The Natural History Cupboard Podcast

Gareth
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Are you passionate about natural history? Join these nerds as they explore the most amazing, & often oddest, organisms & news that natural science offers! The cupboard is open, come on in...

  1. New Year's Quiz 2025

    12/28/2025

    New Year's Quiz 2025

    For our final episode of the year, and back by popular demand, join us for another quiz! Jess once again guest hosts, pitting Gareth, Aaron and Drew against each other. We recap the year with questions on all things natural history, ranging from the outrageous things we've been recorded saying to the weird and wonderful world of moth names. The cupboard is open, come on in for a great laugh to end off the year!

    1h 25m
  2. Winter Species Special 2025

    12/21/2025

    Winter Species Special 2025

    This week we wrap up warm for our winter special with another trio of seasonal species! Gareth’s better half, Paris, joins us to round out our trio. Meet the crab that’s part snowman, then travel to the mountains to meet a hare that can change colour, and finally meet the bird that knows how to look festive all year round. So sit back, stay warm, and enjoy this festive trip around the world. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    44 min
  3. A King of the Marshes

    12/14/2025

    A King of the Marshes

    This week we meet the bird the internet loves for all the wrong reasons, the shoebill! We find out why it's not a "prehistoric evil Dino-bird", but a patient king of the wetlands. In the news, Aaron tells us about the repatriation of a Tarbosaurus that found its way to France. All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    1h 7m
  4. A Pint-Sized Predator

    12/07/2025

    A Pint-Sized Predator

    This week we meet the pint-sized predatory dinosaur, Compsognathus, and Aaron compares the real animal and its movie counterpart. Meanwhile, in the news, Gareth reviews the new series of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    1h 13m
  5. A Big Bodied Boy

    11/30/2025

    A Big Bodied Boy

    This week we meet one of the oddest creatures to have ever graced the world, the Permian era, Cotylorhynchus. With its strange proportions, just how did it come to look this way? In the news, we go over COP 30 and see if it’s not more of a cop-out this time around. All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    1h 2m
  6. A Rainbow Winged Wanderer

    11/23/2025

    A Rainbow Winged Wanderer

    This week we meet the aerial insect predator, the European bee-eater, and Aaron tells us all about his experience with this beautiful bird. In the news, we hear about the "menace" that is Sir David Attenborough, and how he is threatening grouse shooters. All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    1h 5m
  7. An All-Aussie Arachnid

    11/16/2025

    An All-Aussie Arachnid

    This week we head Down Under to meet one of the most venomous and infamous species of spider, the Sydney funnel-web. Find out what makes a male spider looking for love potentially dangerous, and just how likely you are to be finished off by a funnel-web. In the news, Aaron looks at what steps need to be taken to help Scottish wildcats bounce back, not just in the wild, but in captivity too. All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    1h 8m
  8. A Titanic Snake

    11/09/2025

    A Titanic Snake

    This week we head to the ancient Amazon to meet the largest snake to have ever lived, the Titanaboa! In the news, somehow Nanotyrannus returned... what does this mean for the tyrant lizard king? All this and more. The cupboard is open, come on in!

    52 min
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