310.2K
Downloads
287
Episodes
Life is strange, naturally you want to hear about it. Strange by Nature is your guide to the strange, weird and unbelievable side of nature. Professional naturalists present weekly curated stories about just how strange nature can get.
Episodes
Feb 8, 2023
Feb 8, 2023
33 min
Happy Valentine's Week. This week's show features three stories of courtship and mating. Rachel starts things off with the mating display of the Sage Grouse. Victoria reveals the story of a surprisingly cuddly rat and Kirk rounds things out with the exhausting and fatal mating frenzy of the Antechinus.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023
40 min
What a fun show this week. We're all over the place. Kirk starts off with strange sounds recorded in the deep of the ocean, a mystery that may finally be solved. Rachel tells us about the bizarre velvet worms who will shoot sticky super glue on you and then digest you outside their body and eat you like a smoothie. Victoria rounds things off this week by talking about Tetanus and why you really really really want to be sure to keep up on your booster shots.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
39 min
Victoria kicks things off this week with a story about nose picking that has us squirming in our seats. Kirk then keeps things moving by talking about a food that is literally called "rock excrement". Rachel rounds things out with strange tales of Komodo Dragons.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Jan 18, 2023
Jan 18, 2023
45 min
This week we welcome special guest Ellen Waterford from Just the Zoo of Us podcast.
Kirk kicks things off with a wild story about how much all of the spiders eat on Earth in one year.
Ellen talks about serenading alligators with a tuba.
Rachel rounds things out with a story about a ghost sharks. Hint, they are neither sharks nor ghosts.
You can check out Ellen's show at https://www.justthezooofus.com/
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Jan 16, 2023
Jan 16, 2023
38 min
This week, Rachel brings us the science behind the bombardier beetle's hot acidic spray. Victoria then tells us about the chameleon of the plant world and Kirk tells to the story of the time rabbits beat Napoleon into retreat.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Jan 4, 2023
Jan 4, 2023
38 min
This week we're looking back at our first 100 episodes in the nerdiest way possible, a quiz show. Three rounds, 18 questions. Can our fearless hosts remember all of the strange topics they've brought to your ear holes? Can you?
Thank you everyone for coming along on this journey!
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Dec 28, 2022
Dec 28, 2022
40 min
Our 99th episode! Victoria starts things off by talking about the biggest volcano on Earth...and Mars!
Kirk tacked alchemy and talks about where everything you can see comes from (Spoiler: Supernovas)
Rachel terrifies us all into never swimming in the ocean again with her tale of Jumbo Flying Squid pulling a diver down into the briny depths of the sea.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Dec 22, 2022
Dec 22, 2022
32 min
This week we welcomed Alicia Little onto the show as a guest host. Rachel kicks things off with a story about giant venomous centipedes, Alicia brings us the interesting tale of an edible mushroom that hijacks the DNA of other mushrooms to grow and Kirk rounds things out by explaining why there is no such thing as an Amoeba.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
49 min
Kirk kicks things off this week with surprising news about a familiar parasite shaping wolf pack dynamics at Yellowstone.
Our guest James from Science Night Podcast brings us the tale of Zenobots, robots made out of animal tissue.
Rachel rounds out the episode revealing that antlers really are stranger than you think.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com
Dec 7, 2022
Dec 7, 2022
28 min
This week Victoria tells the strange tail of the disappearing Mediterranean, Kirk delves into the world of slime molds and Rachel tells us about a place that rains metals.
Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature
Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodcast.com
Visit us at: strangebynaturepodcast.com