That's Just Wild
Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring you a wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts. Think: unexpected encounters, jaw-dropping science, and nature like you’ve never heard it before.
Every Tuesday join adventurer, explorer and broadcaster Steve Backshall, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From braving Arctic extremes to swimming with sharks, each episode begins with a bold superlative—Flamboyant, Freezing, Venomous—and unfolds into their remarkable tales of the wild.
Then, every Friday, it’s your turn. Our Q&A episodes tackle your most need-to-know nature questions—from how not to become bear food to how long is an elephant’s trunk?
Because the world is wild, its wonders are endless—and we’re here to tell the stories that prove it.
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Produced in the wild by Fresh Air.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2025
Q&A: Tickling Platypus, Poetic Petrels and the Bloody-nosed Beetle
This week on That’s Just Wild Q&A, Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts dive into your wildest questions! 🎙️
🌊 Why do Storm Petrels dance on the water (and make Steve want to write poetry)…
Triumphant Travellers: Enormous Albatross and the Multi-Generational Migration of Butterflies
In this week’s episode, we explore the staggering undertakings of nature’s most triumphant travelers. 🌍✨
🦋 Monarch butterflies that embark on multi-generational migrations and amass in such numbers th…
Q&A: The Welsh Coast, Arctic Adaptations, and Mosquitoes on the Underground
What do mosquitoes, bedbugs, and elephants reveal about evolution? 🦟🐘
How our ancestors survived the brutal extremes of the Arctic? ❄️🔥
And where’s toughest enviroment to track wildlife? 🌳🧭🧊
Steve Backs…
Party Animals: Jaguar Catnip, 'Flying' Reindeer and Drunken Monkeys
This week on That's Just Wild — animals that love to party! 🎉🥳
Steve, Lizzie, and Sarah dive into the wildest tales of the animal kingdom:
🐒 How some monkeys really enjoy a drink...
🐻 Bears and sharks g…
Q&A: Komodo Dragons, Bioluminescence and the Evolution of Predators and Prey
Your nature questions answered! Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts discuss...
Are Komodo Dragons really venomous? 🐉🧪
What makes the incredible spectacle of bioluminescence? 🌌✨
And why the e…
Cave Dwellers: The Mysterious Olm, Bat Volcanoes and Woolly Rhinos
This week we delve deep (and deeper) into the mysterious, fragile world of the Cave Dwellers. 🦇
Lizzie, Sarah and Steve take us underground into some of the darkest places on the planet, as our trio…
Q&A: How Elephants Hear Through Their Feet and Why Lights Bamboozle Bugs
How do elephants hear through their feet? 🐘👣🦻
Why do flamingos stand on one leg? 🦩🦵🤔
And the surprising reason that bugs love lights... 🐛💡😲
Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts answer your qu…
Flamboyant: Rainbow Sea Slugs, Fabulous Flamingos, and a Baboon's Back End
Nature is wild, but it can be flamboyant too 💅✨
This week, wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts discuss the most fabulously flamboyant animals that nature has to offer...
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Q&A: Same Sex Pairs, Super Giant Insects, and Getting Lost Filming
Can you train venom cells to target cancer cells?
What are the benefits to being bisexual in the animal kingdom?
And where are the world's very WORST places to film... ? 📹
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie D…
Back from the Brink: Kooky Kakapos, Rampant Alligators, and Radiant Red Kites
Some good news stories about animals that have made it back from the brink of extinction!
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they discuss the weird and wonderful animals that sti…
Q&A: Piranha Frenzies, Lonesome George and wildlife TV trickery
💢🐠 Are piranhas really as crazed as we think?
🪲🐛 How can we save British bugs?
And what are the lengths that some wildlife TV shows go to to get the shot... 📹
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sara…
Cruel: Hungry Hippos, Thieving Fireflies, and Murderous Meerkats
Why are animals cruel? ‼️ Warning: This episode contains content some listeners may find upsetting.
This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts reveal some brutish beast…
Q&A: Marine Turtles, Singing Birds and Farting Fish
Do sharks fart? 🦈💨
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions...
🤔 What's a Narluga?
🎶 Why do birds sing at dawn?
🐢 Why do tort…
Shapeshifters: Clown Fish, Poison Dart Frogs, and Wonderful Wunderpus
Which animal has the best disguise? 🥸
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts as they explore the best shapeshifters in the animal kingdom.
Why do clown fish change sex? Is that a jellyfi…
Q&A: Naked Mole-Rats, Lounging Pandas, and Pickled Fruit Bats
What is the most improbable animal? Which animals have the most toxic parenting traits? And why aren't pandas ferocious like other bears? (Or are they...) Experts Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sa…
Team Players: Termite Snow, Starling Skies and Flying Ant Day
How do birds know how to fly in formation? Why do flying ants all seem to appear at once? And what on earth is termite snow?!
This week wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Robert…
Q&A: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Shark Hypnosis
Can you hypnotise a shark? 🌀🦈
Join Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly, and Sarah Roberts to find out in this week's Q&A, as the team answer your questions on everything Shark...
🤔 Why do Hammerhead Sharks…
Sharks: Jaws, Netflix, and Misconceptions
How did Jaws change public perception of sharks? What makes something a shark? And why is Sarah travelling the world looking for them?
Explorers Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts are tal…
Q&A: Dolphins, Sharks, and Toxic Relationships
Do shark nets work? Which animal has the most toxic relationship? And why dolphins have the best PR of the animal world... It's time for another Q&A where Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Rober…
Punks: Honey Badgers, Bearded Vultures, and Mohawked Turtles
Who are the punks of the animal kingdom? Why do honey badgers scare lions? Why are Cassowary birds so badass?
Wildlife legends Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring serious attitude to …