Thanks to Jayson for suggesting this week's topic, the new "dire wolf"! Also, possibly the same but maybe a different Jayson is the youngest member of the Cedar Springs Homeschool Science Olympiad Tea

This week we examine two recent articles about coelacanth discoveries. Which one is real and which one is fake?! - Further reading: - Fake California Coelacanth - First record of a living coelacanth f

Thanks to Katie, Torin, and Eilee for suggesting this week's topic, foxes! - Further reading: - Meet the Endangered Sierra Nevada Red Fox - Long snouts protect foxes when diving headfirst in snow Blac

Thanks to Nora and BlueTheChicken for suggesting the inland taipan this week! - The inland taipan in its summer colors [picture by AllenMcC. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/i

Further reading: - Reconstructing fossil cephalopods: Endoceras - Retro vs Modern #17: Ammonites - Hammering Away at Hamites - An endocerid [picture by Entelognathus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://

Thanks to Murilo, Alexandra, and Joel for their suggestions this week! - The bird sounds in this episode come from xeno-canto, a great resource for lots of animal sounds! - A cactus wren [picture by M

Thanks to Alyx and Richard from NC for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about rabbits! - Further reading: Why your pet rabbit is more docile than its wild relative FOUND: Small enigmatic rabbi

Show transcript: - Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. Im your host, Kate Shaw. - Recently I read about a giant snake supposedly seen in Tennessee in 1908. The story seemed a little suspicious so I d

Further reading: - Mouse filmed moving items in mans shed in Bristol - The pack rat: - Show transcript: - Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. Im your host, Kate Shaw. - This week Im sharing a Patre

Thanks to Tim and Mia who suggested one of this week's animals! - Further reading: Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria A tardigrade, photo taken with an electron m