Into the Island of Bats - Shelf Life #14

The island of Cuba is a key piece of the puzzle for two bat researchers trying to understand biodiversity in the Caribbean. Find out why on an expedition with mammalogists J. Angelo Soto-Centeno and Gilberto Silva Taboada, joined by Ana Luz Porzecanski, director of the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

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Episode 1: 33 Million Things
   • 33 Million Things - Shelf Life #1  

Episode 2: Turtles and Taxonomy
   • Turtles and Taxonomy - Shelf Life #2  

Episode 3: Six Ways to Prepare a Coelacanth
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Episode 4: Skull of the Olinguito
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Episode 5: How To Time Travel To a Star
   • How To Time Travel To a Star - Shelf ...  

Episode 6: The Tiniest Fossils
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Episode 7: The Language Detectives
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Episode 8: Voyage of the Giant Squid
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Episode 9: Kinsey’s Wasps
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Episode 10: The Dinosaurs of Ghost Ranch
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Episode 11: Green Grow the Salamanders
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Episode 12: Six Extinctions In Six Minutes
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360 Episode: Fossil Hunting In the Gobi
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Episode 13: Nothing But the Tooth
   • Nothing But the Tooth - Shelf Life #13  

Episode 14: Into the Island of Bats
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