Strange by Nature Podcast

Victoria is back this week and she starts things off with a list of animals that smell like familiar foods. Kirk tells us about the Red-lipped Batfish, an utterly bizarre creature from the ocean and Rachel rounds out the show this week with a suggested topic, glowing flying squirrels!  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynature...

This week Rachel goes in search of a bird lost to science for over 100 years and Kirk answers the question, "Where did all of these lakes come from?" Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

This week Kirk kicks off the show with the tallest canine in the world, the strange Maned Wolf. Rachel then takes us off the planet to the outer reaches of the solar system to learn about Haumea, a strange dwarf planet shaped like a giant rugby ball.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com  

Victoria kicks things off this week with a surprising story about Garlic Mustard that goes against everything we thought we knew.  Kirk then really stretches our minds by talking about extended cognition in spiders.  Rachel rounds out this week's show talking about a new discovery around dolphin language.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit u...

Rachel really kicks things off this week by telling us about the "human fish" that live in caves. Victoria is back this week and looking at how the gender of scientists can skew the results of research. Kirk rounds things off this week by talking about how hippos sweat a pseudo-blood to use as sunscreen.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us...

This week, Kirk talks about how Carl Linnaeus thought there were species of Wild humans and Monster humans. Rachel then tells us about carcinization, the evolutionary process that keeps turning species into crabs.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

This week Rachel kicks things off with a story about the Unicorns of the Sea, Narwhals! Guest Jarrod Klopp tells us about a newly discovered superfood fungus found in the Grand Prismatic pool at Yellowstone that may end up feeding humans in space. Kirk rounds out the week with by examining questions of Astrobiology. Is Earth-like life inevitable?  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us:...

This week Kirk talks about strange collective nouns for animals and an animal we never realized travels in herds until recently. Rachel tells us about the amazing quetzal bird with a three foot tail and Victoria rounds out this week's show with a series of updates chocked full of new updates to old stories.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit...

This week Victoria tells us about the strange armored spiny mouse. Kirk talks about real life dragons in the sea and Rachel rounds out the week with tales of the most colorful river in the world.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

Did you know that most other animals make their own vitamin C and we're the weirdos who don't? You won't find a goat or lemur with Scurvy. Kirk tells us all about it. Rachel then brings us on a journey of discovery under the sea to learn about the Sea Horse. Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

This week Rachel kicks things off by talking about Clown Fish and how they can actually change their sex! Guest Alicia Little has us fascinated with the science behind catnip and Kirk finishes up with an amazing story of how viruses make you more attractive to mosquitoes. Link to the cat study with cute graphics: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abd9135 Link to the cat video Alicia menti...

Happy Summer! This week, Kirk kicks things off by talking about another human parasite, Rachel details the re-discovery of one of the rarest bees in the world and Victoria tells the tale of a drowned child brought back to life.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com  

This week Victoria blows our mind with a story of beetles moisture farming though their anus, Kirk goes on a rant about the color of the sun and Rachel tells us a tale of a cool hermit crab with connections to the film/book Howl's  Moving Castle.    Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

Rachel kicks things off this week by finally talking about the Kiwi (the bird). Our guest this week, Noah, shares two topics, Chaga and Squirrels. Kirk rounds out this week with the most complex chimera known to science.  Link to the paper Kirk discussed: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(23)00458-X Check out Noah's music: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hgXZx0y...

This week we are joined by Bobby Frankenberger from All Around Science Podcast.  Kirk kicks things off with a bizarre tale of gambling, crocodiles and arousal.  Bobby brings the facts about why Guinea Pigs eat their own droppings Rachel rounds things out this week with new science on the sounds plants make.  Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit...

Rachel kicks things off with a strange news story of loons. Victoria then takes us on a journey into the parasitic world of Ox Peckers that leaves us laughing. Kirk FINALLY unravels the mystery of cubical wombat poop. We had a lot of fun this week, enjoy! Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

This week, Kirk talks about the bizarre possible relationship between having a pet and your child NOT having specific food allergies. Rachel then tells us the story of how an 8 year old boy ended up changing what we understand about ants. Victoria rounds out this week with updates on some popular stories from previous episodes.    Support us: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangeby...

What a treat, this week we are joined by Brett Sieberer. You may know him as the quiz master behind our anniversary shows but he's an incredible professional naturalist as well. Rachel kicks things off this week by taking us on a journey to discover just how high an insect an fly. Brett then takes us to the depths of the ocean in search of a mysterious unknown species of whale. Kirk rounds things...

This week, Kirk breaks our brains a bit by revisiting the color purple and thinking about how strange it is that we can see it at all. Rachel then reels in the largest sunfish in the world and you won't believe how bit it can get.  Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com

This week Kirk brings us the story of mysterious Blue Lava, Rachel discusses the strange shoebill and Victoria takes us on a search for 10,000 feet of missing rock.  Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com  

This week, Victoria talks about a strange interaction between dolphins and an anaconda. Kirk takes on the concept of time and Rachel brings us one of the strangest creatures ever on the show.    Space Travel Time Calculator: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/space-travel Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com Visit us at: strangebynatur...

This week Rachel kicks things off with a story about the amazingly fast growing invasive Japanese Knotweed. Our guest, Marika Bell then takes a fascinating look at how different animals perceive colors. Finally, Kirk rounds out the show describing a bizarre prehistoric fish that could cut you in half in less than the blink of an eye! We're all over the board this week and we couldn't be happier ab...

We have a ton of fun this week when Alicia Little returns to the show. Kirk kicks things off talking about living amongst real-life giants who are waging a war (no, really, he's serious), Alicia tells the amazing story of the unexpected natural source of the famous royal color purple and Rachel spins a tale of an entire ecosystem growing in the fur of a sloth.    Support us on patreon: patreon.com...

We made it! This episode marks the end of year two of the podcast and the beginning of year three. Thanks for coming along for the ride. There have been almost 325 different topics on the show so far and we're not stopping. We are, however, taking a pause this week to bring back fan favorite naturalist Brett Sieberer. He takes over the show asking us bizarre questions and having us play games like...

Rachel kicks things off this week with a story about an animal that, and I'm quoting Rachel here, kills things by "Being Slowly sucked into the mouth of your Cousin." Confused? You'll just have to listen.  Victoria then tries to unravel the mystery of a degenerative brain disease that perhaps ties together, flying foxes, mystery toxins, seeds, war, human diets and even alzheimer's and ALS.  Kirk w...