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You have been reading about the biologists behind the Ask A Biologist website. Now you can listen to them in our popular biology podcast show. Dr. Biology has been speaking with many of the biologists that are discovering new worlds and exploring new frontiers in biology. There are over 100 episodes and we continue to add more interviews. Each show includes a full written transcript and content log.

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Pauline Davies and Robyn Williams

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 009
Guest: Pauline Davies, Robyn Williams

Dr. Biology sits down to learn from two of the best science journalists in the world. Listen in as he gets some pointers from Pauline Davies and Robyn Williams.
remote sensors in the ocean

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 008
Guest: Susanne Neuer

Professor Susanne Neuerfrom the ASU School of Life Sciences talks about her research and how a person in the southwest desert can be studying deserts in the oceans. Yes, we said deserts in the ocean. Listen in to find out why.

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 007
Guest: Ron Rutowski

Biology, butterflies, and violin ballads are just a few of the things Dr. Biology talks about with ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Ron Rutowski.
Andrew Smith holding a baby Panda image

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 006
Guest: Andrew Smith

Journey to the Tibetan plateau in China for an interview with conservation biologist Andrew Smith. Dr. Biology learns about a cute furry animal called a Pika and how it is the key to survival for many animals that live on the plateau.

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 005
Guest: Cheryl Nickerson

Space travel and microscopic organisms. What interest are these two things to ASU School of Life Sciences Professor and Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson? Tune in to find out.
Pierre Deviche ASU

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 004
Guest: Pierre Deviche

An interview with biologist Pierre Deviche and his passion for recording some of natures most interesting animals. Humans are not the only animals that have dialects as you will learn in this show. Dr Biology tests your skills again with a mystery animal quiz at the beginning of this show.

Bert Holldobler ASU

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 003
Guest: Bert Hölldobler

An interview with, biologist, movie maker, and Pulitzer Prize winning author Bert Hölldobler. Venture into the world filled with amazing facts and feats by an animal that will remain a mystery... at least until you listen to the clues at the beginning of this episode and make your own guess.

Gro Amdam

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 002
Guest: Gro Amdam

An interview with biologist Gro Amdam, one of the members of the group that brought us the bee genome. Hey just what is a genome and could bees hold the answer to aging? In this show we learn the answers to these questions and why researchers are buzzing around bees.

David Pearson

Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol. 001
Guest: David Pearson

An interview with biologist David Pearson, an author and expert on tiger beetles. Did you know that tiger beetles can run so fast that they go blind and just what would it be like to be hunted by these tiny, but ferocious animals? These are a few of the questions that we learn the answer from our guest biologist.

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