Big Biology

Cameron Ghalambor, Marty Martin

Booking Overview

This is an in-depth biology and science interview show featuring external researchers, professors, and science authors discussing evolution, genetics, ecology, climate, neuroscience, disease, and the origins of life. Credible pitches include accomplished biologists, ecologists, evolutionary scientists, biomedical researchers, and authors with substantial research or public-science expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need recognized subject-matter authority and compelling work.

Metrics

Episodes: 183

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 425 subscribers

Instagram: 1.1k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@bigbiology.org

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Host

Cameron Ghalambor - Evolutionary biologist and science podcast host whose work focuses on biology and evolution.

Marty Martin - Biologist and science podcast host focused on communicating research across the biological sciences.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established researchers, university professors, scientific specialists, science writers, or authors with significant expertise in biology and a distinctive research program, book, or scientific perspective.

Required Achievements:

Peer-recognized research contributions, University professorships or senior research appointments, Published science books or substantial science communication work, Development of influential biological hypotheses or long-term research programs

Recent Guest Discussions

David George Haskell - Flowering Plants, Ecosystems, Plant Evolution, Genomic Innovation, And The Relationship Between Humans And Flowers.

Diego Vázquez - Plant-pollinator Interaction Networks, Coevolution, Neutral Models, Ecological Abundance, Long-term Ecological Research, And Declining Solitary Bees.

Matt Kaplan - Scientists Who Were Ridiculed Or Disbelieved, Scientific Orthodoxy, And Reforms That Could Encourage Bolder Research.

Fran Bonier - Wildlife Endocrinology, Hormones, Stress Physiology, And The Biology Of Adaptation.

John Wingfield - Hormones, Stress, Seasonal Adaptation, Climate Change, Allostasis, The Challenge Hypothesis, And Emergency Life-history Theory.

Recent Topics

Science, Biology, Evolution, Ecology, Genetics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Big Biology

Conservation in a cup with David Lodge

October 01, 2026

How do you find an invasive species that no net can catch? What happens to the scientist whose research samples end up in federal court?In this episode, we talk with David Lodge, a freshwater ecologist at Cornell University and past president of the Ecological Society of America. In 2009, David’s lab detected invasive carp from DNA in bottles of Illinois River water, including above the electric barrier meant to keep the carp out of the Great Lakes. That result helped found the field of envir...

A tribute to slow science: remembering Bob Ricklefs

September 10, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit bigbiology.substack.comWhat was distinctive about Bob Ricklefs’ mentorship style, and how did he influence his students and collaborators? What were Bob’s major contributions to biology, and how did these ideas leave a lasting legacy on the field?In this episode, we commemorate the life and work of Bob Ricklefs, who passed away recently. Bob was a giant in the fields of ecolo…

Flower power (Ep 153)

August 13, 2026

How have flowers shaped the modern world? Why do we and many other species have such intimate and long-term relationships with them?On this special episode, we talk with David George Haskell, a writer and biologist. We discuss his most recent book, How Flowers Made our World, which explores the creative powers of flowering plants. Big Biology blogger and Biology PhD student, Clayton Glasgow, interviews David as an outreach project for the Young Voices of Science program. They discuss how flow...

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