Creature Feature

From discovering the origins of butts, to finding the mystery glitter-pooper at zoos, it turns out that poop can teach us a lot about animals. And later, I’ll be joined by the real-life Batman of Mexico Dr. Rodrigo Medellin, to talk about glowing poop and long-nosed bats! Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UkCm9D4Wc818HkwurBKIYkzIfjlzrimgClDLV7LsQZs/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about yo...

We’re taking on scary urban legends about animals, and showing you that there’s nothing to fear! Well… okay, maybe there is, but it's not what you think! Join us with special guest Maggie Mae Fish. Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zPY_hNdmrgUy8GgrctKEBmwielWQNYfv080KVAxzjDo/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/li...

I'm answering listener questions again, from what makes ticks tick, to platypus egg cuisine, to attack of the clones! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question, how delicious is your sweat?  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, these squirrels are NUTS! with Adam Ganser! Giant flying squirrels, rainbow squirrels, and goth squirrels! Dissquirrelver this and more as we answer the age-old question: is that dried squirrel pee you’re using as an aphrodisiac, or are you just happy to see me?  Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kh0Q0Wi_dyvRwnbJN7Nlr1urhJr9G6lSMxEVjz767jk/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about...

MEERKATS! What are they? Why do we love them? What are the horrifying, salacious details of meerkat murders? And where’s the love for their kinder cousins, the banded mongoose? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: war… HUH, what is it good for? Absolutely mating!   Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ONuZIv1NQKBFQeaTMMMPzjDssHDdDN61RB74j-TAMY/edit?usp=sharing Learn...

What the crab are crabs up to? Are crabs building a crab-ciety? What kinds of crabstructions are the crabs crabbing up crab? Discrabber this and more as we answer the age old crustacean, uh I mean question, should we all be crabs?  Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15fGxThb_XQJ3DJBlfJM5HWL8TqTn6-xZ36jcx2I1lrA/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcas...

All the animal news that’s fit to paw-print, and a dose of extra science just for you with guest Shereen Lani Younes! Whales caught hugging on camera, Angelina Jolie covered in BEES, and a new glowing toadlet just dropped! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: can you get sued by a bee for copyright infringement? Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zS50O8TnvmSwQLDnB-...

I'm reading your emails and questions about how bugs taste, graveyard dogs, juvenile delinquent birds, and existential ponderings about evolution. Discover this and more as we answer the TRULY age old question: zebras, black with white stripes or white with black stripes? Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nUQgscnJ7qOZSadnOGZZRhqjMtpMSLVutKXfXIyPvRw/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about y...

We are getting to the bottom of some viral animal stories! Are these real animals? Real behaviors? Or hogwash? From deep sea War of the Worlds aliens, to long ducks, to kissing carp, we’re taking on internet rumors and separating fact from fishion with Robert Brockway and Seanbaby. Footnotes : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h9K21PgnglD8PvDZBsoh5e2df6eAxOAGzHAy58MsOVg/edit?usp=sharing Learn mo...

Planet’s haunted guys! From ghostly worms, to eight-armed specters, to ghost bats far scarier than any vampire, we’ve got a passion for possession when it comes to these cute hauntings! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: what are ghost dogs with Bridget Greenberg. Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikmVakjOrOSpD-9Ge4oRw9s11rIQS6cYOv35SquEXt8/edit?usp=sharing Lea...

We’re talkin' about the world’s most spectacular fliers, from the tiny and nimble hummingbird, to the bird with a wingspan longer than any basketball player. We’ll cover mammalian gliders and murmurating starlings with Anna Hossnieh! Footnotes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBtY8v-AzSXBY7KZdGCIU__QavLFCvXLub1IEputujQ/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpod...

We're going on a deep dive on three listener questions with Kristi Yamaguccimane! From killer kangaroos to pesky parasites, to evolutionary copycats! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: Why is Australia?  Footnotes: Google doc with all the images for this episode  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5PQ9z3QffxZAjwudtmSh1ENv7L9W8sl_u9LKBcGiys/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about...

