In our most recent episode on sharks, I briefly touched on the cookie cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis), and I mentioned they have bitten chunks out of submarines before. So, I figured for the next free post, we'd take a deep dive (pun intended) on these weird little sharks

Mountain lions (also known as cougars and pumas) are solitary and elusive animals that inhabit much of North America, having the largest range of any wild land animal in the Americas. While encounters are rare, they can be dangerous and life-threatening. In this blog post, we'll explore why mountain lion attacks happen and provide tips for avoiding them as you explore nature, as discussed in our 82nd episode with Petros Chrysafis.

Pride Month is over, but that doesn't mean we have to stop celebrating all of the wonderful and weird ways in which nature is queer. As promised in our bonus episode titled "Nature is Gay", this blog post will be showcasing more queer animals that we didn't get a chance to touch on

Talking with Dr. Taylor gave us so many great insights into the world of snakes, and her research allows us to get closer to snakes than ever before with Rattlecam.org. Let's break down everything we learned in episode 79.

In our episode about the Bear Lady Kay, we spent some time talking about the Red Wolf (Canis rufus) that lives in North Carolina per the request of the listener who told us about the story. We originally posted this post to Patreon after we released Episode 69: Abusing the ESA, an episode all about wolf conservation (or the lack thereof) in the U.S. If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, check it out for more context about wolf conservation.

Having Daryl on to speak to bear encounters was such a pleasure, and I think it provided insight we've needed on this podcast for years now to answer some of our biggest questions. In this post we'll go over some of the biggest takeaways from the episode.

I really loved the conversation with Rajeev in episode 76, and I hope you all did too. It really opened my eyes as to how dire human-wildlife conflict is in different parts of the world. 400-500 people killed a year by elephants, leopards and tigers each?!

In the past few episodes of the podcast (eps. 73-75), we’ve gone over some horror stories of what can happen when people own exotic pets, ranging from tigers, to lions, to bears. Thanks to Sophiane, better known as HonkIfUrHoary on social media, we all now have an in-depth knowledge of what can go on behind the scenes when we see ‘cute’ videos on platforms like TikTok, Facebook or Instagram of big cats and other exotic pets.

So how can we all contribute to the eradication of this kind of content, which often results in the mistreatment of exotic pets?