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Adapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture18. I Capture the Clefairy: Same-sex behaviour in evolutionWelcome to this brand new (and final for this season!) episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the fairy type. Our evolutionary connection to the fairy type is the topic of same-sex behaviour in evolution.In the Safari Zone, I get into the difference between sex and gender in an evolutionary context, the evolution of same sex behavior, and using fairy type pokémon as a case study in understanding how mi...2025-04-1532 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture17. The Draconic History: PhylogeneticsWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the dragon type. Our evolutionary connection to the dragon type is phylogenetics.In the Safari Zone, I get into what characters we name organisms based on, what aptations, adaptations, and exaptations are as well as illustrating these ideas and describing the characters uniting dragon type pokémon. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about the application of...2025-04-0136 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture16. The Meta(pod)morphosis: Evolution of InsectsWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the bug type. Our evolutionary connection to the bug type is the evolution of insects.In the Safari Zone, I get into what defines an insect and will review the representation of all the major insect orders in the pokémon games. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about more diversity in bug type pokémon. Last...2025-03-1127 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture15. To Kill a Kilowattrel: Evolution of FlightWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the flying type. Our evolutionary connection to the flying type is the evolution of flight.In the Safari Zone, I get into the evolution of flight in invertebrates and vertebrates using pokemon case studies. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about more diversity in flying type pokémon. Lastly, we will end todays episode with describing a re...2025-02-2533 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture14. It Was A Pleasure to Forge: Urban Impacts on EvolutionWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the steel type. Our evolutionary connection to the steel type is the impact of urbanization on evolution.In the Safari Zone, I get into what current evolutionary pressures of cities are on organisms which are reflected in game and how humans (both in and outside of the Pokémon world) have benefited from looking to adaptations of the organisms ar...2025-02-1134 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture13. I, Seviper: Evolution of Poison and VenomWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the poison type. Our evolutionary connection to the electric type is the evolution of venom and poison.In the Safari Zone, I get into the difference between venom and poison, how so many groups have evolved venom/poison, and introduce the idea of evolutionary arms races with pokémon case studies lines. During the pokémon professors rant, I appr...2025-01-2837 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture12. The Tynamo That Harnessed the Lateral Line: Evolutionary PhysiologyWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the electric type. Our evolutionary connection to the electric type is evolutionary physiology.In the Safari Zone, I get into what physiology is, how it evolves, and how some of the systems that we see in real life have been used to generate pokémon lines. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about the need for a d...2025-01-1432 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture11. Fahrenheit 006: Evolutionary Developmental BiologyWelcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the fire type. Our evolutionary connection to the ice type is evolutionary developmental biology.In the Safari Zone, I get into developmental modularity, novelty, and allometry with appropriate fire-type pokémon case-studies. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about pokémon eggs. Lastly, we will end todays episode with describing a regional variant of the Torkoal line...2024-12-3137 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture10. A Song of Ice and More Ice: Ice AgesEpisode Description:Welcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the Ice type. Our evolutionary connection to the ice type is ice ages.In the Safari Zone, I get into What ice ages are, what a glacier is and how they affected the environments we see today and how some pokémon show the impact of glaciation on evolution. During the pokémon professors rant, I a...2024-12-1739 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture9. One Flew Over the Archeops' Nest: FossilsEpisode Description:Welcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the rock type. Our evolutionary connection to the rock type is fossils.In the Safari Zone, I get into how fossils form, how we know what fossils are associated with what animals, and the basis for all of the fossil pokémon. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about the the lack of...2024-12-0341 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture8. Moby Diglett : Biogeography Episode Description:Welcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the ground type. Our evolutionary connection to the psychic type is biogeography.In the Safari Zone, I get into why geography impacts our understanding of evolution and how geography impacts the creation of species. During the pokémon professors rant, I appropriately rant about the separation of rock and ground typing. Lastly, we will end tod...2024-11-1930 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture7. Brave Mew World : Nature Vs. Nurture Episode Description:Welcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the psychic type. Our evolutionary connection to the psychic type is nature Vs. nurture.In the Safari Zone, I get into how mattpat (Game theorists) relied a bit too heavily on nature/nurture in explaining pokemon evolution in reference to eevee and then get into explaining the evolution of senses in a variety of psychic po...2024-11-0547 minAdapt or Die! The Evolutionary Biology of Pop Culture6. The Marowak in Black : Non-natural selection Episode Description:**TRIGGER WARNING - I discuss Residential Schools and how a regional variant may be able to educate on an international level about how Canadian history has its own darkness**Welcome to this brand new episode of Adapt or Die! The evolutionary biology of pop culture hosted by Austin Ashbaugh. The current cultural phenomenon we are discussing this season is Pokémon and todays episode is focused on the ghost type. Our evolutionary connection to the ghost type is non-natural selection.In the Safari Zone, I get into how natural selection is al...2024-10-2252 min