BROOD X has been waiting 17 years to emerge from the ground. What is Brood X? Should we panic? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: How is it fair that swarms of baby turtles are considered cute, but swarms of bugs are considered “horrifying,” with Mara Wilson.  Footnotes: Cicada Cicada tymbal  Cicada sounds Holes left by mass cicada emergence (warning for trypophobia) Lots of...

We’re talking all things lagomorphs, from hares to rabbits to domesticated bunnies! We’ll learn that rabbits don’t lay colorful eggs, but they DO eat their own poop! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: could a rabbit fly on those ears with enough thrust? Find out with our special guest Joelle Monique! Footnotes: Pika (but no pikachu)!  A black-tailed jackrabbit Another jackra...

We’ve got round-trip tickets to crustacean station, and I’m answering all your shrimpy questions. What is shrimp? How big they get? What’s up with that poop vein? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: are shrimp just tiny lobsters? Join us with guest Danl Goodman on this journey under the sea. Footnotes: Deep sea shrimp?! EYELESS deep sea shrimp?!?! A pistol shrimp's big meaty...

We're talking about animals who can rebuild themselves like some kind of T-1000 with Dave Schilling! Self-decapitation, magical dolphin healing, and the incredible regeneration that’s happening inside our very own bodies! Footnotes:  Self-decapitating sea slug!  Salamander limb regeneration!  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

I answer your questions about everything from penis bones to the origins of life Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From mathematical bee sex, to baby animals who are cute little calculators, to the way math can produce some of the most beautiful living works of art in the natural kingdom, these word problems are no problem at all! Join us as we explore mathanimals with Daniel Whiteson! Footnotes: Bee sex diagram (with the help of pokemon) Zebrafish! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcast...

Pallavi Gunalan and I are going to check out some animals that you typically would think of as being small, but sometimes get super large and very hunky chunky! From moths to snails to frogs and pollywogs, these animals will give you a HUGE surprise! Footnotes: Hercules moth! Hercules moth caterpillar Atlas moth with snake head wingtips Giant African land snail  Black Sea Hare Goliath frog Dart th...

We’re getting to know some of the most fascinating noses in the animal kingdom with Hana Michels and Dave Bell! From a fantastical cryptid, to the real-life incredible noses that you couldn’t make up! Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: why are bats?  Footnotes: Nosewalker cryptid! A very "convincing" taxidermy Another interesting "rhinograde" Not quite factual taxidermy! Uni...

We’re talking about the biggest daredevils with Alex Schmidt. When it comes to derrieres, the pop stars of posteriors, the analysts of… well, you know. How do you survive a trip through a frog? What are some unconventional uses for a sea cucumber? And do you really need a butt? Footnotes:  Water scavenger beetles   The daring Houdini act of the water scavenger beetle The pearlfish at home sweet ho...

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Today on the show we’re gonna take a BITE out of TROGLOBITES! What happens deep in the cold, dark depths of caves? How does anything stay alive down there? What happens when you don’t need eyes? Find out with guest, Michael Swaim. Footnotes: Mexican blind cavefish! Cave wolf spider! Texas blind salamander!  THE OLM! Aka "Human fish..."  Cave leeches, oh dear... White cave velvet worm :3  All Yeste...

From the shiny and splendiferous scale worms of the deep, to scuba diving lizards, these animals all have one thing in common: they are 100% glam. Join us as we explore these extravagant trend setters with special guest Danl Goodman. Footnotes:  Elvis worm!  Elvis worms fighting, oh no!  Scale worm jaws, extra oh no!  Living beetle jewelry  Shiny diving lizards, oh my! Shiny diving lizards caught...

We’re talking all things Jurassic, as we fact check Jurassic Park! Was John Hammond in over his head? Could life uuuuuuuuh find a way? And are T-Rexes eyesight REALLY based on movement? We’re digging up dinos and the truth with Kay B! Footnotes: Baby T-Rex was a cutie pie! Yutyrannus was a monstrous chicken More art of yutyrannus Deinocheirus: world's most terrifying muppet?  Deinocheirus, like Bi...