Episode 215 - Ferns

With several thousand living species, ferns are the second most diverse vascular plants around today, after angiosperms. Ferns are also abundant and well-known in the fossil record. This episode, Aly joins us to explore the dizzying variety of ferns and their ferny-friends, past and present.

In the news: When the Earth Was Green, weird wasps, and ancient claws. And also dire wolves.

Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:04:20

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:46:45

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:37:00

Patron question: 02:20:40

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When the Earth Was Green:

bookshop.org/p/books/when-the-earth-was-green-…

libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250354211-when-the-ear…

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0