showing how the science is applied.