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Hosted by Katherine Shaw · science · EN-US
A podcast about living, extinct, and imaginary animals!
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Signup to Generate a PitchStrange Animals Podcast is hosted by Katherine Shaw. The show has published 300 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 508: The Night Parrot and Friends" (26 October 2026, 12 minutes), "Episode 507: The Minnesota Iceman" (19 October 2026, 10 minutes), and "Episode 505: Three Animal Mysteries" (5 October 2026, 11 minutes).
Strange Animals Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 9 minutes across 300 episodes.
Booking probability for Strange Animals Podcast is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Strange Animals Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Strange Animals Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Katherine Shaw hosts Strange Animals Podcast, a science podcast with 300 episodes published.
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Strange Animals Podcast
You can buy and download an ebook of Small Mysteries here! Thanks to Murray and Nathan Andrew for their suggestions this week! Happy Halloween! xeno-canto.org is an excellent resource for bird, insect, and other animal...
Strange Animals Podcast
Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Monster month is upon us, and to kick us off I’ve got a fun episode about a supposed Bigfoot discovery called the Minnesota Iceman. It...
Strange Animals Podcast
Further reading: Scientists solve a shark murder mystery Stone Age Animal Urine Could Solve a Mystery about Technological Development South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species The porbeagle shark...
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Further reading: Wolves on rise in France as bears wreak mountain havoc Can Brown Bears Survive in the Pyrenees? Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. On the evening of August 4...
Strange Animals Podcast
Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Life arose in the oceans and only much later spread to the land. But some land animals returned to the ocean and eventually became fully...
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Further reading: Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This month we have a small mystery from Australia...
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It’s our 500th episode! Wow! Thanks to Rosie, Remy and Julien, and Dylan, Emily, and Michelle for their suggestions this week! Further reading: Crikey! Newly Discovered Snake Species Named After Steve Irwin Steve...
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Further reading: Cambrian Explosion Month #18: Stem-Gnathifera Ambiguous Amiskwia Amiskwia, possibly [picture taken from above link]: Show transcript: Welcome to the Patreon bonus episode of Strange Animals Podcast for...
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Further reading: https://sharonahill.substack.com/ https://metazoan.net/54-octlantis/ https://metazoan.net/109-octopolis-and-octlantis/ Scientists discover an underwater city full of gloomy octopuses The gloomy octopus...
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Megarachne as we know it now: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Megarachne is only known from two specimens, neither of which is complete, which adds to the confusion. It...
Strange Animals Podcast
Further reading: How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery Secrets in the canopy: Scientists discover 8 striking new bee species in the Pacific Canopy specialist...
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Further reading: Gauguin’s Magical Mystery Koao Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. The French painter Paul Gauguin moved to the island of Hiva Oa in 1901, less than two...
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Further reading: New species of extinct vampire-squid-like cephalopod When teeth grow on the body Fossil shark turns into mystery pterosaur Scientists Had Never Seen This Elusive Whale Alive—Until Now Show transcript...
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Yes, this is a NEW episode! Thanks to Eesa, Grace, and Viki for their suggestions this week. (Actual episode starts at 3 minutes 28 seconds.) Find the Backerkit campaign here ! Further reading: Nix Illlustration...
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Further reading: Giant early whale Basilosaurus hunted the calves of other whales Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Let’s look at some extinct whale ancestors this month...
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Further reading: http://messybeast.com/genetics/hybrid-equines.htm Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. I stumbled across an interesting mystery animal recently and thought it...
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Further reading: Faceless Fish and the deep-sea voyages that found it Long-Lost ‘Faceless’ Fish Shows Up Near Australia Ipnops: The faceless cusk [photo taken from the second article linked above]: A tripod...
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Further reading: https://elephantartgallery.com/blogs/meet Desmond Morris with his favorite Congo painting: Peter/Pierre Brassau and some of his paintings: The so-called donkey painting, and I described it wrong in the...
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Further reading: Is the Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica extant? DNA analysis of a recent hair sample The Sunda tiger [photo by Alfonsopazphoto – Own workAnimaisFotos, CC BY-SA 3.0...
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Further reading: What gives bees their sweet tooth? Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. Right before I left on my trip to Belize a few months ago, my aunt Janice gave me a...
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