the Best Biome
The Best Biome Podcast
Three prairie biologists make the ever-growing argument for why grasslands are the world’s best biome.
Nicole, Rachel, and Allan discuss the deep evolutionary history of the plains, the intricacies of unique grassland ecosystems, and frequently just lose our minds about absurdities like ostriches stealing each other’s children.
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Three prairie biologists make the ever-growing argument for why grasslands are the world’s best biome. Features hosts Rachel Roth, Nicole Brown, and Allan Saylor of Kansas-based nonprofit Grassland Groupies.
This month on The Best Biome, Rachel takes us on a trip to the wetter, saltier cousin of grasslands: seagrass meadows! Is she making a desperate reach to connect the dots, or is she absolutely right that ”seagrass meadows are the grasslands of the oceans?” Decide for yourself, dear listener, and get ready to think more about seaweed than you have in a while. Plus, there’s manatees! A very special episode awaits.
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- Rundell, Katherine. 2024 Vanishing Treasures. Penguin Random House. ISBN: 9780385550826
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