Nature Disturbed
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Wet n Wild: British Beavers Return
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's the series finale! To celebrate, I'm heading back to my home country, where these charismatic rodents have returned after an absence of...
Wet n Wild: Trees Made of Salmon
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trees in the temperate rainforests of British Columbia have been shown to contain marine derived nutrients (nutrients of marine origin). But... excuse...
Wet n Wild: Giant Squid (& other molluscs)
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Kraken of Scandinavia; the Lusca of the Caribbean; the Akkorokamui of Japan... what do these legendary sea monsters have in common?... They'r...
Wet n Wild: Snapping Turtles
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I journey to an unlikely destination in search of turtles: Canada!The snapping turtle's range stretches all the way from Florida to th...
Wet n Wild: Cocaine Hippos
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1981, infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar imported 4 hippos to his private zoo as a gift for his daughter. After his death, they escaped - and now the...
Wet n Wild: Japanese Giant Salamander
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enormous predatory amphibians lurking in mountain streams and rivers - a thing of the past? Well, yes - the planet was once dominated by these early a...
Wet n Wild: Orcas Hunting Great Whites
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two South African orcas, named Port and Starboard, have become infamous shark-hunters. It has been widely reported that the pair are responsible for t...
Wet n Wild: The Loch Ness Monster (isn't real)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rumour has it, there is a giant prehistoric reptile inhabiting Britain's largest lake/loch by volume. Well, I'm not one for rumours, fairyta...
Wet n Wild: Fish Evolution on Steroids
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lake Victoria, East Africa, was dry 14,000 years ago - and yet, it is home to about 500 species of cichlid fish. It's believed that this incredib...
Wet n Wild: Great Barrier Reef
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I head to one of the most biodiverse places on the planet: the Great Barrier Reef. While this reef is almost completely unknown in co...
Wet n Wild: Eels Under Melbourne
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eels under Melbourne!! Yes, you heard that damn straight, missy.For thousands of years, the Traditional Custodians of the land have understood much ab...
Wet n Wild: Extraterrestrial Life
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I depart from planet Earth alone in search of water and extraterrestrial life, donning a Goldilocks outfit and my astrobiology hat to...
Wet n Wild: Electric Fishes
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Put on your electric shock collars and bark like a dog - it's electric fish week this week! Join me as I head to the deepest recesses of the flo...
Wet n Wild: Sewer Alligators
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm where I belong: crawling through the sewers like a rat. Join me as I head to Florida to meet ecologist Alan Ivory, to discu...
Wet n Wild: The Deep Sea
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first episode of the Nature Disturbed Podcast; a podcast where we look at the good, the offensive and the confusing parts of the a...