Strange by Nature Podcast

This week Rachel takes us (unsurprisingly) to the depths of the ocean to meet a bizarre and ancient creature while Kirk talks about how the smell of fresh cut grass may actually be a cry for help. 

 

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Kirk kicks things off with a deep dive on Sea Devils, Rachel brings us the story of a squid that seems to have an invisibility cloak and Victoria tells us the tale of a strange bird that smells exactly like tangerines. 

 

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Victoria is back this week and she starts things off with a list of animals that smell like familiar foods. Kirk tells us about the Red-lipped Batfish, an utterly bizarre creature from the ocean and Rachel rounds out the show this week with a suggested topic, glowing flying squirrels! 

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This week Rachel goes in search of a bird lost to science for over 100 years and Kirk answers the question, "Where did all of these lakes come from?"

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This week Kirk kicks off the show with the tallest canine in the world, the strange Maned Wolf. Rachel then takes us off the planet to the outer reaches of the solar system to learn about Haumea, a strange dwarf planet shaped like a giant rugby ball. 

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Victoria kicks things off this week with a surprising story about Garlic Mustard that goes against everything we thought we knew. 

Kirk then really stretches our minds by talking about extended cognition in spiders. 

Rachel rounds out this week's show talking about a new discovery around dolphin language. 

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Rachel really kicks things off this week by telling us about the "human fish" that live in caves. Victoria is back this week and looking at how the gender of scientists can skew the results of research. Kirk rounds things off this week by talking about how hippos sweat a pseudo-blood to use as sunscreen. 

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This week, Kirk talks about how Carl Linnaeus thought there were species of Wild humans and Monster humans.

Rachel then tells us about carcinization, the evolutionary process that keeps turning species into crabs. 

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This week Rachel kicks things off with a story about the Unicorns of the Sea, Narwhals!

Guest Jarrod Klopp tells us about a newly discovered superfood fungus found in the Grand Prismatic pool at Yellowstone that may end up feeding humans in space.

Kirk rounds out the week with by examining questions of Astrobiology. Is Earth-like life inevitable? 

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This week Kirk talks about strange collective nouns for animals and an animal we never realized travels in herds until recently. Rachel tells us about the amazing quetzal bird with a three foot tail and Victoria rounds out this week's show with a series of updates chocked full of new updates to old stories. 

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