Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids

Kingdom Animalia Podcasts
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This is a for-kids-(and adults)-by-kids-(and chickadees) animal podcast. In every regular episode, your host, Devon, and podcast-overthrowal-plotting chickadee co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will dive into all the facts about one species of animal with jokes, fun facts, and quizzes along the way. Every third-ish episode is our game show, Animalia Fake!, in which there are three rounds with four outrageous animal facts; one of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is. You can send in questions, comments, episode suggestions, or just a “hello” to animals@kapods.org, and you can learn more at https://kapods.org/animals. So what are you waiting for? Let’s explore this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. New episodes every 1–2 months.

  1. Domestic Pigeons & Doves // Palomacy’s Cynthia Bardouka-Large (Podcasthon 2026)

    MAR 20

    Domestic Pigeons & Doves // Palomacy’s Cynthia Bardouka-Large (Podcasthon 2026)

    Ignoring this episode would be so un-coo-l. ______________________ Why should you care about pigeons and doves? Do they make good pets? Should you feed city pigeons? Is there such a thing as a pigeon genie? Today, on KA’s Podcasthon 2026 special, Devon, Chet, and Cap bring on Cynthia Bardouka-Large, co-director of Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions, to talk all about domestic pigeons and doves, domesticated members of the family Columbidae. This episode is our contribution to Podcasthon, a week-long event that podcasters take part in by releasing episodes highlighting charities and nonprofits. Palomacy is a nonprofit rescue based in Northern California that cares for lost and injured domestic pigeons and doves. I encourage you to donate or ask your parent/guardian to donate with the link below if you can! Palomacy is funded by donations, and they do really great work. (If you do, please feel free to email me at animals@kapods.org! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact.) Note: I do not personally benefit from any donations. This is purely a cause that I believe in. Palomacy Links: Website⭐️ Donate!Caring for Pet Pigeons and DovesOther Links: PodcasthonA Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching (Website / Amazon)Episode PageTranscriptCredits: Outro Music: Beat MekanikAdditional Music: Kevin MacLeod ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    16 min
  2. Trick or Treat 2026 - The Big Reveal

    JAN 21 ·  BONUS

    Trick or Treat 2026 - The Big Reveal

    The big reveal for Trick or Treat 2026! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 17!** Which animal was just a trick—the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, or Emerald Cockroach Wasp? Listen to the big reveal to find out! Further Reading (SPOILERS): Cool BookOther Links: Episode PageTranscriptTrick or Treat 2026’s Sources (after listening!)Credits: Opening Theme: Darren CurtisOutro Music: eddy ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    8 min
  3. REMINDER: Send in Your Guesses for the Trick or Treat 2026 Fake!

    JAN 14 ·  BONUS

    REMINDER: Send in Your Guesses for the Trick or Treat 2026 Fake!

    Just a reminder to guess the Trick or Treat 2026 fake animal. ______________________ If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. You’ll get a chance to win two free months of the highest tier of Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts Plus! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal this weekend. ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    1 min
  4. Trick or Treat 2026

    JAN 10

    Trick or Treat 2026

    Four animals: three real, one fake. Which are real, and which is just a trick? ______________________ We’re combining our late April Fools episode with our late Halloween special. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about four species of animal: the Leapfrog Crab, Chinese Muntjac, Red-lipped Batfish, and Emerald Cockroach Wasp—one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess. If you think you know which one’s the fake, send in your guesses by filling out the form linked below. Listen through to the end of the episode to find out what the prize will be! Make sure to submit your top two guesses with the link below by the end of Friday, January 16th (PST), because I’ll release the reveal the following weekend. And be sure NOT to believe any of the facts on today’s episode until you know which animal is fake. Happy very late Halloween and even later April Fools’! Links: Send in Your GuessesEpisode PageTranscriptCredits: Additional Music: Darren Curtis and Forget the Whale ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    31 min
  5. Budgerigar—Part 3: Pet Budgies // Mickaboo’s Amy Yee (Podcasthon 2025)

    03/20/2025

    Budgerigar—Part 3: Pet Budgies // Mickaboo’s Amy Yee (Podcasthon 2025)

