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That's Just Wild

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Latest episodes

Q&A: Ancient Fish Eyes, Chowing Chimps and the Deserts That Mimic Mars

May 7, 2026 · 25 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions one last time, as the show wraps up — going out with a curious bang (and probably a few weird facts for good measure). 💥🐾✨ 🌊 Ever noticed how…
Moist: Slime Highways, Snot Bubble Beds, and a Legendary Orca Sighting

May 5, 2026 · 36 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie dive headfirst into the wonderfully weird and surprisingly soggy side of the natural world 💧💧💧 🐜 Honey ants take food storage to another level — with a special cast that swells up…
Q&A: Vertical Sleepers, Sky Dances and the Infamous Worm Dance

May 1, 2026 · 23 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐦 Mesmerising murmurations & the “rule of 7”… how do starlings move as one without crashing mid-air? We unpack the simple behavioural rules behind…
Sleepy: Mucus Cocoons, Sky Sleepers, and the World’s Best Micro-Nappers

April 28, 2026 · 37 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie, drift into the drowsiest corners of the natural world 🌙😴 🛌 Sleep is risky business, so animals have evolved some seriously creative solutions. From extreme sleepers to…
Q&A: Seriously Smart Chimps, Snake hoods and a Very Quiet Rainforest

April 24, 2026 · 23 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐒 Seriously smart chimps, artistic animals & nature’s creative side… from painting primates to musical whales and masterpiece-making bowerbird—but are…

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Systems: Dust Crossing Oceans, Shrinking Iguanas and a Tiny Earth Experiment

April 21, 2026 · 32 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve, Sarah and Lizzie dive into the natural systems that keep our planet running — the hidden forces connecting oceans, weather, and life itself 🌍✨ 🌊 The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt keeps our planet in…
Q&A: Goats on Wheels, Luscious Long Necks and Poo Is Power

April 17, 2026 · 23 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🦣 Do animals support their young with disabilities? From African wild dogs to elephants and chimpanzees, we explore the surprisingly compassionate side…
Invincible: Mesmeric Meerkats, Mongoose vs. Cobra Showdowns, and Regenerating Worms

April 14, 2026 · 37 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie dare to explore natural world’s toughest survivors — the creatures that refuse to die, defy the odds, and redefine what it means to be truly invincible 💪 🦎 Olms lurk in dark cave systems…
Q&A: Evolution Oddities, Pet Reptiles and Saving Rainforests

April 10, 2026 · 29 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie tackle more of your wildest questions! 🐍 Ever thought about owning a corn snake… and then realised how big the commitment actually is? We get into exotic pets and what it really means to…
Builders: Beaver Cities, Swiftlet Phlegm Hammocks, and Antlion Larvae Death Traps

April 7, 2026 · 50 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Lizzie roll up their sleeves to share some of nature’s most ingenious architects 🏗️🐝 🦫 Could the world’s biggest beaver dam really dwarf the Hoover Dam? From booming “beaver cities” to their…
Q&A: Flaunting Peacocks, Sweet Rhino Farts, and Dolphins’ Dark Side

April 3, 2026 · 22 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah tackle more of your wildest questions! 🦚 What is the real purpose of sexual dimorphism? From strutting, show-off peacocks to enormous male seals and tiny females, plus the bizarre love life…
Chatty: Tamarin’s Scent Secrets, Curious Whales and Nature’s Loudest Love Song

March 31, 2026 · 35 min

This week on That’s Just Wild, Steve and Sarah are seriously chatty as they discuss some of nature’s most outrageous communicators📞📢🔊… 🦜 From the red-eyed vireo, the tiny “preacher bird” that somehow belts out a staggering 22,197 songs…

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About the show

Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring you a wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts. Think: unexpected encounters, jaw-dropping science, and nature like you’ve never heard it before. Every Tuesday join adventurer, explorer and broadcaster Steve Backshall, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From braving Arctic extremes to swimming with sharks, each episode begins with a bold superlative—Flamboyant, Freezing, Venomous—and unfolds into their remarkable tales of the wild. Then, every Friday, it’s your turn. Our Q&A episodes tackle your most need-to-know nature questions—from how not to become bear food to how long is an elephant’s trunk? Because the world is wild, its wonders are endless—and we’re here to tell the stories that prove it. For ad-free listening and special episodes, support the podcast at thatsjustwild.com. Produced in the wild by Fresh Air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.