That's Just Wild

Nature is wild, but it can be flamboyant too 💅✨ This week, wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts discuss the most fabulously flamboyant animals that nature has to offer... 🕊️💙 How Bowerbirds collect blue pen lids to impress the ladies. 🕷️🌈 The crazy colours of a Peacock Spider. 🦎✨ And why some reptiles are more flamboyant than you might think...? 🔔 Make sure you f...

Can you train venom cells to target cancer cells? What are the benefits to being bisexual in the animal kingdom? And where are the world's very WORST places to film... ? 📹 Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions... If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjus...

Some good news stories about animals that have made it back from the brink of extinction! Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they discuss the weird and wonderful animals that still roam our planet having almost been wiped out. The thriving alligators of America, saving a Star Wars-esque antelope, and do Red Kites really go on lads holidays? 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just...

💢🐠 Are piranhas really as crazed as we think? 🪲🐛 How can we save British bugs? And what are the lengths that some wildlife TV shows go to to get the shot... 📹 Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions... If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com...

Why are animals cruel? ‼️ Warning: This episode contains content some listeners may find upsetting. This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts reveal some brutish beasts of all sizes! Plus, a new meaning to "hungry hippos", why you shouldn't trust dolphins, and the unexpected threat to innocent ducklings. 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get you...

Do sharks fart? 🦈💨 Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions... 🤔 What's a Narluga? 🎶 Why do birds sing at dawn? 🐢 Why do tortoises stay on land, but turtles go in the sea? 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 Y...

Which animal has the best disguise? 🥸 Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they explore the best shapeshifters in the animal kingdom. Why do clown fish change sex? Is that a jellyfish or a plastic bag? And what happens when Steve's pet chameleon makes a surprise appearance? 🔔 Make sure you follow That’s Just Wild wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an answer. 🚫📢...

What is the most improbable animal? Which animals have the most toxic parenting traits? And why aren't pandas ferocious like other bears? (Or are they...) Experts Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts are back with another Q&A answering your weird and wonderful questions about wildlife. If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thats...

How do birds know how to fly in formation? Why do flying ants all seem to appear at once? And what on earth is termite snow?! This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dig into the critters that operate as one. We meet the team players: from cicadas synchronising their song to ants that perform surgery on each other - and survive! Follow wherever you get your podca...

Can you hypnotise a shark? 🌀🦈 Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions on everything Shark... 🤔 Why do Hammerhead Sharks look like they do? ⏳ How do some sharks live so long? 🇬🇧 And will we ever see Great Whites in British waters? If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧...

How did Jaws change public perception of sharks? What makes something a shark? And why is Sarah travelling the world looking for them? Explorers Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are talking all things sharks. Watch Sarah and "Shark Man" Dan on All The Sharks , live globally now on Netflix, check it out here . Go to thatsjustwild.com to get ad-free listening, special deep-dive episode...

Do shark nets work? Which animal has the most toxic relationship? And why dolphins have the best PR of the animal world... It's time for another Q&A where Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts answer your wild questions. Plus, here are the books mentioned in this episode for any keen readers: The Malay Archipelago - Alfred Russel Wallace Climbing Mountain Probable - Richard Dawkins So...

Who are the punks of the animal kingdom? Why do honey badgers scare lions? Why are Cassowary birds so badass? Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring serious attitude to this episode of That's Just Wild. This week we meet the rebels, including: devil fire fish (taking over the Caribbean), turtles with Mohawks (that can breathe from their bum), and headbutting tenrecs...

Can sharks smell period blood? Is wildlife conservation effective? What happened to the Loch Ness Monster? Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are LIVE from Cheltenham Science Festival... With some familiar voices (Robin Ince and Dallas Campbell) AND an actual audience! Plus: The worst creatures to work with (don't have nightmares), frogs with extra limbs (save the amphibians) and what'...

Did you know hippos and whales share a common ancestor? Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts take on your questions: Why do rats get a bad rep (meet the real Pinky and the Brain)? Do animals learn from each other (don't eat cane toads)? Are there any animals that could outsmart humans (it's all about that hivemind)? If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the...

Vampire squids create shimmering decoys, scientists defrost a 45,000 year old worm, and banana slug mucus can numb toothache. Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts slide into this week's slippery episode and cover everything from whale anal syrup (be careful what you google!), exploding ants (that smell like curry) and the secret to your latest moisturiser (snail to the face, anyone?) Fol...

“When the jaws open wide, and there’s more jaws inside, that’s a Moray” wins the prize for the most creatively asked question in this week's Q&A ep. Why do Moray Eels have two sets of jaws? is not the only question Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts get their teeth into … but it’s the only one that gets an enthusiastically delivered duet. This week we also cover spider love stories...

Why is blue the hardest colour to produce? Why are bright colours rarely a mistake? And do albino snakes get sunburn? This very colourful episode is recorded on location at Longleat Safari Park , where Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are joined by some very special guests: A Burmese python with blue eyes called Monty (Python, Monty Python) A binturong, or bearcat, called Biscuit (wh...

Hypodermic syringe spines spurting venom a foot in the air, a thirty metre long parasite, and optimal giraffe neck length are just some of the topics covered in this Q&A episode. But that’s not all. Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are back using their incredible wealth of expertise, insight and anecdotes to answer your wild and wonderful questions. This week they include Steve’s...

What is venom? How does it work? And how do different species use it? Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are back with a bite this week, in a truly venomous episode of That's Just Wild. As well as some awe inspiring stories of poisonous creatures we get geeky with the science, and dive into the development of a universal *anti-venom. *Trigger Warning - this episod...

What do milking ants, silver foxes and pigeon Top Trumps have in common? They form the answers to some of the questions in our very first That's Just Wild: Q&A episode. Between them Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts have a wildly impressive wealth of experience of our natural world. Every week we raid it to answer your burning wildlife questions - sometimes serious, sometimes sill...

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? One wild first episode! Hosted by wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts, That’s Just Wild takes on a new theme every week and uncovers the wildest facts, stories, and science from nature. This week, things get freezing . We’re tal...

Welcome to That’s Just Wild. Launching on June 3rd.   A wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts, told by the people who’ve seen it all for themselves.   Every Tuesday join adventurer Steve Backshall , wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly , and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From b...