That's Just Wild

This week on That’s Just Wild, we’re turning up the heat 🥵 as Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive into all things fiery 🔥 The good, the bad, and the ugly of wildfires — and yes, sometimes they’re actually good for wildlife 🌿 🐎 How wild horses in Spain are being reintroduced to help reduce fire risks 🇪🇸 ⚡️🔥 From lightning storms to fire tornadoes, nature’s most electrifying displays ⚡️🌪️ Plus… 🛶...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into your wildest questions! 🎙️ 😱🦈 Do death-defying creatures really exist — and would the team reverse ageing if they could? 👵🧬 🐋 How do marine mammals hold their breath for so long underwater? ...Steve reveals the secrets of his six-minute freedive training! 🤿💦 🐬⛵Steve shares his most jaw-droppin...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Lizzie and Sarah are going full spooky season — sinking their teeth into the world of real-life vampires! 🩸 🦇 🌙🦋Meet nature’s true night feeders: vampire bats and even moths that sip blood, tears, and open wounds. 😬✨ 🐟 Steve shares his chilling encounter with a giant, vampiric candiru catfish. It’s the stuff of nightmares! 🌊😳 🩸 Vampires come in all s...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into your wildest questions! 🎙️ 🏙️ Which human-made places make the best homes for wildlife? From lizards on ancient walls to death adders in Aussie backyards... animals are moving in! 🦎🐍🌆 🐄 Can mosquitoes really kill a cow? 🌲 And if trees “talk” through underground fungi, could forests have memories?...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve , Lizzie, and Sarah explore how social media (and the fact we all have cameras in our pockets) is changing the world of wildlife! 🌍📱 🌐 From viral videos sparking conservation movements to scientists using social media to track migrations, the internet’s become a powerful tool for wildlife. 🐘🌍🕊️ 🛸 Drones are opening up incredible new ways to film wildlife...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts answer more of your wild wildlife questions! 🎙️ 🐟 Do fish wee? 🍺 What’s the ultimate post-snorkel pint in Cornwall? 🌆 What are the wildest (and most unexpected!) animals you can spot in our cities? Hint: one’s the fastest creature ever to live on Earth! 🦅⚡ 🐙 Plus… swimming with octopus in the UK — and why...

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve , Lizzie, and Sarah dive headfirst into nature’s golden season. 🍁✨ 🦌 It’s rut season! Red deer, musk ox and Welsh mountain goats are locking horns in battles that could date back 100 million years! ⚔️🐏 🐻 It’s that time of year — migrations on the move and bears are bulking up! Steve relives his close encounter with three huge bears fishing for salmon in an...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts tackle some of nature’s strangest and most surprising questions! 🎙️ 🇦🇺Why does Australia have so many wild and wonderful animals? (Hint: millions of years of isolation can do strange things...)🏜️🦘🐍 🧠👁️What’s the deal with the tuatara’s mysterious third eye — and is this modern-day mini Godzilla really one of...

In this week’s episode, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie spread their wings to explore how animals took to the skies! 🪽✨ 🦴 From hollow-boned birds to bugs that only sprout wings as adults, nature has engineered flight in some wild ways. 🦎 And in the forests of Southeast Asia, Draco lizards have mastered the art of gliding — proving you don’t need feathers to soar. 🌍 From feathers to flight, gliding to...

🕷️ Why are some tarantulas so brightly coloured? (Including Steve’s potential discovery of a new Electric Blue Tarantula species!)💎 🐬📡 How did dolphins and whales evolve the incredible ability of echolocation? 🌊 🔍And what are the best tips for keeping a diary or species log of your own adventures in the natural world?📒✒️🦋 If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail t...

In this week’s episode, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie dive into the wild world of natures sneakiest hitchhiker… the parasites! 🪱👀🦠 🐌 Worms that grow into Snails eyes 👁️✨, to tongue-eating isopods that become fish’s tongues. 😱🐟 🐝 Oh, and did we mention there might be up to a million different kinds of parasitic wasps?! So… are parasites gross, genius, or just the ultimate survivors? 🌍💡 📝 Leave...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into your wildest questions! 🎙️ 🐍 Why do some reptiles give birth to live young instead of laying eggs? 🥚 👅 How does a snake’s forked tongue work like a hammerhead shark’s wide head? 🦈🤯 🦢 And can a swan really pack enough strength to break a leg? (Spoiler: you might want to keep your distance!) If you...

