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Wet n Wild: British Beavers Return

April 5, 2026 · 58 min

It's the series finale! To celebrate, I'm heading back to my home country, where these charismatic rodents have returned after an absence of over 400 years.
Wet n Wild: Trees Made of Salmon

March 24, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

Trees in the temperate rainforests of British Columbia have been shown to contain marine derived nutrients (nutrients of marine origin). But... excuse me, please.... why do trees inland contain nutrients from the open ocean? Well, here's…
Wet n Wild: Giant Squid (& other molluscs)

March 13, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

The Kraken of Scandinavia; the Lusca of the Caribbean; the Akkorokamui of Japan... what do these legendary sea monsters have in common? ... They're all real! These creatures have surfaced from the deepest wells of mythology into modern…
Wet n Wild: Snapping Turtles

March 4, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

This week, I journey to an unlikely destination in search of turtles: Canada! The snapping turtle's range stretches all the way from Florida to the frozen north of the continent. And yet, its remarkable ability to survive the cold is…
Wet n Wild: Cocaine Hippos

January 22, 2026 · 53 min

In 1981, infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar imported 4 hippos to his private zoo as a gift for his daughter. After his death, they escaped - and now there are hundreds of feral hippos living in Colombia. Today's guest is Vanessa the Pink…

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Wet n Wild: Japanese Giant Salamander

December 16, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

Enormous predatory amphibians lurking in mountain streams and rivers - a thing of the past? Well, yes - the planet was once dominated by these early arrivals onto land. But here, today, now, in the present moment, as we hold space for time…
Wet n Wild: Orcas Hunting Great Whites

December 1, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

Two South African orcas, named Port and Starboard, have become infamous shark-hunters. It has been widely reported that the pair are responsible for the declining great white populations in the world's cage-diving capital. But is it true?…
Wet n Wild: The Loch Ness Monster (isn't real)

November 3, 2025 · 42 min

Rumour has it, there is a giant prehistoric reptile inhabiting Britain's largest lake/loch by volume. Well, I'm not one for rumours, fairytales, gossips and besmirchments - unless I've made them up myself about my enemies. In this episode…
Wet n Wild: Fish Evolution on Steroids

October 20, 2025 · 57 min

Lake Victoria, East Africa, was dry 14,000 years ago - and yet, it is home to about 500 species of cichlid fish. It's believed that this incredible diversity of species arose from a single ancestor, which completely flips the script given…
Wet n Wild: Great Barrier Reef

October 6, 2025 · 56 min

In this episode, I head to one of the most biodiverse places on the planet: the Great Barrier Reef. While this reef is almost completely unknown in comparison to more famous reefs like the Houtman Abrolhos island reef and Capricorn and…
Wet n Wild: Eels Under Melbourne

September 21, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

Eels under Melbourne!! Yes, you heard that damn straight, missy. For thousands of years, the Traditional Custodians of the land have understood much about the lives of eels. In Western academia, these creatures long remained elusive. In…
Wet n Wild: Extraterrestrial Life

September 4, 2025 · 51 min

In this episode, I depart from planet Earth alone in search of water and extraterrestrial life, donning a Goldilocks outfit and my astrobiology hat to help facilitate the discussion of biosignatures. On the way I encounter exoplanets…