Varmints!

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

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

Peep talks about the striped rocket frog!

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

Moss tells us all about the Tapir Valley Tree Frog!

Moss introduces us to Wallace's flying frog! 

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

Part 3 of 4 of our chats with Henry the Herpetologist from the Lincoln Park Zoo!

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

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

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

Curt tells us all about the Budgett's Frog!

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

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

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

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

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

Curt tells us about the hpppenin' Indian Purple Frog!

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

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

Part two!

Moss teaches us about the American Green Tree Frog!

Curt tells us all about the mighty Goliath frog.

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

Come hang out with Curtis and learn about Diane's Bare-Hearted Glass Frog! 

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

Learn about the Mossy Frog with Moss!

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.

Join Donna, Curt, and Moss for a sheep chat with Bill from Smiling Dog Farm! https://www.smiling-dog-farm.com/

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!

Varmints Update with Donna, Curt, Moss and Megan.  See you soon!

Listen to the musings of Cotton Shorts about day-to-day doings on the esoteric animal ranch. 

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.            

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.

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.

Come and meet new Varmints! cohost, Curtis Craddock!

Come get to know Megan Danger, a new cohost on Varmints! 2.0.    

Join us for an interview with one of the three new Varmints! Podcast cohosts, Moss, also known as the Science Dude.               

Chad from the PodFix Network interviews Donna about what is next for Varmints! Podcast.

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

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    

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

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

Learn about spiders a bit each day with Donna and Paul.

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

Learn about spiders a bit at a time with Donna and Paul. "Spined Micrathena Web" by treegrow is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Learn about spiders in little bits each day from Donna and Paul.

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. 

Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul. Today our special guest is Cotton Shorts, Exotic Animal Rancher who 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. 

Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul.   Today's special spider guest is the banana spider!