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Why do we have five fingers, and not five, six or seven? And if we lose a finger, why can't we grow it back? In this episode you'll meet a scientist named Jessica Whited who's on a mission to learn the answer to those questions. She's studying Axolotls to see if we can learn their secrets to growing limbs after they've been lost. 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🦎What Kids Will Learn Why most humans have five fingers — and how evolution and our common ancestors shaped our hands. How

Do animals have friends? And what are those friendships like? In this episode we'll meet two scientists who have spent their life studying animal friendships. Karen Bales and Annaliese Beery each specialize in studying adorable animals who love to spend time with their closest friends. Listen in to find out what they've learned from animal besties! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🐭 What Kids Will Learn How scientists look at animal's behavior to try to tell what it might be thinki

Ever wondered what a fish sounds like? Spoiler: it’s way more interesting than “blub blub blub.” In this episode of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, we explore the strange and hilarious noises that fish use to communicate underwater — from tiny ticking herrings to the booping Gulf toadfish. Grab your imaginary snorkel, because we’re going underwater to hear the ocean in a whole new way. 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🌊 What Kids Will Learn How fish make sounds underwater using s

Why do some animals play-and some don't? That's what Evelyn wants to know. In this special collaboration with Outside/In, we investigate how and why animals - and people! - of all shapes and sizes play. Play scientists Juny Chu and Jackson Ham help us ask the important questions like: Can you tell an octopus to play? And what can rats teach us about why taking turns is important? It turns out that play is serious science! 🎧 Listen to the Episode This episode is a collaborat

Why do capybaras have such big teeth? Adrian had to know! To get to the bottom of this, we spoke to a biologist named Santiago Herrera Alvarez. Capybaras are Internet sensations, and Santiago can't get enough of them! Santiago's questions were even bigger than capybara teeth: how did capybaras, a relative of rodents like mice and rats, get to be so enormous? Tune in for a capybara rodeo, and stick around to find out how one little animal can grow to superstardom. Learn more

Why are there so many axolotls living in fishtanks (and in Minecraft), but so few in the wild?

Oops… Did we get cats all wrong? 🙀In last year’s Halloween episode, we may have called cats “evil” - and listeners had something to say about it. Listen to find if cat behaviorist Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado can change our purr-spective on cats! From spooky suspicions to paw-some facts, this episode is a purr-fectly spooky treat! 🎃🐈‍⬛  Learn more about Mikel and how you can study your cats in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured

We’re kicking off Season 10 with our guest POOPOLOGIST Laurel Wescott 💩 Listen on your fav pod player to find out why she studies poop and how it helps zoo animals stay healthy! 🐍🦦🐁 Learn more about Laurel and poop science in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Dr. Laurel Fink Wescott is the Animal Welfare Specialist at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon. Laurel researches conservation biology, wildlife conservatio

You may have heard their song, but have you heard their story? In our latest episode, cicada scientist Chris Simon helps us dig into the surprising science of cicadas - and figure out how they’re changing! Learn more about cicada history in our in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Chris Simon is a senior research scientist at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Among m

Welcome to the amazing world of spider sounds! 🕷️ Check out our latest episode to learn how spiders make music. Engineer and materials expert Markus J. Buehler gets us stuck in the strange sounds of spider webs 🕸️ Learn more about Markus and his musical projects in our bonus interview extra on Patreon ! 🎧 Listen to the Episode 🔎About The Featured Expert Markus J. Beuhler is the McAfee professor of engineering at MIT. Markus researches material science and the interactio