Strange by Nature Podcast
Episodes
Washing Scat in a Washing Machine (for science)
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria kicks things off this week with an overview of Extremophiles, Kirk talks about blueberry eating wolves and Rachel kicks off Pride week by tal...
Dead Man’s Fingers
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rachel kicks things off with the chilling story of dead man's fingers, Victoria explores the inner workings of a termite mound and Kirk tak...
Did life on Earth come from Space?
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Kirk takes on the mustard plant you don't realize you eat all the time, Rachel tells the tail of how to ferret out a problem in a particle ...
This Loaf of Bread will Make Your Limbs Fall Off
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Victoria brings us the horrific story of Ergotism that ranges all the way from limbs falling off bodies to LSD. Kirk tackles the question o...
The Genital Arms Race
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We almost called this one, I'm Going to Eat My Siblings when Rachel started off talking about Frilled Sharks. Victoria then upped the ante by making r...
Is That a Fish in your Urethra?
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk bring us the tale of the Candiru and horrifying stories of how they want to invade your body. Rachel talks about surprisingly sinking hippos and ...
Armpit licking venomous primates!
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're all over the place this week. Victoria swerves into outer space for a ride to the Rings of Saturn. Kirk takes us to the Racetrack Playa to unloc...
Ants on Stilts
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel details bizarre research that gave ants stilts, Victoria talks about planet-wide magnetic field reversal and Kirk does a deep dive on Sea Monke...
Moss Piglets in Space
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk finally brings us stories of Tardigrades, Rachel blows our minds with the explosive and poisonous Dynamite Tree and Victoria talks about giant sp...
Pleasure cruise at night though eel infested waters
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Victoria tracks down the mystery of where eels come from, Kirk bring us the tale of Australian Camels, and Rachel also heads down under for...
Crows know what you did last summer
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Rachel tackles different pupil shapes in nature, Victoria brings us the shocking story of the spot on Earth with non-stop lightening, and Ki...
Aggressive Placenta is my Band’s Name
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk glowing sea jelly "brains", Rachel details the decades long quest to see if bees could tell time and Victoria talks about why humans menstruate. ...
Season Two Extravaganza feat. Brett Sieberer
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season Two! This begins our second year of the show. Thanks for coming along for the ride. This week we have something special. We're joine...
Don’t put Fish in a Blender
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria weaves a tale of a strange ancient desert plant, Kirk talks about magnets in the heads of fish, and Rachel tells us why the sky is blue. Supp...
Bird Call Time Machine
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel takes on Orcas Vs. Blue whales, Victoria takes us to the ancient Atacama desert and Kirk asks the question, "Could we recognize bird calls if w...
Echinoderms are heartless
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk gives us all deja vu with a story about an accidental discovery in Antarctica, Rachel talks hearts for Valentine's Day and Victoria talks about f...
Glowing Humans, Immortal Humans and Ancient Hidden Life
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is really cool. (apologies for all the puns) Victoria illuminates the cool light of bioluminescence, Kirk takes us thousands of feet unde...
All Hail the Trash Panda
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rachel tells us about the bizarrely miniature Java Mouse Deer, Victoria talks about Staghorn Ferns and how they may actually form amazing s...
Weird Nature Stories with Laura
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're excited to welcome Laura from the For the Love of Nature Podcast to the show. Be sure to check out the fun they have on their show as ...
Flesh-eating Vulture Bees!
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria kicks us off this week with a story about flesh eating vulture bees. Kirk talks about Mt. Tambora, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded ...
Turtles Breathe with their Butts
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel begins a Two Part expose on how turtles breathe with their butts in the winter. Victoria uncovers the truth about a mysterious plant we just di...
The Great Krakatoa Volcanic Explosion
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk kicks us off with the story of Krakatoa, possibly the most famous volcanic explosion of all time. We then all bond over our collective dislike of...
The Emu War
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Victoria brings us a mysterious case of a chimeric mother, Kirk brings the mystery of the 26 second pulse and Rachel brings us...The Emu Wa...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel bring us monkey eating Harpy eagles, Victoria explains how we know what we know about the core of the Earth and Kirk explains the connection be...
