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From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about our furry, feathered and scaly friends.

In recent years, scientists have hypothesized life-forms that can only be called "weird": organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme that their cellular structures should break down, perhaps even organisms that reproduce without DNA. Some of these strange life-forms, unrelated to all life we know, might be nearby: on rock surfaces in the American southwest, hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, or even in our own bodies. Some, stranger still, might live in Martian permafrost, swim in the dark oceans of Jupiter's moons, or survive in the exotic ices on comets.

Just a couple-a queerdos, eating fruit, trying to figure it out...Weird Fruits is hosted by Stevie Mae (they/she) and Mary Lou (she/her), two queer Oregonian transplants from bumf*ck towns across the country. Throughout each episode, they literally eat fruit together while exploring choice topics, sometimes with guests.StevieMary (a common colloquialism among their friend group) met in 2015 as co-workers at "the children's farm home" (a misleadingly idyllic name for residential kid jail). They grew closer and queerer as the years went on, embracing each other's capital W Weird. Their ...

Amy and Katie explore all things weird.Credit Attributions for intro:Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos, License code: TTR6CSAT2M1LMR59https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=1631#play Pexels videoZapsplat effectsBen Weeman Art

Do you ever find yourself asking questions about how things work or maybe you spend your days in natural relaxation? Weird Science Debunked focuses on everyday questions in science that you just must have answered.

Discussing everything regenerative and alternative farming. What ’weird’ practices are out-performing mainstream and conventional agriculture technology? Lets talk about how we’re still going to get it done regardless of conventional or ’weird’ practices.

From entomologist Barrett Klein comes a buzz-worthy exploration of the many ways insects have affected human society, history, and culture Insects surround us. They fuel life on Earth through their roles as pollinators, predators, and prey, but rarely do we consider the outsize influence they...

“Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain. Sure, Cat Tale has plenty of laughs and Florida weirdness, but Pittman has written a truly inspirational story about the panther’s brush with extinction, and the...

An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that...