# Tim Caro
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tim caro (c. 1952 – ) is an evolutionary ecologist known for his work on conservation biology, animal behaviour, anti-predator defences in animals, and especially the function of zebra stripes. He is the author of several textbooks on evolutionary ecology.
Zebra Stripes, Animated Vases, Holocaust Story
Why Zebras Have Stripes
Guest: Tim Caro, evolutionary ecologist, and Professor of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
Tim Caro has dedicated nearly a decade of his life trying to definitively solve the mystery of why zebras have stripes. Earlier this year, h...
Arthurian Legend, Platypuses, Zebra Stripes, Holocaust Story
King Arthur and the Knights of the Evergreen Table Originally Aired on: May 28, 2019
Guest: Leah Tether, a faculty member and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studiesat the University of Bristol
Perhaps no legend in the English language has been as enduring as the story of King Arthur. Th...
History of Drugs, Iridescent Camo, Biomimicry
The Tangled History of Opium (Originally aired 1/31/20)
Guest: David Blistein, co-author with John H. Halpern, "Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned our World"
Our opioid epidemic is nothing new, as the Chinese could tell you--they fought for years to keep British opium out of their...
The Man in the Zebra Suit Knows the Secret of the Stripes
At four in the morning, Tim Caro roused his colleagues. Bleary-eyed and grumbling, they followed him to the edge of the village, where the beasts were hiding. He sat them down in chairs, and after letting their eyes adjust for a minute, he asked them if they saw anything. And if so, would they pl...
062: Unraveling the Mysteries of Animal Coloration and Why Zebras Have Stripes - Dr. Tim Caro
Dr. Tim Caro is a Professor of Wildlife Biology at the University of California-Davis where he has worked for 25 years. He received his PhD in Psychology from the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom and spent his postdoctoral training working on Serengeti cheetahs. Tim is a British ci...
Revisited: The Mystery of Zebra Stripes with Dr Tim Caro
This was the first ever episode of The Wild Life back in 2017, and it was never supposed to happen. That's right, The Wild Life, as a podcast, was an accident. The result of a series of unfortunate events. But that's life, isn't it? It happens in the most unexpected of ways. I never imagined that...
S2E23: SFI Working Group on Biodiversity
This bonus episode is an impromptu roundtable discussion that was part of a working group at the Santa Fe Institute in February 2024 on biodiversity and the sustainable development goals.
The Santa Fe Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the study of complex adaptive...
