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...
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A sacred scarab
This week we meet the insects that move the sun across the sky ,and can navigate by the milky way and also love the taste of poo. We talk all things dung beetle and how they are the future of farming and combating climate change. In the news we take a look at a very badly run animal collection and what can be done about it. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in
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A Blatantly Bullied Bovid
This week we take an in-depth look at Europe's largest herbivore the wisent or is it a bison. We hear about its rather dark and sad past. In the news we look at what animal might have given medieval Britons leprosy. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in!
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A long legged owl
This week we meet one of Hawaii’s many extinct species of birds the stilt owls. We look at why Hawaii is sadly missing so many species of unique birds. In the news Aaron tells us about how Gibraltars orcas are not at home. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in!
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A Quick-Draw Claw
This week we meet the shrimp that’s always armed but maybe not so dangerous the pistol shrimp. In the news Gareth gets jealous of a new giant ichthyosaur discovered where he likes to fossil hunt. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in!
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A raucous raptor
This week meet the Caracara one of the most intelligent birds on the planet . Learn how its inquisitive nature earns it friends and also enemy’s. In the News there is a Battle going on to save last earless dragons. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in!
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A hog from hell
This week meet the mighty daeodon, a creature so fearsome it’s nicknamed “the terminator pig”. Find out what makes it so amazing and also why it’s not a pig. In the news this week we look at why the UK is on track to be an ark for Californian giant redwoods. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in!
Customer Reviews
The least offensive podcast
It’s cold. It’s Sunday morning. The world is bleak. Why not join two British naturalists calming discussing the earth and its inhabitants? They don’t bicker and they have nice accents.
Great podcast for us ‘nature’ nerds
Heard you had a fb page but can’t find it.