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A podcast for curious kids (and adults) about a collection of spectacular specimens and the stories they can tell us about life on Earth.
Join Brandi and Paige as they open drawers, cabinets, and freezers full of specimens (a.k.a: dead animals used for research) at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. In each episode, they’ll unlock exciting discoveries about one of our planet’s most remarkable creatures and learn how they can help us solve the mysteries of our living world.
Spectacular Specimens is a production of KUOW, part of the NPR Network, in collaboration with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Download the Spectacular Specimens Listen-Along Activity Book and complete a fun activity paired with each episode.
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- Pssst! We're going inside the Museum for 'Spectacular Specimens' · 1 minInside every drawer, cabinet, and freezer at Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture lies a collection of spectacular specimens (...that’s right, dead animals used…
- Dermestid Beetles: The Flesh-Eating Cleanup Crew · 21 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 1ALERT: There’s a top secret crew cleaning up the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Meet nature’s tiniest janitors - dermestid beetles! These incredible insects have…
- Sea Otters: Fierce Behind the Fluff · 24 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 2SWIMMING INTO THE RING! The cutest champion of the Pacific– THE SEA OTTER!!! Don’t let those cute faces fool you. Sea otters are incredible marine wrestlers packing some serious…
- A 66-Million-Year-Old Mystery · 30 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 3BREAKING NEWS: An ancient mystery is embedded in the rocks of Montana! What happened to Fly By the Triceratops? The Burke Museum’s dig team is hot on the trail of a prehistoric…
- Performing Nightly: The Mysterious, Marvelous Bat · 28 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 4Bats have been the stars of the night time world for centuries. Join us as we peek behind the curtain of their nightly performance to find out some of bats’ most remarkable…
- Hummingbirds: Swords for Sugar!? · 30 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 5These aren't just cutesy wootsy sugar-loving birds - they are tiny gladiators! Join us at Seattle's Burke Museum where high-speed cameras and 3D printed beaks reveal the secret…
- Howl you doing? City Coyotes Tell All · 26 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 6Enough with the rumors! Get up-close with the specimens of the most cunning city celebrity --coyotes!! Untangle the fact from the fiction
- A Spider Space Oddity! · 28 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 7Spiders have been floating through the air like tiny astronauts for millions of years, but scientists never knew how many until a volcano's eruption changed everything! Check out…
- The Mysterious Twilight Zone Whale · 24 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 8A whale with a bird-like beak lives 3,000 feet underwater where the pressure would crush humans. When one washed ashore, scientists finally had a chance to study how this…
