Strange Animals Podcast

Strange Animals Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 446: Termites
August 18, 2025

Thanks toYonatan and Eilee for this week's suggestion! - Further reading: Replanted rainforests may benefit from termite transplants A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds A family

Episode 445: Salinella
August 11, 2025

It's a tiny mystery animal! - Further reading: - Salinella what the crap was it? - Some of Frenzel's drawings of Salinella: - Show transcript: - Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. Im your host, Ka

Episode 444: Diskagma and Horodyskia
August 04, 2025

It's Invertebrate August! These creatures are the most invertebrate-y of all! Further reading: Dubious Diskagma Horodyskia is among the oldest multicellular macroorganisms, finds study A painting of d

The Books Have Been Claimed! and a bonus mouse
July 28, 2025

I just wanted everyone to know that a listener has claimed the books and magazines I offered for giveaway in episode 443. You can also learn about 60 seconds' worth of information about the African py

Episode 443: Ant Lions and the Horrible Seal Problem
July 28, 2025

Thanks to Jayson and warblrwatchr for suggesting this week's invertebrates! - Further reading: - Parasite of the Day: Orthohalarachne attenuata Trap-jaw ants jump with their jaws to escape the antlion

Episode 442: Trees and Megafauna
July 21, 2025

Further reading: - The Trees That Miss the Mammoths - The disappearance of mastodons still threatens the native forests of South America - Study reveals ancient link between mammoth dung and pumpkin p

Episode 441: Mean Birds
July 14, 2025

Thanks to Maryjane and Siya for their suggestions this week! - Further reading: - Look, dont touch: birds with dart frog poison in their feathers found in New Guinea - The hooded pitohui: - The rufou

Episode 440: Trilobites!
July 07, 2025

Thanks to Micah for suggesting this week's topic, the trilobite! - Further reading: - The Largest Trilobites Stunning 3D images show anatomy of 500 million-year-old Cambrian trilobites entombed in vol

Episode 439: The Missing Echidna
June 30, 2025

Thanks to Cara for suggesting we talk about the long-beaked echidna this week! - Further reading: - Found at last: bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years - A short-beaked echid

Episode 438: The Dragon Man Skull
June 23, 2025

This week we're going to learn about a new finding about the skull referred to as the Dragon Man! - Further reading: - Weve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930sonly nobody knew - The proteome of th