The Naval Kamikaze Pigeon Bombers of WWII
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk kicks us off with the bizarre tale of how B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to pilot guided bombs in WWII, Rachel predictably goes to Australia to tal...
The Tunguska Event was a Blast
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria blows us away with facts about the Tunguska Event, Kirk shares new research on how fungus kills and farms insects to feed their nitrogen to p...
The Zombie Necrophilia Fungus
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel takes on Anting where birds purposefully let ants spray them with formic acid, Victoria takes on that lovely North American marsupial the Oposs...
Special Guest Vikram Baliga from Plantropology!
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special episode we hang out with Vikram Baliga from the Planthropology Podcast. We ponder whether or not plants can see, learn about inse...
Death Cap Mushrooms for Dinner Anyone?
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk shares the possible real-world origin of Blood Rain, Rachel shares the story of The Old Man of the Lake in Crater Lake and Victoria tells the tal...
Does this bird smell like Maple Syrup to you?
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our 40th Episode! Thanks everyone! On today's show Victoria talks about the Wallace Line, an explanation for why Australia is so different than everyw...
The supervolcano that (probably) won‘t kill us
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel tells us the story of the Man who married a White-naped Crane, Victoria has an explosive story about the Yellowstone Supervolcano and Kirk shar...
The Halloween Show
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brain Eating Amoebas, Rabid Werewolves and Snake eating Spiders. Come get some. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact...
Mammaries, Sloths and Manatees
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria tackles the mysteries of lactation in mammals, Kirk connects Avacados to extinct sloths and Rachel tries really hard to convince us that Merm...
The WWII Carrot Propaganda We Still Believe
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel unravels the history of the Unicorn, Victoria explains albinism and related weirdness and Kirk debunks a myth about carrots that goes back to W...
Who threw up in my hat case?
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk brings us a malodorous mystery, Rachel gets into the Halloween spirit with Vampire Bats and Victoria talks about a possible real world candidate ...
Three Zebras Fighting over a Pickle
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria shares some fascinating research about Zebra Stripes, Kirk peeps on the science behind Fall Colors and Rachel talks about another living foss...
Scrotal sack snack pouch?
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel shares the story of the first ever broad-leafed tree (that is still with us today), Victoria digs on the Tasmanian Tiger and Kirk does a deep d...
Vampire Deer Don‘t Suck
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dagger moths, Vampire Deer and Midwestern earthquakes. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: [email protected]...
Your Flamingo Seems to be on Fire
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This this episode, Victoria introduces the concept of cryptically extinct animals, Kirks looks are the relationship between mosquitoes and blood type ...
The Evolutionary Junk Drawer
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel does a deep dive on the evolutionary history of whales, Victoria rummages around the evolutions junk drawer and Kirk talk about meat eating Hip...
Bleeding Crabs for Science
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel predictably brings us a story from the ocean and we learn about the bizarre Oar Fish. Victoria relives childhood beach trauma and tells us abou...
Flying Snakes (not on a plane)
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk breaks our brains with a simple question about humidity, Rachel nerds out on the Cassowary and Victoria brings us flying snakes. Why...why must t...
He with the Biggest Mouth is Dominant
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk shares some ingenious research on bird migration, Rachel horrifies us with the Sarcastic Fringehead (and learns a geography lesson in the process...
Not a Treatise on Bacon
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria tells us that our immune systems make detergent, Kirk reveals the answer to the centuries old mystery of the Zodiacal Light and Rachel tells ...
Orchids are named after WHAT???
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria tells us about orchids and it gets weird. Kirk tells an unbelievable story about trees growing inside a human and Rachel does a deep dive on ...
The Horror Frog and other tales
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week brings three awesome stories from around the world. Rachel brings the the tale of the "Horror Frog", Victoria has a mystery plant like no ot...
