Thanks to Conner, Tim, Stella, Cillian, Eilee, PJ, and Morris for their suggestions this week!Further reading:Extinct Hippo-Like Creature Discovered Hidden in Museum: Sheer ChanceThe golden lion tamarin has very thin fingers and sometimes it’s

Thanks to Audie, Katie, Eilee, Emily, Maryjane, and Dylan for their suggestions this week! Sorry this episode is late–the site was down. Further reading:BobolinksA frill-neck lizard showing off:A bobolink:The great-eared nightjar [picture by

Here’s the big invertebrate episode I’ve been promising people! Thanks to Sam, warbrlwatchr, Jayson, Richard from NC, Holly, Kabir, Stewie, Thaddeus, and Trech for their suggestions this week!Further reading:Does the Spiral Siphonophore Reig

Thanks to Holly for suggesting this week’s topic!Further reading:Mermaids: Myth, Kith and Kin [this article is not for children]Feejee MermaidA manatee:A female grey seal, looking winsome:A drawing of the “original” Fiji (or Feej

Thanks to Emily, Jo, and Alexandra for their suggestions this week!Further reading:Highland Cattle SocietyMongolian SheepThe Donkey SanctuaryThe Highland cow is so cute (picture taken from the first site linked above):Some fat-tailed sheep (picture

It’s an episode just absolutely full of fish! Thanks toArthur, Yuzu, Jayson, Kabir, Nora, Siya, Joel, Elizabeth, Mac, Ryder, Alyx, Dean, and Riley for their suggestions this week!Further reading:Study uncovers mechanics of machete-like ‘tai

Thanks toMns, Sam, Owen and Askel for this week’s suggestions!Further reading:Shingleback LizardWhat controls the colour of the common mnuka stick insect?The mossy leaf-tailed gecko has skin flaps that hide its shadow. There’s a lizard

Further reading:Study: Giant Therizinosaurs Used Their Meter-Long, Sickle-Like Claws for DisplayShow transcript:Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. Im your host, Kate Shaw.I am delighted to report that Therizinosaurus lived in what is now Mongolia in

Further reading:Mysterious blue goo at the bottom of the sea stumps scientistsThree new species of ground snakes discovered under graveyards and churches in EcuadorShow transcript:Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. Im your host, Kate Shaw.Ive c

Thanks to Alexandra, Jayson, and Eilee for their suggestions this week!Further reading:Scientists have discovered an ancient whale species. It may have looked like a mash-up of a seal and a PokmonThe nomenclatural status of the AlulawhaleField Gui