Strange by Nature Podcast

We are three current and former professional interpretive naturalists hosting and producing the Strange by Nature Podcast. Your weekly guide to the weird, strange and unbelievable natural world.

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2025-04-16

Hey All, we have decided to move over to BlueSky. We can now be found there. bsky.app/profile/strangebynatu

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2025-02-10

Hey everyone. Just a heads up, we are likely moving over to BlueSky as it is more active over there. Come follow us! bsky.app/profile/strangebynatu

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-11-23

Attention Science Podcasters. Shoot me an email at contact@StrangeByNaturePodcast.com for a link to the new Science Podcasters Lounge on Discord. Looking to build a community of science podcasters.

#Scicomm
#Science
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#Podcasting
#Podcaster
#Community

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-11-23

Did you know humans are getting colder? Check out this week's show! podbean.com/eas/pb-894sm-1505f

#Science
#Podcast
#Weird
#nature
#Naturalist
#Fungus
#Fish
#Scicomm

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-10-18

NEW EPISODE.

A Parasitic Turduckin

As we ramp up toward #Halloween things really start to get #weird. Kirk makes us all queasy by talking about Bot flies that prey on humans. Rachel brings us the bizarre looking Monkey Slug Caterpillar and Victoria tells us all about Cockroaches. We had a ton of fun this week, we hope you do too. 

podbean.com/eas/pb-ezt98-14d3d

#Nature
#Podcast
#Naturalist
#Strange
#Science
#Scicomm
#Insects

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2023-09-28

In retrospect you probably shouldn't go up against writers in a contest of who can keep doing something longer while not making any money.

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-08-30

Hello Everyone! This week's episode is hot off the audio press.

Rachel talks about a newly described species of crinoid from the deep waters of the southern ocean while Kirk talks about a study showing that the smell of fresh cut grass may actually be a cry for help.

#nature
#science
#naturalist
#weird
#ocean
#Scicomm
#Research
#podcast

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2023-06-12

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Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-06-07

Did you know that being infected with a mosquito born virus can make you MORE attractive to other mosquitoes? Amazing but true. podbean.com/eas/pb-kdsc6-142a1

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-03-18

NEW EPISODE: Explore the mysterious origins of the royal color purple.

Check out that story and more on this week's show. Kirk talks about real-lie giants (no really), Alicia talks about how royal purple was made from snail slime and Rachel talks about how a sloth's fur supports an entire ecosystem!

podbean.com/eas/pb-mdsj8-13b8c

#Nature
#Naturalist
#Scicomm
#Science
#Snails
#Trees
#Sloth
#Ecology
#Habitat
#Fire

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-03-09

NEW EPISODE! We've finished year two of the podcast and we couldn't be happier. We're growing faster than ever and are now in the top 10% of all podcasts thanks to our amazing listeners. THANK YOU! Enjoy this end-of-year-two wrap up where we answer bizarre questions. Bring on year three!

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#Science
#Scicomm
#Strange
#Weird
#Animals
#Nature
#Naturalist

Strange by Nature Podcast boosted:
2023-03-09

Beecher's Trilobite Bed yields AMAZING trilobites with soft tissues thanks to pyrite. This site was influential for trilobite paleontology. Its discovery in the 1890s confirmed trilobites had antennae which changed how we reconstructed them as seen in these before and after diagrams. Science in action!!
#TotallyRadWeek #Paleontology

Pyritized trilobite with legs and antennaereconstruction of a trilobite pre-1890reconstruction of the trilobite Triathrus based on the pyritized trilobites at Beechers' Trilobite Bed
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2023-03-02

💎NEW EPISODE💎This week, Dr. Alexis Katsis from @luxescipod joins us to talk about the more luxurious side of science. In the news, we're talkin about cyborg cells and chaotic jewelry.
EPISODE:scinight.com/episodes/53
#scicomm #Science #PodcastRecommendations #STEM #podcasting

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-03-01

NEW EPISODE! podbean.com/eas/pb-n4c4n-13a43

How about an animal that, and I'm quoting Rachel here, kills things by "Being Slowly sucked into the mouth of your Cousin." Confused? You'll just have to listen. 

Victoria unravels the mystery of a brain disease that may tie together, bats, mystery toxins, seeds, war, human diets and even alzheimer's and ALS. 

Kirk wraps things up this week by detailing the deeply disturbing life cycle of the human parasite the Guinea Worm.

#Science
#Podcast
#Nature

Strange by Nature Podcast boosted:
2023-02-28

Symphyla are tiny, fast-moving, unpigmented relatives of centipedes and millipedes, which feed on decaying organic matter and plant roots.

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Myriapod #Symphyla #MacroPhotography #Mesofauna

A photograph of a transparent, long-bodied invertebrate running on the surface of the soil.
Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-02-27

LEECHES!

Have you head this week's episode yet? What did you think?

This week's show sucks (your blood)

podbean.com/eas/pb-i5nbt-139a4

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#Science
#SciComm
#Weird
#Nature

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2023-02-22

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. [crossed out]

MAKE MURDER HARDER.

Strange by Nature Podcast boosted:
2023-02-22

Since rare birds are so popular - here's another one. Helmeted Honeyeaters are close to extinction, so Healesville Sanctuary is breeding them for later release in their Fighting Extinction program.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Bird #RareBird #FightingExtinction #HealesvilleSanctuary #Victoria #Australia #HelmetedHoneyeater #BirdsOfMastodon

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Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-02-22

@ttpphd Sure is!

Strange by Nature Podcaststrangebynature@mstdn.party
2023-02-21

NEW EPISODE! This week Victoria talks about all the non-mammals that make "milk" for their young. Head's up. It's gross. Kirk then brings us the story of a woman who survived being apparently frozen solid and brought back to life.
podbean.com/eas/pb-heq9c-13907

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#Science
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#Naturalist
#milk
#hibernation
#Weird

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