We know the secrets of the fire swamps
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's true, we know the secrets of the fire swamps, we've lived there quite happily for some time. This week, Kirk takes on Phagiomimicry, Rachel gets ...
Giant phallic death stench flowers
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corpse Flowers, the Mystery of the Channeled Scablands and Biomimicry. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebyn...
Bulletproof Armadillos
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk brings us two stories of bulletproof armadillos to start off the show this week. Rachel then has The mystery of Metamorphic Goo. Victoria then ...
The Extreme Slime of the Hagfish
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria brings us a slimy story of hagfish gone amok, Kirk takes his extremes off planet and Rachel impales our ears on a story of the Loggerhead Shr...
Spiders can fly?
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel talks ghost flowers, Victoria chats about spiders flying with electricity and Kirk brings weather extremes on Earth. Support us on patreon: p...
Off with Their Heads!
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk talks radiation loving bacteria, Rachel nerds out on Moose, and Victoria talks about self-decapitating "wonder mollusks". Support us on patreon...
More Butts Than You Would Expect in One Episode
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria takes on a listener question about Brood X Cicadas, Kirk introduces us to the Many Assed Hydra Worm and Rachel explores (the history of) the ...
Silent but Deadly-When Lakes Attack
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Victoria tells us about lakes that will kill you from miles away, Kirk does a sand-striker worm redux and Rachel lays down som...
Let’s all use the Pig Toilet
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel introduces us to the oldest shark in the world, Victoria discusses using human waste as fertilizer and Kirk blows our minds with an alternative...
Wet Spot on the Savanna
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk tries to convince us that humans are actually a chimera of two species, Rachel brings the aquatic nightmare fuel and Victoria shares more than yo...
Urine Trouble for that Pun
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Female only fish, Urine, and Lightening. Three completely random and fascinating topics. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us...
Nightmare Fish, Contagious Cancer and Farting Comets
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What can we say. This one has it ALL. If you need proof the universe is a strange place we got it right here. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/str...
The Tree of Death, Hot Flowers and Sun Stones
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk tells us about the Tree of Death, Rachel shares about the thermogenic Skunk Cabbage and Victoria discusses how Vikings navigated using sun stones...
Exploding Napalm Bat Bombs
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This one gets heavy. Victoria talks about the impact of snakes on an island ecosystem, Kirk tells the story of bats as bombs and Rachel dives into the...
Rachel shows us the Hell Mouth
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're gob-smacked by the horrific mouth of the Gob-faced Squid, then transported deep undersea to study hydrothermal vents and finally we stop to pond...
Things Go Off the Rails and Victoria’s Head Explodes
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things Older than Dinosaurs, Koalas, and Giant Leaf Insects. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodca...
Is a Tool?
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Tongue-Eating Louse, Super Dense Neutron Stars, and Bees! Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturepodc...
A Pigeon Would Have Noticed the Microwave
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Legless Lizards, Amazing Pigeon Skills, and Darwin’s Tubercle. Support us on patreon: patreon.com/strangebynature Email us: contact@strangebynaturep...
Surf, Turf and Outer Space
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Naked Mole Rats, Coelacanths and Space fairing lichens.
The Banana Slasher, Intra-uterine Cannibals and Other Sweet Stories
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not just Cannibals, this one also has a sugar cartel robbed in the largest heist in Canadian history and Kirk denies he is "The Banana Slasher."
The Cat Made Me Do It
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of our first five episodes. The audio was a little rough back then but thanks for liking the show so much you've going back to the beginni...
Loudest Penis in the World & Other Aquatic Stories
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Singing Penis of the Water Boatman, Freshwater Bryozoans and Weird Octopus Facts. An aquatic all-stars episode.
Micro-Epilons & Assorted Nightmare Fuel
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Being eaten alive while paralyzed, mites living (and loving) on your face, and being turned into a zombie by a worm. This one has it all.
Preview #2
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're just a week away from the launch of the podcast. Here's a few more tasty excerpts. Be sure to subscribe.
Show Preview
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe now! Season 1 begins March 10th.