Episodes

  • Q&A: Marine Turtles, Singing Birds and Farting Fish
    Jul 25 2025

    Do sharks fart? 🦈💨


    Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions...


    🤔 What's a Narluga?

    🎶 Why do birds sing at dawn?

    🐢 Why do tortoises stay on land, but turtles go in the sea?


    If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com or reach out on Instagram or YouTube @thatsjustwildpod.


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    25 mins
  • Shapeshifters: Clown Fish, Poison Dart Frogs, and Wonderful Wunderpus
    Jul 22 2025

    Which animal has the best disguise? 🥸


    Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they explore the best shapeshifters in the animal kingdom.


    Why do clown fish change sex? Is that a jellyfish or a plastic bag? And what happens when Steve's pet chameleon makes a surprise appearance?


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    39 mins
  • Q&A: Naked Mole-Rats, Lounging Pandas, and Pickled Fruit Bats
    Jul 18 2025

    What is the most improbable animal? Which animals have the most toxic parenting traits? And why aren't pandas ferocious like other bears? (Or are they...) Experts Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts are back with another Q&A answering your weird and wonderful questions about wildlife.


    If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com or reach out on Instagram or YouTube @thatsjustwildpod.


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    30 mins
  • Team Players: Termite Snow, Starling Skies and Flying Ant Day
    Jul 15 2025

    How do birds know how to fly in formation? Why do flying ants all seem to appear at once? And what on earth is termite snow?!


    This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dig into the critters that operate as one.


    We meet the team players: from cicadas synchronising their song to ants that perform surgery on each other - and survive!


    Follow wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode - and don’t forget to listen out for our Q&A eps every Friday. If you have a question you want answering e-mail the team at questions@thatsjustwild.com.

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    37 mins
  • Q&A: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Shark Hypnosis
    Jul 11 2025

    Can you hypnotise a shark? 🌀🦈


    Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions on everything Shark...


    🤔 Why do Hammerhead Sharks look like they do?

    ⏳ How do some sharks live so long?

    🇬🇧 And will we ever see Great Whites in British waters?


    If you have a question you’d like our expert trio to answer, e-mail the team at 📧 questions@thatsjustwild.com or reach out on Instagram or YouTube @thatsjustwildpod.


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    23 mins
  • Sharks: Jaws, Netflix, and Misconceptions
    Jul 8 2025

    How did Jaws change public perception of sharks? What makes something a shark? And why is Sarah travelling the world looking for them?


    Explorers Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are talking all things sharks.


    Watch Sarah and "Shark Man" Dan on All The Sharks, live globally now on Netflix, check it out here.

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    44 mins
  • Q&A: Dolphins, Sharks, and Toxic Relationships
    Jul 4 2025

    Do shark nets work? Which animal has the most toxic relationship? And why dolphins have the best PR of the animal world... It's time for another Q&A where Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts answer your wild questions.


    Plus, here are the books mentioned in this episode for any keen readers:


    • The Malay Archipelago - Alfred Russel Wallace
    • Climbing Mountain Probable - Richard Dawkins
    • Somebody Swallowed Stanley - Sarah Roberts
    • The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
    • Coming of Age with Elephants - Joyce Poole
    • The Explorer - Katherine Rundell


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    26 mins
  • Punks: Honey Badgers, Bearded Vultures, and Mohawked Turtles
    Jul 1 2025

    Who are the punks of the animal kingdom? Why do honey badgers scare lions? Why are Cassowary birds so badass?


    Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring serious attitude to this episode of That's Just Wild.


    This week we meet the rebels, including: devil fire fish (taking over the Caribbean), turtles with Mohawks (that can breathe from their bum), and headbutting tenrecs (note, NOT a hedgehog) ...And that time Steve Backshall had a ponytail.


    Watch Lizzie's documentary VULTURE: The Story of the Bearded Vulture.


    Follow wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode - and don’t forget to listen out for our Q&A eps every Friday. If you have a question you want answering e-mail the team at questions@thatsjustwild.com.

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    35 mins