Cockroaches, cockchafers and the insect armageddon cock-up

The buzz about bees: This week we chat to Collie's cousin Dr. Stephanie Maher about the lonely, busy and fascinating lives of solitary bees. We also hear about the wondrous bee orchids, who imitate the seductive end of a female bee to encourage pollination.Also, ... by The Critter Shed

38 min listen

Cockroaches, cockchafers and the insect armageddon cock-up: This episode features The Great Cockroach Challenge where Collie & Colette search for the beauty and majesty in cockroaches. Collie shows Colette his cockchafer (beetle), and we find out why insect numbers are dropping like flies and ho... by The Critter Shed

43 min listen

Nipples No Nipples: A milky session in the critter shed where Colette and Collie find out how some animals nourish their young without nipples - from lactating spiders and frogs who feed their tadpoles in the treetops, to sharks whose young fight to the death in utero.... by The Critter Shed

20 min listen

The Critter Shed - podcast trailer: If you like learning about the weird and wonderful side of nature - about things like spider sex, venom-toting frogs, mind-controlling parasites, and more - then this is the podcast for you!Coming at you fortnightly from 15th January 2019. by The Critter Shed

1 min listen

Holy axolotl (hot) nun juice! by The Critter Shed

45 min listen

Scorpions! Dreaded killers or musunderstood ancients?: Today, Colette and Collie delve into the world of these fascinating arachnids where we hear about their history on Earth, their hunting methods and very odd love lives.AND, Colette has a very unusual, VERY close encounter with a male Asian f... by The Critter Shed

43 min listen

Snail tales in 'the love shack': This week the critter shed becomes 'the love shack' as we delve into the sensuous,  sumptuous and scintillating love lives of SNAILS!We hear how giant African land snails smooch and snog their way through courtship, and then shoot ac... by The Critter Shed

44 min listen

We need to talk about Ted...: ...or, as we really wanted to call this episode: LOCK UP YOUR PUSSIES!We've been wanting to have a conversation about domestic cats, the amount of wildlife they kill every year, and why they really REALLY should be kept indoors. And h... by The Critter Shed

50 min listen

Parasite Puppeteers: So, you think you have free will, right? Well, have we got news for you! As it turns out, many of our actions - from what we wear, to how we drive, or even to our business skills - may be controlled by microscopic parasites.Today in ... by The Critter Shed

24 min listen

The giant piranha sperm splurge!: Collie delves into his new collection of epic, carnivorous horned frog tadpoles, what we lovingly call GIANT PIRANHA SPERM!!!Find out about one of the world's most amazingly adapted amphibians that can go from barely fertilized egg to fully ... by The Critter Shed

33 min listen

The Great Frog-Nerd-Gasm of 2019: This week we're getting nerdy about amphibians with stories of exploding toads (yup, for real), pirate frogs (aaaarrr... yup, for real), as well as why there's an amphibian die-off right now and what small things you can do to help frogs reco... by The Critter Shed

39 min listen

Have we got NEWTS for you!!: Why are Collie and Colette lurking in a suburban park under cover of darkness wearing head torches and carrying a boom pole?The Critter Shed goes WILD in search of.... newts!Presented by Collie Ennis and Colette Kinsella.Produced... by The Critter Shed

25 min listen

To keep or not to keep?: Part 2 of our chat with herpetologist Rob Gandola. This time we're tackling the thorny issue of the rights and wrongs of keeping exotic pets and the unregulated pet trade.With cameos by tubular and amazing slow worms (who have been unfairly ... by The Critter Shed

30 min listen

Spider Ridin' by The Critter Shed

26 min listen

SNAKES: silent assassins and surprising survivors: Weird, tubular animals or geniuses of evolution? While Collie feeds his various constrictors, we hear how snakes are THE ultimate survivors.The can unhinge their jaws to swallow enormous prey items. They also have wily ways with thei... by The Critter Shed

48 min listen

Welcome to The Warren!: The Critter Shed is now a proud resident of The Warren, Ireland's newest podcast network and home to some of the most remarkable and innovative podcasts in the country.We have some great flatmates in o... by The Critter Shed

25 min listen

African Wild Dogs: a love story: Holly English watched a wildlife documentary when she was 10 and it changed her life. The documentary was about the beautiful and enigmatic African wild dogs and now she studies them for a living. This episode is an ode to African wild dogs.FACEBOOK... by The Critter Shed

30 min listen

This podcast has legs... and it knows how to use them!: This week we meet a gentle - and leggy - giant of the invertebrate world, Collie comes up with a new business idea, and we hear how ingenious primates deploy invertebrates as recreational drugs. Seriously. They get baked.Music: by The Critter Shed

22 min listen

Little Miss Tina Sunshine... and Wilbur: This week we’re on an animal  rescue farm visiting one of the world's most intelligent, misunderstood and mistreated animal: the pig.We meet the enigmatic (and GIANT) boar Wilbur and his friend Tina Sunshine, who spend their days loungi... by The Critter Shed

32 min listen

Roly-poly town: Today we head off to roly-poly town to visit the unsung heroes of the invertebrate world... WOODLICE!!!!These tiny armadillo-like creatures are nature's recyclers. All winter long they will be working hard in your garden, breaking down and r... by The Critter Shed

39 min listen

Booty calls, bed-hopping, and birdsong - it's the badger show!: Booty calls, bed-hopping and badger housekeeping tips! Join Collie and Colette as badger expert Dr. Aoibheann Gaughran reveals the saucy sex lives of a group of wild badgers in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Aoibheann has been studying a fami... by The Critter Shed

41 min listen

Lockdown nature around the world: Lockdown nature sounds. by The Critter Shed

30 min listen

The unsung critters of Christmas by The Critter Shed

23 min listen

The Murder Rope: Like centipedes? Then you'll love this giant carnivorous animal that can take out BATS!Watch this BBC video about the bat-eating scolopendra: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161205-giant-centipede-hunts-batsDon't forget to hit us up o... by The Critter Shed

17 min listen

Christmas 2020: An ode to the robin: A special Christmas episode celebrating an iconic seasonal bird, the robin. by The Critter Shed

16 min listen

The Curious Case of the Dead Duck F%*ks: Like zombie movies? Then you'll love this episode because we examine the darker side of the mating season... and it gets very dark...Further reading:Here's a great read from The Guardian.Don't forget to hit us up on our various ch... by The Critter Shed

20 min listen

Do elephants count sheep? ... and other important questions... by The Critter Shed

40 min listen

Tallaght Wetlands Memorial: Some time before this episode was released, Collie came across an amazing sight in his own Dublin suburb, Tallaght.Over many years a former waste ground and dumpsite for silt dredged from local ponds had regenerated into a vibrant and multi-... by The Critter Shed

31 min listen

The Critter Shed, live from Cork: This is a live recording in front of an audience in The Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, and we're all about SPIDERS!!! by The Critter Shed

57 min listen

Toadageddon!: An ode to the toad! by The Critter Shed

23 min listen

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