Terrestrials

The Snow Beast: A Mystery Animal (Replay)

Today we bring you a story stranger than fiction. In 2006, paleobiologist Natalia Rybczynski took a helicopter to a remote Arctic island near the North Pole, spending her

The Wallowers: A Buffalo Comeback Story

Ervin Carlson grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana hearing stories about buffalo (aka American bison) who once roamed the land by the hundreds of thousands. Th

Celestials: A Bedtime Snail Story Experiment

Meet François Tranquille. He's a snail. He's French. And this is the first episode of a little experiment we're calling Celestials: Bedtime Stories from Terrestrials. Res

The Fuzzy Ruckus: The Power of Lichen (Replay)

Artist Ashley (Ash) Eliza Williams was so shy growing up that they found it hard to speak to people.  Instead, they withdrew from the world of humans and found comfort in

The Jimothy: Seattle Raccoon Steals Hearts

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you might’ve heard of Jimothy—a raccoon from Seattle who went viral. Jimothy t-shirts, murals, tattoos, and tribute songs popped

Dung Beetles from Just the Zoo of Us

It’s summer break! So, while Terrestrials takes a summer breather,, we’re bringing you a show that we really love. It’s called Just the Zoo of Us, and it’s produced by El

The Charmer: King Cobras' FANGtastic Powers

Lulu has been terrified of snakes all her life. But strangely, her oldest son  has been obsessed with them since he was two. So to understand his fascination, she called

The Travelers Update: A Moon Tree Grows in New York

The director of horticulture at Madison Square Park, Stephanie Lucas, spends her days caring for over 300 trees in the heart of New York City. One day in 2022, she saw a

The DADventure: Wild Animal Dads from Owl Monkeys to Seahorses

What does it really mean to be a dad? In the animal world, fathers have long been painted as aggressive or absent. At best providers and protectors, but certainly not car

BIG CATS 2: Leopards & Jaguars (2 Fast, 2 FURious)

We're back with PURR-T TWO of our big cats journey, and this time, we’re heading even deeper into the cat-iverse.  We travel to India, where conservationist Shatrunjay P

BIG CATS: Lions, Tigers & Roars (Oh My!)

Big cats are our most requested animal, but Lulu doesn’t really want to make an episode about them! . She thinks lions, tigers, and their feline cousins are the bullies o

The Wicked Smoocha: Anglerfish Break A World Record

In the depths of the ocean, a tiny male anglerfish catches a scent and follows it through the darkness. Eventually he finds a glowing, toothy female with a bacterial ligh

The Forest Fairy: Aphids Reveal Hidden Harmonies

Amy Ray (whose music you might know from the Indigo Girls) was on a walk in the Georgia woods with her dogs when she passed a tree branch and saw hundreds of tiny, white,

The Greeting: Yo-Yo Ma's Humpback Whale Experiment

As one of the most famous cellists of all time, Yo-Yo Ma has spent a lot of time playing music inside. But a few years ago, he decided to take the cello out of the fancy

The Red-Eyed Mascot: Loon Resilience in Minnesota

What do loons have to do with courage and community?  In January, we received a letter from two sisters in Minnesota - Jude and Mo. They wrote to us because their city wa

The Snowball: Extreme Squirrels in the Arctic (Replay)

Middle schooler, Aanya, has an up-close encounter with a squirrel in the school yard, which leads her to an obsession with one of North America's most common critters. Sh

The Snoozer: Penguin Slackerzzz Rule

How rested would you feel if you took 10,000 naps a day? Chinstrap Penguins in Antarctica spend their days taking MICRONAPS, each around 4 seconds long. To learn why, Lul

Build-A-Dragon (Replay)

On February 17, in places like China, Malaysia, Korea and Chinatowns across the globe, dragons will rise in the form of massive puppets. Today we bring you a special Terr

The Portal: Groundhogs Lead Us Into an Underrealm of HOLES

Holes are full of a whole lot of nothin'. Pure, hollow emptiness. At least that’s what Songbud Alan thought before he fell down a rabbit hole of, well, HOLES! In honor of

The Spellbook: Ancient Recipes for Animals

Where do animals come from? That's something people have been trying to explain for thousands of years. And for a while, scientists and philosophers believed that any ol'