Strange Animals Podcast

Strange Animals Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 434: The Real Life Dragon
May 26, 2025

Thanks to Jaxon for suggesting this week's topic, Coelurosauravus! - Further reading: - Coelurosauravus - New Research Reveals Secrets of First-Ever Gliding Reptile - The modern Draco lizard glides on

Episode 433: Flamingos and Two Weird Friends
May 19, 2025

Thanks to Ryder, Alexandria, and Simon for their suggestions this week! Let's learn about three remarkable wading birds. Two of them are pink! - Bird sounds taken from the excellent website xeno-canto

Episode 432: The Fossa and Other Animals of Madagascar
May 12, 2025

This week we learn about the fossa and a few other animals of Madagascar, a suggestion by Pranav! - Further reading: - The stories people tell, and how they can contribute to our understanding of mega

Episode 431: The New Dire Wolf
May 05, 2025

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

Episode 430: The Fake and the Real Coelacanth
April 28, 2025

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

Episode 429: Foxes!
April 21, 2025

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

Episode 428: The Most Venomous Snake!
April 14, 2025

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

Episode 427: The Other Cephalopods
April 07, 2025

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://

Episode 426 Lots of Little Birds
March 31, 2025

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

Episode 425 Rabbits!
March 24, 2025

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