That's Just Wild

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah go in search of romance and Valentine’s vibes in the animal kingdom 💕🐾 And just a head's up, adult themes are discussed so this episode might not be suitable for small ears.... How common is monogamy in the natural world? 💍🌿 How different positions make reproduction more likely… in frogs 🐸👀 The obscene noises made by 95-year-old tortois...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! Where on earth do eels actually go to reproduce… and why is it still such a massive mystery?🪱🔍 🧠 Why do some animals have brains in the weirdest, wildest places? 🪳 🎥 When filming out the the WIld, Steve Lizzie and Sarah discuss the fine line between observing nature… and...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah are getting Muddy — plunging into the gloopy, squelchy, wildly misunderstood world beneath our feet. 🐾 Frrom mud-loving marvels like the Chilean helmeted bullfrog 🐸, to the paradox frog whose skin slime could help treat diabetes 🧪 Sarah shares experience wrestling with sharp-tooth catfish, and explains how some dolphins use mud as a huntin...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! Are any animals left-handed? 🦀🤨 Did dinosaurs shed their skin like snakes? 🐍🍌 And do any animals other than humans have baby teeth? 🦷👶🐘 📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Ju...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive into the weird and wonderful world of exoskeletons — and why critters and crustaceans deserve more love. 🦀🐞 From the bizarre process of moulting 🐛 to the mad scientists who tried to build exoskeletons for humans (and then attempted to get eaten by a snake to prove they work 🐍😳), and why ladybirds are a gardener’s best friend 🌱 but...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! Why do dogs love rolling in fox poo? 💩🦊 Why do pine martens delay having babies? 🧭🤨 And how do midges form massive swams in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦟 📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wher...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Lizzie and Sarah are seeing blue 💙 — and discovering why it’s one of the rarest, cleverest and most mind-blowing colour in the natural world. Lizzie dives into the science behind the jaw-dropping blues of the electric blue tarantula, Morpho butterfly, and the Hyacinth macaw. 🕷️🦋🦜 Discover why guillemot eggs look like tiny blue works of art, each one totally unique...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A 🎙️🌍, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! Do animals experience anxiety… even flies? 🧠 Why is Alfred Russel Wallace Steve’s hero? 🧭📚 And Cope's Rule: why do animals get bigger over time? 🐴 📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team 💚 🔔 Make sure you fol...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Lizzie and Sarah get sketchy. We’re talking animals that thrive on risk & love living on the edge.. and that includes our hosts! And Steve sends us a message from Chile 🇨🇱, where he’s hoping to track down the elusive puma 🎥😼 Sarah and Lizzie dig into… How barnacle goose chicks launch themselves off 100 metre high cliffs 😱 The sneaky Bluestriped Fangblenny, who...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! 🎙️🌍 🧬 What’s the real skin difference between us humans, our ape cousins, and our ancient ancestors? 🤰 Are there other animals like seahorses where the males get pregnant? 🕷️ Do tarantulas recognise or remember their owners in captivity? ...Steve shares a story of one flir...

This week, on That's Just Wild, we revisit our favourite moments from 2025: Hypnotising a shark by turning it upside down? 🦈 Does Sarah have parasites? 🦠 Why we need to protect ugly animals... Plus, THAT banana slug story. 🍌 📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to the whole team! 💚 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts...

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas from all of us at That's Just Wild! 🎅 Steve Backshall has a secret he's been burning (or should I say, freezing?!) to let you all in on... Plus, a rerun of our first ever episode: Freezing 🥶 What do you get when a polar bear mates with a grizzly 🐻‍❄️ A walrus starts making music 🎶 And a scientist decides to freeze themselves on purpose?! 👨‍🔬❄️ A wild podcast episo...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! 🎙️🌍 👩‍🍳 Are there any chefs in the animal world that prepare food simply for taste? 🦇 Why do bats not fall off the ceiling when hibernating? 🐟 And how on earth did fish start breathing air? 📝 Leave us a review to let us know what you think — every comment means a lot to...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Lizzie and Sarah go deep, discussing the wild world of the deep, dark ocean 🌊🦑 And Steve sends us a message from Indonesia 🇮🇩, where he’s filming the latest season of Deadly 60 🎥🐍 The clever ways that manta rays use the depths of the ocean to help them navigate 🧭 Octopus Gardens discovered by deep-sea submarines 🐙🚢 And are whale falls one of the greatest sight...

