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Varmints!

A Pets & Animals , Kids & Family and Science podcast

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The Varmints! podcast is an education/comedy podcast that’s all about animals! Every week a bunch of nerds a do a whole bunch of reading to bring you a mix of science, education, pop culture and comedy about all things that creep, crawl, slither, fly, jump, hop and swim on this planet one animal at a time.

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Wrap-up Chat with Henry the Herpetologist!

39 min

Our last Frog-a-Day episode!We didn't manage all 30 days but we only missed 2. We ended up learning a lot about frogs and we hope you did too!Thanks for everything, especially to Henry, and until next time, be nice to animals! ***Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Zombie Frog

8 min

The final frog of our series is the newly discovered zombie frog! Learn all about it from Moss. 

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Wrap-up Chat with Henry the Herpetologist!

39 min

Our last Frog-a-Day episode!We didn't manage all 30 days but we only missed 2. We ended up learning a lot about frogs and we hope you did too!Thanks for everything, especially to Henry, and until next time, be nice to animals! ***Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Zombie Frog

8 min

The final frog of our series is the newly discovered zombie frog! Learn all about it from Moss. 

Frog Respiration

9 min

Frogs have some interesting ways to get oxygen and Curt tells us all about it!

Desert Rain Frog

6 min

Peep tells you all about the crazy peepin' desert rain frog!

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

9 min

What does the Red-Eyed Tree Frog have to do with the video game, Frogger? Come on along and find out!

Boreal Frog

6 min

Curt tells us all about the frog so nice they named it twice!

Pumpkin Toadlet

9 min

Megan tells us all about the troubles of the pumpkin toadlet.

Budgett's Frog

6 min

Curt tells us all about the Budgett's Frog!

The Phantasmal Poison Frog

7 min

This episode is about THE PHANTASMAL POISON FROG. And it's with Megan Danger. Listen to it now!

Frog Article Discussion with the Cast!

44 min

Join the cast of Varmints! Podcast for our series of Frog-a-Day shows to celebrate National Podcast Posting Month. Today: we discuss a neat article about horizontal gene transfer (a really cool thing we'll explain in the episode) seems to happen like crazy between snakes and frogs in Madagascar. Read the original article by Veronique Greenwood at this link:How Genes Can Leap From Snakes to Frogs in Madagascar

Long-Nosed Frog

8 min

Join Megan for a paean of praise in honor of the redoubtable, remarkable resident of leafy litter and loamy loam, the long-nosed frog!

Crab Eating Frog

6 min

In your face, Wood Frog, the Crab Eating Frog also has a super power! 

Wood Frog

6 min

Curt tells us about a species of frog with a superpower!

Indian Purple Frog

7 min

Curt tells us about the hpppenin' Indian Purple Frog!

World's Smallest Frog!

7 min

Hop around with Donna to talk about the ittiest bittiest frog in the whole ding dang world!

Red Spotted Toad

6 min

Join Curt for a little Colorado chat about our native Red Spotted Toad!

Goliath Frog

8 min

Curt tells us all about the mighty Goliath frog.

Surinam Toad

10 min

Join Moss to learn about the lovely Surinam Toad! Warning: Trypaphobia people might not want to look up pics of this one.

Dotted Humming Frog

5 min

It's a Frog A Day for NaPodPoMo! Picture credit: By Andreas Schlüter - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6767969

Mossy Frog

7 min

Learn about the Mossy Frog with Moss!

Interview with Henry Adams, MS, Part One of Four

27 min

Part one of a four part series of interviews with Henry Adams from the Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute! The first show of our month long shows about frogs, A Frog a Day for National Podcast Posting Month.

Domestic Sheep

50 min

Varmints returns to the fold with a big, wooly episode. Join Donna, Curtis, Megan, and Moss and frolick like a lamb in springtime while you learn about domestic sheep!

Animal Class: Quolls!

21 min

Join Curt and Donna for a new episode! We go to Animal Class and learn all about the strange and adorable quoll! "tiger quoll (3)" by herper715 is marked with CC BY 2.0.            

Pronghorn!

52 min

The first full length episode for Varmints! 2.0, we jump right in and learn about pronghorn!  Featured image is from the National Parks Service.

Cyclops!

13 min

Join us for a talk with exotic animal rancher, Cotton Shorts, to hear about his friend the Cyclops! Image credit: "'I see you've noticed my patch.'" by internets_dairy is marked with CC BY 2.0.

Hippos Rerun for Fiona the Hippo from Cincinnati Zoo's 5th Birthday!

47 min

Back in 2017 when our podcast was still very new, we did an episode on Hippos! This episode featured the lovely and charming baby hippo, Fiona from the Cincinnati Zoo.    As a celebration of her 5th birthday, we're republishing that episode! Enjoy! And Happy Birthday, Fiona, from the Varmints! Podcast and all our loyal listeners, the Varminions. We hope your day was super special!    Picture of Fiona credit goes to: DarthBotto, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Fireflies

35 min

Time for fireflies to light up the night on a new episode of Varmints! Podcast. Join Paul and Donna to talk about these special critters.  "firefly 0877" by art farmer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0    

Tapirs

26 min

To kick off 2022 Paul flies solo this with an episode about the weird, amazing tapir! Featured images: "Singapore Zoo Tapir-2=" by Sheba Also 18 Million Views is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Pigeons II: Electric Boogaloo

39 min

At last, the promised second half of Varmints! Podcast pigeons series has flown in!  Grab your birdseed, strap on your bird watching binocs and let's get ready to adventure in the urban jungle to learn more about pigeons! ALL IS NEST! "Pigeons" by zigazou76 is licensed under CC BY 2.0

NaPodPoMo Spider a Day: The Portia Spiders, or, Super Spy-ders

5 min

Learn about spiders a little bit each day with Donna and Paul.   "File:لحظه شکار عنکبوت پورشا.png" by احمد is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 "Dandy Jumping Spider (Portia schultzi)" by berniedup is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

NaPodPoMo Spider a Day: Cotton Shorts Calls in for Some Spider Anatomy Help Part Two

6 min

Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul. Today is Part Two of a surprise phone call from our special guest, Cotton Shorts, who is an Exotic Animal Rancher. Cotton ordinarily, (or perhaps extraordinarily), joins us on our April 1st episodes. Today some giant spiders have invaded his ranch and Donna does her best to explain them. 

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