In this week’s episode, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie discuss the animals who won't be winning any beatuy contests...👀✨ 🙈 Bald Uakari and Prabosis Monkeys - primates with a face for podcasts. 🐡 The infamous Blobfish gets a total glow-up under deep-sea pressure. 🌊 🤔 But let's be honest... beauty is in the eye of the beholder... so when does an animal become so ugly it's cute again? 🐗💖 📝 Leave us...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah answer more of your wild questions. 🎙️ 🕷️ What makes spiders the kings of causing phobia? 🐓 Why cockerels cock-a-doodle-doo but hens don’t? 💩 And how some very valuable bird poo has started wars throughout history. If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwi...

In this week’s episode, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie get mysterious... 🔮 🦑 Searching for the Colossal Squid (the real-life Kraken) 🧜 From the recently discovered to the myths that might actually be real... 🔬 And how even in 2025, new species are still being discovered. 📝 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 is a special sneak preview of our members-only episode with BBC Springwatch presenter, wildlife & nature filmmaker, and fellow Cornish resident, Hannah Stitful 🎙️🌿 For the full deep-dive interview, support the podcast and join as a member at thatsjustwild.com. You'll hear... 🎥 How she got into Wildlife Filmmaking... and went viral on TikTok 🌊 Exploring the amazing nature of Cornwall...

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts are back, tackling more of your wildest questions 🎙️ 🐚 Can Mantis Shrimp really punch through glass? 🐍 Where’s the best place to spot poisonous snakes in the UK? 🍄 And what’s the deal with Brazil’s glowing mushrooms? ...And the UK's top 5 best animals... according to Lizzie. If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the t...

Just a warning, this episode might get loud 💥 🤔Did you know that … The sperm whale is loudest animal on Earth — or it uses sound as a weapon!? 👶 Chimpanees can recognise the cry of human babies? 🌱 Or that plants scream? Steve, Lizzie and Sarah are here to bring the noise as they shout about the sounds of wildlife on our planet. 🔔 Follow That's Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you n...

This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into your wildest questions! 🎙️ 🌊 Why do Storm Petrels dance on the water (and make Steve want to write poetry)? 🦆 Do platypuses have stomachs—and why are they so tricky to film? 🐜 And do ants have hearts? If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsj...

In this week’s episode, we explore the staggering undertakings of nature’s most triumphant travelers. 🌍✨ 🦋 Monarch butterflies that embark on multi-generational migrations and amass in such numbers they break branches. 🌳 🐦 Seafaring birds that travel such long distances in their lifetime they could have gone to the moon and back… THREE TIMES! 🌙🚀 🕊️ And the glorious Wandering Albatross that...

What do mosquitoes, bedbugs, and elephants reveal about evolution? 🦟🐘 How our ancestors survived the brutal extremes of the Arctic? ❄️🔥 And where’s toughest enviroment to track wildlife? 🌳🧭🧊 Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts answer your questions on this week's Q&A. If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.co...

This week on That's Just Wild — animals that love to party! 🎉🥳 Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive into the wildest tales of the animal kingdom: 🐒 How some monkeys really enjoy a drink... 🐻 Bears and sharks getting into South American contraband...? 🦌🎅And the incredible truth about why Santa wears red and has flying reindeer... 🔔 Follow That's Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never...

Your nature questions answered! Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts discuss... Are Komodo Dragons really venomous? 🐉🧪 What makes the incredible spectacle of bioluminescence? 🌌✨ And why the eyes 👀 are what makes a predator. 🐅🎯 If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com or reach out on Instagram or YouTube @thatsj...

This week we delve deep (and deeper) into the mysterious, fragile world of the Cave Dwellers. 🦇 Lizzie, Sarah and Steve take us underground into some of the darkest places on the planet, as our trio share their amazing adventures in cave systems and the extraordinary species you can find there. We discover how delicate and staggeringly beautiful our cave systems are. We meet the fascinating Olm,...

How do elephants hear through their feet? 🐘👣🦻 Why do flamingos stand on one leg? 🦩🦵🤔 And the surprising reason that bugs love lights... 🐛💡😲 Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts answer your questions on this week's Q&A. If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com or reach out on Instagram or YouTube @thatsjus...