Strange by Nature Podcast - Your Weekly Weird Nature
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Life is strange. Naturally you want to hear about it. Three professional naturalists get together weekly to share the strangest science-based nature stories they can find. Come join the fun.
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a timelapsed video a very turbulent updraft base from a supercell thunderstorm on August 27th of 2022 near Cannon Falls, Minnesota
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
a timelapsed video a very turbulent updraft base from a supercell thunderstorm on August 27th of 2022 near Cannon Falls, Minnesota
NEW EPISODE!
Box #Jellyfish and Yams. Sure, seems like a #strange combination but they are weird. Box jellies carry a potent neurotoxin but what's so odd about Yams? These particular ones have learned a trick no other asexually reproducing plant has. 🧪
#Scicomm #Science #Nature #Podcast #Ocean
Box #Jellyfish and Yams. Sure, seems like a #strange combination but they are weird. Box jellies carry a potent neurotoxin but what's so odd about Yams? These particular ones have learned a trick no other asexually reproducing plant has. 🧪
#Scicomm #Science #Nature #Podcast #Ocean
I Yam What I Yam
Rachel starts us off this week with the strange Box Jellyfish. This is an animal you don't want to get mixed up with. Kirk never wants to go in the ocean again.
Speaking of Kirk, and speaking of stran...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Cuteness overload.
Baby Bao ate his very first shrimp and absolutely crushed it. 🦐 Watching him figure it out is even cuter! 💙
📹: Animal care staff Katie
📹: Animal care staff Katie
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Cuteness overload.
Just a heads up: It’s okay to not be okay.
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Just a heads up: It’s okay to not be okay.
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reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
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In 1859, Richard Carrington observed the 1st solar flare--an eruption so powerful it spawned brilliant auroras & knocked out telegraph lines around the world.
We have Carrington's drawings but, amazingly, there was no known picture of the man himself--until now. 🧪🔭
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We have Carrington's drawings but, amazingly, there was no known picture of the man himself--until now. 🧪🔭
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In 1859, Richard Carrington observed the 1st solar flare--an eruption so powerful it spawned brilliant auroras & knocked out telegraph lines around the world.
We have Carrington's drawings but, amazingly, there was no known picture of the man himself--until now. 🧪🔭
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
We have Carrington's drawings but, amazingly, there was no known picture of the man himself--until now. 🧪🔭
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/art...
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A community science project needs your help to document light pollution in the U.S. Midwest. Just look up! 🧪
www.kcur.org/environment-...
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Help scientists document Midwest light pollution by looking at Orion
More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about the extent of skyglow.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A community science project needs your help to document light pollution in the U.S. Midwest. Just look up! 🧪
www.kcur.org/environment-...
www.kcur.org/environment-...
If an educator made a difference in your life be sure to track them down and tell them. We're all out here blindly sending kids off into the world hoping the message sinks in. You have no idea how much it means to us when someone reaches out decades later to say they remember.
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If an educator made a difference in your life be sure to track them down and tell them. We're all out here blindly sending kids off into the world hoping the message sinks in. You have no idea how much it means to us when someone reaches out decades later to say they remember.
Just what we needed today. Enjoy.
Happy birthday Tula-Tu! This petite party pachyderm is 1 today 💖
February 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Just what we needed today. Enjoy.
NEW EPISODE!
Vampire #bats are the only #mammal that doesn't develop aversions after eating bad food.
Scientists keep calling the Harlequin bug a new species over and over and over again.
Common side-blotched #lizards mating strategies are Rock, Paper, Scissors.
#nature #podcast #scicomm #science
Vampire #bats are the only #mammal that doesn't develop aversions after eating bad food.
Scientists keep calling the Harlequin bug a new species over and over and over again.
Common side-blotched #lizards mating strategies are Rock, Paper, Scissors.
#nature #podcast #scicomm #science
Vampire Bats and Cinnamon Blood
Hello Everyone and thanks for listening this week.
Kirk kicks things off with a story about Vampire bats that just won't learn their lesson. In fact, they aren't able to. New research shows vampire ba...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Some good news.
NEW: North Atlantic right whales - a species whose fortunes I've followed for years - are having a baby boom!!
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
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21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
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A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Some good news.
Double sun dogs yesterday.
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Double sun dogs yesterday.
Cave bears! Listeners will understand.
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human
A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human
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January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Cave bears! Listeners will understand.
NEW EPISODE
Lots of AMAZING #nature in this show.
Using #barnacles to narrow the search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370.
A #wasp that purposefully starts massive #ant brawls to locate a #butterfly.
The Polar Bear: #Winter Survivalist.
#Science #Podcast #Scicomm #Weird #Animals #Ocean
Lots of AMAZING #nature in this show.
Using #barnacles to narrow the search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370.
A #wasp that purposefully starts massive #ant brawls to locate a #butterfly.
The Polar Bear: #Winter Survivalist.
#Science #Podcast #Scicomm #Weird #Animals #Ocean
A Six Legged Whoopin!
Victoria starts us off this week with barnacles! I know, they may not sound that interesting but it turns out they are being used by researchers to help narrow the search for the missing Malaysian Air...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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A memo was released by ICE instructing agents to violate the U.S. Constitution. ICE told officers and agents that they can forcibly enter homes without warrants signed by judges. The memo was from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) by two whistleblowers.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:54 AM
A memo was released by ICE instructing agents to violate the U.S. Constitution. ICE told officers and agents that they can forcibly enter homes without warrants signed by judges. The memo was from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) by two whistleblowers.
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• #Wasps that turn cockroaches into Zombies
• #Animals that farm their own food
• Brittle stars are covered in millions of eyes
#Nature #Scicomm #Science #Podcast #Ocean #Farming #Ecology #Weird #Strange #Biology #Insects
• #Wasps that turn cockroaches into Zombies
• #Animals that farm their own food
• Brittle stars are covered in millions of eyes
#Nature #Scicomm #Science #Podcast #Ocean #Farming #Ecology #Weird #Strange #Biology #Insects
A Zombie Cockroach Baby Snack
Welcome to 2026! Rachel starts off the year with horrifying wasps that sting cockroaches, turn them into zombies and then lay their eggs in them so their young can devour them from the inside. You're ...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
It got real cold here last night and it will get even colder. We got close to -20° F last night and we could hit a windchill of-50 tomorrow. Came into work this morning and noticed this aspen tree cracked open due to the cold. #mnwx #cold #winter #minnesota
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
It got real cold here last night and it will get even colder. We got close to -20° F last night and we could hit a windchill of-50 tomorrow. Came into work this morning and noticed this aspen tree cracked open due to the cold. #mnwx #cold #winter #minnesota
Supposed to get down to -20 tonight in our home state of Minnesota. All we have to say about that is...
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
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January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Supposed to get down to -20 tonight in our home state of Minnesota. All we have to say about that is...
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Nothing to see here... 👀
2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Honorable Mentions 📲: https://ow.ly/pcsz50XUab2
📸 Yuan Minghui
📝 Hunstman spider on bark lichens in Xishuangbanna, China
2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Honorable Mentions 📲: https://ow.ly/pcsz50XUab2
📸 Yuan Minghui
📝 Hunstman spider on bark lichens in Xishuangbanna, China
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Nothing to see here... 👀
2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Honorable Mentions 📲: https://ow.ly/pcsz50XUab2
📸 Yuan Minghui
📝 Hunstman spider on bark lichens in Xishuangbanna, China
2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Honorable Mentions 📲: https://ow.ly/pcsz50XUab2
📸 Yuan Minghui
📝 Hunstman spider on bark lichens in Xishuangbanna, China