On this week’s That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle more of your wildest questions! 🎙️🌍 What are the animal sounds we can’t hear — and how might they be connected to our understanding of the supernatural? 🐘👻 Which animals act most like they’re in a soap opera? (There’s a lot of scandalous behaviour in the animal kingdom!) 🎥🎭 And how do squirrels remembe...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie and Sarah dig into the surprising creatures making a living in urban environments. 🦛 Hear how hippos are making a habit of munching on people's lawns for a midnight snack🌿 🐻 Meet Hank The Tank: Lake Tahoe's beloved 500-pound house burglar 🦹 🦈 And uncover how artificial light is helping breaching great white sharks make a comeback in South Africa 💡...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts tackle your latest wild questions! 🎙️🌍 🐊 What’s Steve’s number-one rule for meeting wild animals - and how it helped him during a close call with a huge crocodile? 😳 🐝 How does a hive choose its new queen? And why are tiny Queen bees being mailed around the world? 📦👑 🐍 The team reveal which snakes show parenta...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie and Sarah delve into some of the strangest and most spectacular stories from the natural world! 🌍✨ 🐋💙 Steve relives the unforgettable moment he swam alongside the largest animal on Earth — a true ocean giant. 🕷️ Meet Namibia’s spoor spider a crafty hunter that catches ants… then cooks them on scorching desert sand. 🐜🔥 🐠🍑 And discover the mischie...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts dive into another batch of brilliantly bizarre questions from you! 🎙️🌍 ⚔️ Do animals know how strong they are before they choose to fight — and how do they size each other up in the wild? 🐾💥 🦈 The team discuss why a dissected dogfish had no brain..❓🧠 🦀 And find out what a crab is really doing in that viral vid...

This week on That’s Just Wild, we're celebrating World Jaguar Day with an episode packed full of Spotted cat brilliance! 🐆🌎 🐆💥 Jaguars that crush turtle shells and take down crocs — and Steve’s wild front-row stories! 🎨🐈‍⬛ Why big cats wear spots, rosettes and bright colours — and how that bold fur is actually perfect camouflage. Plus we meet the world’s smallest cat, the rusty-spotted cat,...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q+A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts tackle your latest wild questions! 🎙️🌍 🦌 Why do deer, reindeer and moose shed their antlers? Steve breaks down the mystery of the fastest-growing bone tissue on the planet. 🦴💫 🐍 What’s the deal with two-headed snakes? Are they different species — and can other animals grow two heads? 🌿 Thinking of a career in c...

It's a Scotland special this week on That’s Just Wild 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Steve, Lizzie and Sarah explore the very best that Scottish wildlife has to offer.   🦈 What happened when Steve searched for basking sharks off Scotland’s west coast? 🐳 🦦 Where's the best places to spot orca, otters and seals, (oh my!) off Shetland? 🦞 Plus, how conservationists around the wor...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts are back to tackle your wildest questions from the animal kingdom! 🎙️ 🌍 What are keystone species — and why are animals like sea otters and Salmon so important for the planet? 🐟🦦 🐈 A Cornish cat survives three months trapped in a shipping container — how did it do it? 🕸️💧 🐝⚡ Discover how Bees and spiders...

🪸 This week on That’s Just Wild, we’re delving into the vibrant beauty of coral reefs and to learn more about the incredible creatures that make them so special 🐢🐙. Steve tells us about that time he got told off by a Clown Fish 🤡🐠 🔊 Why these little ocean oases 🌊 are louder than you think (and the incredible reason noise is so important 🎶🐡) 💪 And how ‘Super Coral’ might be the answer to...

🌿 This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into more of your wildest questions! 🎙️🦁 ❓ What actually is a Plankton... and does it really have anything to do with size? 🌊🔬 🦩 What makes a Flamingo pink — and can other birds turn pink too? 💕🪶 🧦 Plus, Steve’s got a great use for his old used tights... 😆 📝 Leave us a review to let us know wha...