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Take a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals. Host, wildlife ecologist, and conservation scientist, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant will guide us across the tree of life as we endeavor to answer what makes an animal an animal anyway?

We review all that we've learned in this final episode.
We try to figure what "species" really means.
We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are!
Episodes
We review all that we've learned in this final episode.
We try to figure what "species" really means.
We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are!
We explore parasites' ecology and evolution in our ecosystem.
We dive into the amazing ways animals interact with each other.
We explore sex and gender and how animals pass down genetic information.
We discuss how animals use senses to explore their environment and communicate.
We explore the evolution of ears and animals' genetic adaptations of them.
We walk through the history of eyes, how they work, and vision's evolutionary advantage.
We take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some evolved to lose them.
Extras
Who is the mysterious woman at the funeral for Alison Wilson's husband?
Lotta competes in the Music Maker Championship. / Carl forgot his bottle caps at his dad’s.
Carl gets a universal screwdriver./A storm creates a hole in the walkway to Carl’s house.
Carl needs help organizing his plushie collection. / Carl loses his bouncy ball collection.
Carl’s scratch-n-sniff sticker lost its sniff! / Carl’s baby blanket has a mysterious hole.
Forrest can’t control himself to wait his turn./Carl has big plans for his sleepover.
Carl learns about Sheldon’s fear./Carl is excited to start a butterfly collection.
Nico is tired of being mistaken for Arugula./Carl is excited to play Lint Dino Monday!
Carl wants to prove that bikes aren’t for babies./Carl and his friends build a tree fort.
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