The Bedside Naturalist

The Bedside Naturalist
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Natural history for the end of the day. Remarkable animals, plants, fossils, and vanished worlds, told calmly enough to fall asleep to and richly enough to stay awake for. Follow closely, let your attention drift, or fall asleep and pick the story up again when you return. Narrated with a synthetic voice.

Episodes

  1. 3h ago

    The Saber Teeth in the Asphalt: Los Angeles and the Cat Built Around a Bite

    The famous teeth of Smilodon only worked because the rest of the cat worked with them. La Brea’s extraordinary fossil record reveals the jaws, shoulders, forelimbs, prey, and landscape behind one of the Ice Age’s most recognizable bodies.   Narrated with a synthetic voice.

  2. 3h ago

    The Dragon That Was a Rhinoceros: Klagenfurt and the Horn That Cleared the Snow

    A fossil skull in Klagenfurt was once taken for the remains of a dragon and helped shape the city’s famous fountain. Give that skull its body back, and it becomes a woolly rhinoceros built for cold, open ground and winter grazing.   Narrated with a synthetic voice.

  3. 3h ago

    The Small Mammoths of the Channel Islands: What Happens When Giants Live on an Island Budget

    Mammoths reached California’s Channel Islands by swimming. Once there, generations of giants became something very different: adult mammoths scarcely taller than a person, shaped by the costs and opportunities of island life.   Narrated with a synthetic voice.

  4. 3h ago

    A Leaf That Digests: Darwin and the Sundew

    Charles Darwin became fascinated by a tiny sundew growing on English heathland. Its glittering leaves open into a remarkable plant mechanism: a leaf that can trap, sense, move, digest, and absorb an animal meal. Narrated with a synthetic voice.

  5. 2h ago

    The Giant Bird at the Airport: Charleston and the Largest Wings in the Sky

    A giant fossil bird turned up during construction at Charleston International Airport. With a wingspan of about twenty-one feet, Pelagornis sandersi opens a journey into takeoff, soaring, ocean wind, and the ancient coastal world beneath modern Charleston. Narrated with a synthetic voice.

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Natural history for the end of the day. Remarkable animals, plants, fossils, and vanished worlds, told calmly enough to fall asleep to and richly enough to stay awake for. Follow closely, let your attention drift, or fall asleep and pick the story up again when you return. Narrated with a synthetic voice.

Information

  • Creator
    The Bedside Naturalist
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Bedside Naturalist
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    The Bedside Naturalist