Episodes

  • What We Learn From Whale Snot

    What We Learn From Whale Snot
    Oct 23 2025
    A whale's nose is not where you think. And Dr Vanessa Pirotta should know. She came up with a special drone to steal their snot. If that's snot a story worth listening to, whale, you're wrong.

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    23 mins
  • Cane Toads

    Cane Toads
    Oct 15 2025
    There's a rampant army sweeping Australia. They outnumber people ten to one. But Dr Rick Shine has a solution straight out of Jurassic Park to stop them in their tracks. He's rewriting their DNA.

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    29 mins
  • Jumping Spiders

    Jumping Spiders
    Oct 8 2025
    New Zealand's Dr Fiona Cross tells a tale of two spiders: one that outsmarted its researchers and another that's mysteriously drawn to our smelly socks.

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    30 mins
  • Aye Ayes

    Aye Ayes
    Oct 8 2025
    Apparently if an aye aye points at you, you're going to die. So lemur researcher Dr Adam Hartstone-Rose is probably doomed. But he did discover a new finger on the world's second weirdest primate.

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    35 mins
  • Launch Special - Clara the Rhino

    Launch Special - Clara the Rhino
    Oct 8 2025
    In this special bonus episode, author-historian Jillian Forsberg joins to regale us with the story of the very first animal celebrity, who sailed around the Cape to meet kings and emperors, then vanished after death.

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    38 mins
  • Teaser Trailer

    Teaser Trailer
    Oct 4 2025
    Wild Stories is coming soon, with new episodes every Wednesday. Make sure to follow and turn on automatic downloads so you don't miss an episode!

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    1 min