Animal Moms: From Lion to Mouse
2:41 minutes
Animal mothers come in all shapes and sizes. One could be a 60-pound octopus dutifully guarding her eggs for hundreds of days on end in Seattle’s Puget Sound. Another could be a tiny mouse mom learning the meanings of her pups’ vocalizations to better ensure their survival. Several scientists share stories of their favorite animal kingdom matriarchs with Science Friday, just in time for Mother’s Day.
Segment Guests
Bianca Jones Marlin
Bianca Jones Marlin is a Ph.D. graduate of the Laboratory of Robert C. Froemke at the New York University School of Medicine in New York, New York.
Robert Froemke
Robert Froemke is an assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine and the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine in New York, New York.
Barbara King
Barbara King is the author of How Animals Grieve (The University of Chicago Press, 2013) and chancellor professor of anthropology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Craig Saffoe
Craig Saffoe is curator of Great Cats and Andean Bears at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Meet the Producer
About Becky Fogel
@beckyfogelBecky Fogel is a newscast host and producer at Texas Standard, a daily news show broadcast by KUT in Austin, Texas. She was formerly Science Friday’s production assistant.