    Find out what all the squawk is about! ______________________ What should you feed budgies? Does Houdini have some feathered competition? Why should you adopt pets instead of buying them? What things on the market for budgies should you actually avoid? Today, on the first-ever KA interview episode, Devon, Chet, and Cap welcome Amy Yee, volunteer at Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue (where Devon adopted Budgly and Rex), to talk about everything there is to know about pet budgerigars, Melopsittacus undulatus, and some other pet birds. This episode is in part for Podcasthon, an initiative in which 1,300+ podcasts are doing an episode that educates listeners about a nonprofit of their choice. I chose to highlight Mickaboo, a bird rescue based in California. You can find an overview of what they do and donate if you want to support their mission at https://podcasthon.org/charities/mickaboo. If you do donate, please email me at animals@kapods.org! I’d love to hear that I’m making an impact. This is the third part of the Budgerigar. For the first and second parts (on wild budgies), go to the previous episodes in the feed. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Pet Bird Resources: Mickaboo WebsiteBasic Bird Care ClassOther Links: PodcasthonEpisode PageComicMemory QuizTranscript ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    31 min
  6. Budgerigar—Part 2: Wild Budgies II

    03/14/2025

    Budgerigar—Part 2: Wild Budgies II

    Polly wanna listen to this episode? ______________________ Can parrots understand the human words they say? How and why are budgies such good mimics? How do budgie pairs find each other in huge flocks? Today, with your host, Devon; co-hosts, Chet and Cap; and two special guests, Budgly and Rex, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. This is the second part of the Budgerigar. For the first part, go to the previous episode in the feed, and the third part (an interview) will be released on Thursday, March 20th. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Further Reading (Experiments): Budgies Use Grammar to Find Meaning in Unfamiliar PhrasesPolly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial GrammarOther Links: More Info on YawningComicMemory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)Episode PageTranscriptSources ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    26 min
  7. Budgerigar—Part 1: Wild Budgies I

    01/01/2025

    Budgerigar—Part 1: Wild Budgies I

    What can learn to speak many human words all without a voice box? ______________________ How can you tell apart male and female budgies? Are grass seeds actually really nutritious? How big can budgie flocks get to be? What does zygodactyl mean? What’s a budgie’s daily routine? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, and two special guests (Devon’s pet budgies, Budgly & Rex!), you will learn the first half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. This is the first part of the Budgerigar. The second part (the second half of the info I researched) and third part (an interview) will be released within the next few months. Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right. Links: Bird Wing Feather DiagramBudgie FlyingMore Info on YawningEpisode PageComicTranscriptReferencesCredits: Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Robo9418, and Alexander NakaradaAdditional Budgie Sounds: “Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)” (https://xeno-canto.org/335524) recorded by Marc Anderson and licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

    24 min
  8. Late-pril Fools 2024 - The Big Reveal

    09/03/2024 ·  BONUS

    Late-pril Fools 2024 - The Big Reveal

    The big reveal for Late-pril Fools 2024! ______________________ **SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 13!** Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sarcastic Fringehead, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Atlantic Mudskipper, Hoatzin, or Stomach-Sucker? Listen to the big reveal to find out! We didn’t get any guesses, so we’re holding a raffle for the Chet and Cap models! Go to https://kingdomanimaliapod.com/raffle and enter your name before October 1st to get a chance to win. There, you can also check out photos of the prize. Links: Enter the RafflePhotos of the PrizeEpisode PageTranscriptLate-pril Fools 2024’s Works Cited (after listening!)Credits: Additional Music: ZapSplat and Kevin MacLeod ______________________ ❤️ Support + Get a Shout-Out & More If you have any questions, comments, episode suggestions, or you just want to say hello, please reach out (links are below)! It really means a lot. Also, if you like this podcast, please share it with someone else who might! Get in Touch: animals@kapods.org or kapods.org/contactAnonymously Say ‘Hello’: kapods.org/helloVisit My Website: kapods.org/animalsFollow in Your Favorite App: kapods.org/animals/follow**Psst! Hey, you! It’s Chet and Cap! Do you have any questions for us? Just head over to kapods.org/acb and send a voice message or email with your questions, and we’ll answer them on an Ask the Chickadee Brothers episode of this podcast!** Until next time, keep exploring this amazing kingdom: Animalia. This podcast is made by Kingdom: Animalia Podcasts.

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This is a for-kids-(and adults)-by-kids-(and chickadees) animal podcast. In every regular episode, your host, Devon, and podcast-overthrowal-plotting chickadee co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will dive into all the facts about one species of animal with jokes, fun facts, and quizzes along the way. Every third-ish episode is our game show, Animalia Fake!, in which there are three rounds with four outrageous animal facts; one of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is. You can send in questions, comments, episode suggestions, or just a “hello” to animals@kapods.org, and you can learn more at https://kapods.org/animals. So what are you waiting for? Let’s explore this amazing Kingdom: Animalia. New episodes every 1–2 months.

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