The Naturalist Podcast Episode 4: Spring! Salamanders, Inermiidae, Gulls and Epitokes, and the Upcoming Moth Season.

Spring is moving like a freight train into the North.  Salamanders are moving into breeding grounds with all sorts of mysteries, Lev gets started with his fish spotting for the year while Sea gets a new family in the Bahamas.  Nick investigates gulls in CT and Zach makes a video of interesting worm biology.  Moth season starts!

Link to Dave Shaw: www.david-w-shaw.com
Wikipedia definition of Polyploidy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyploid
Wikipedia definition of Neoteny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny
Oops! Inermiidae are closely related to Haemulidae, not Lutjanidae! : http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=479
Nick Bonomo’s Gull adventure: http://www.shorebirder.com
Dancing Worm Sex Organ: https://youtu.be/g1lq_QMirdI
Zach Kobrinksy: zachariahkobrinsky.com
Finding Moths: http://nationalmothweek.org/finding-moths-2/

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