Strange By Nature Podcast

03/09/2024

The science behind blushing and a pollination story that turns what we know on its head!
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25/08/2024

Neurotoxins galore this week! From a terrestrial flatworm to the iconic cobra we really dive in.

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15/08/2024

Surgical ants, fish using jellyfish and animals interbreeding....what a wide scope this week!

Image credit: ants-Dany Buffat, fish-Tim Samuel

09/08/2024

From bird pirates to ant wars to light up bugs this week has it all! Check it out wherever you get podcasts

04/08/2024

Lionfish and a TV tower that killed millions of migratory birds...what an uplifting week lol. Find it wherever you get podcasts!

Tower Photo credit: fybush.com

27/07/2024

Kirk makes us think about why ambiguity makes us uncomfortable and Rachel talks about the world's heaviest parrot! Check it out wherever you get podcasts.

24/07/2024

Did you miss Leaf Blowers for Lizards? This was a wild episode. https://play.headliner.app/podcast/43019f1895434af399e98f9551d0d228/episode/strangebynaturepodcast.podbean.com%2Fb7da4a07-44ca-3a14-a3ee-026e5d47c77e?utm_source=facebook

15/07/2024

We were blown away by Kirk's story this week about scientists, lizards and a leaf blower! Victoria talks us through the phenomenon of playing dead and Rachel has a crisis about Alpha Gal syndrome. Check it out! New episode is put Wednesday!

Photo credit: lizards- Colin Donihue

06/07/2024

From space where a star passed Through our solar system to here on Earth where we drop 14.7 million screw worms every week in Panama....it's a wild time!

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Image credit: space-Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester

29/06/2024

From solar powered jellies to the literal sun, we truly cover it all this week! Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

20/06/2024

The largest, but extinct bird, the delicious morel mushroom and a scientist who takes his job very seriously. Truly. *chef's kiss*

Image credit: herpetologist João Miguel Alves-Nunes by Adriano Fellone, snake -Leandro Avelar

14/06/2024

Made you look!

Check out this week's episode where we go a bit everywhere from the length of day, to ostriches to a pretty venomous and colorful caterpillar! Find us wherever you get podcasts.

Image credit: caterpillar-Denis Crawford

06/06/2024

A condition that makes you see faces in new ways and a PSA on ticks...a wild time! Check it out wherever you get podcasts, now also on YouTube!
Image credit: PMO-Antonio Mello et. al

31/05/2024

A truly astonishing bird whose wingspan is two KIRKs and a beetle that sucks frogs dry. A wild and strange time this week! Check it out wherever you find podcasts!
(We're even on YouTube now!)

25/05/2024

How old are feathers? An Australian man caught what? Another man accidentally ate what?!?

Find out on this last week's episode of wherever you get podcasts!

17/05/2024

Do we have three of anything in our body? What about other organisms? What about a tapeworm...in a brain....eesh. We round out with how crabs are gonna help Florida's coral reefs. A wild ride, check it out wherever you find podcasts!

Photo credit: trilobozoa-Apokryltaros on Wikipedia, crab claw dentition- Earle Kimel

10/05/2024

A shark that walks on land and a beetle that walks through a frog's butt....see what we mean on this week's episode!
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Photo credit: Beetle- Kobe University

02/05/2024

What a Big episode this week! Coastal rays in Kirk's face and sunflowers that reach 30ft are just the tip of this episode. Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

Photo credit: Guinness Book of World Records (last sunflower pic)

25/04/2024

The gullets of pelicans, the final day of dinosaurs and an explosive flower! Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

20/04/2024

Is anyone else still reeling from Victoria's topic this week? No? Just me?

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11/04/2024

From long living ants to the highly sought after ambergris, this week's episode is a rollercoaster! Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

Image credit: ants- Gilles San Martin, ambergris- Shutterstock

03/04/2024

Strange by Nature is off this week as we are go exploring! We'll be back to regular programming next week. In the meantime enjoy these fun finds!

28/03/2024

A wild tale of relocation efforts and some seafaring exploration this week! Check it out wherever you find podcasts!

Image credit: beaver in box-Idaho Fish and Game

23/03/2024

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22/03/2024

Shrimp on land, ice that looks like hair and the fiercest hunters on the planet! Check it out on this week's episode wherever you get your podcasts!

Shrimp Image credit: James Kempton, Expedition Cyclops 2023

15/03/2024

Have you listened to our first episode of year 4?? With breaking new science, a mystery jellyfish and the deep sea pelican eel, we've got something for everyone! Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

Image credit: obelisk - Science Photo Library/Getty Images

07/03/2024

Three years!! Thanks to all of our listeners, we wouldn't be here without you. Or rather we'd be even stranger than we already are. The anniversary episode with everyone's fav game: eat, ride or jacket makes a return with our host take over from Naturalist Brett! Check it out wherever you get podcasts!

28/02/2024

Spaghettification, whale ear wax tales and the most painful plant round out this week's episode. What a wild ride it was! Check it out anywhere you get podcasts, and be sure to tune in next week for our Special Anniversary podcast!

22/02/2024

A crab with a face, hopeful news about Chronic Wasting Disease and a new continent are what await you on this week's episode! Check it out wherever you find podcasts!



Image credit for crab: Pixsharks.com

17/02/2024

Caffeine sources, human caused evolution and pearls, what else can you ask for in a podcast? Check it out wherever you get podcasts!