Queerly Natural
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 19: The Platypus
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's...
Episode 18: Lungwort
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Ilana to learn all about lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) from Sage. It (or should we say they?) is a charismatic photosynthetic organism that doesn...
Episode 17: The Papaya
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join our hosts, two fruits, to learn all about one of the world's favorite fruits, the papaya (Carica papaya). Find out how the papaya breaks the norm...
Episode 16: The Green Frog
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Ilana to learn about the green frog (Lithobates clamitans) from Sage. Ilana will find out that the green frog is very frog, but not very green, a...
Episode 15: The Side-Blotched Lizard
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even...
Episode 14: The Bowhead Whale
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sage teaches Ilana about the bowhead whale, a large hard-headed maritime mammal. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of d...
Episode 13: The European Honey Bee
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sage and Ilana as they learn about the queerness of the honeybee from guest Sreelakshmi Suresh! Sreelakshmi tells us all about the lives of honey...
Episode 12: The Striped Maple
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the striped maple, a shrubby tree that does some pretty queer things on its deathbed. For more information, ta...
Episode 11: The White Throated Sparrow
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sage in an informative look at the life of the white-throated sparrow, a very small borb that is abundant throughout North America. For m...
Episode 10: The Common Cockchafer
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sage teaches Ilana about the common cockchafer, or Melolontha melolontha, an adorable insect with a ciminal record (they did crimes and they be gay). ...
Episode 9: The Bucktooth Parrotfish
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ilana teaches Sage about the bucktooth Parrotfish (Sparisoma radians). Somethings fishy here and its very queer. Intro: 00:00 - 3:57 Physical descri...
Episode 8: The Spotted Hyena
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah teaches Ilana about the most abundant carniverous large mammal on the African continent, the Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Join us in learni...
Episode 7: Fireweed
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ilana teaches Elizabeth and Hannah about fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), a flower native to multiple countries in the Northern hemisphere. We talk...
Episode 6: the Common Vampire Bat
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah, Elizabeth and Ilana, explore the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the common vampire bat from Central and South America. Cont...
Episode 5: Whiptail lizard
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth, alongside Ilana and Hannah, explores the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the small and quick scaled lizard found in the sou...
Episode 4: Splitgill mushroom
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah teaches Elizabeth and Ilana about fungal basics and then the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the pale-gilled shelf fungus found...
Episode 3: Black swans, Cygnus atratus
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth shares with Ilana and Hannah her knowledge about the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the dark-bodied waterfowl native to Aus...
Episode 2: Plainfin Midshipman
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ilana teaches Elizabeth and Hannah about the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), a fluoresce...
Episode 1: Bonobos
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah walks Ilana and Elizabeth through the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the bonobo (Pan paniscus), a dark-haired ape found in the...
Queerly Natural Trailer
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ilana, Hannah and Elizabeth explain the concept of the show, its structure, and fun plans for future episodes. The pilot episode will release at 7 am ...