Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show…______________________Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids is back with its trimonthly game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts, ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is.What’s that, up in the sky? It’s a drone, it’s a plane, no it’s an animal! That’s beca...

It’s time for some panda-monium!______________________Why are pandas bamboo-etarians? Do they eat anything other than bamboo? How come Giant Pandas are black-and-white? Which was the original panda, the Red or the Giant? Just how big are Giant Pandas? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, on the first listener suggested episode, you will learn everything there is to know about the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca.Credits:Additional Music: Blue Dot SessionsLinks:Subscribe...

Kingdom: Animalia has a new podcast!______________________Slightly bad news: There’ll be no KA episode this June. Great news: It’s because KA has a new podcast called Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?! Description: From Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids comes Where Are the Chickadee Brothers?: A for kids-by-kids four-part fictional audio adventure. When Chet and Cap Chickadee go missing after a trip to Brazil to study Amazonian wildlife for the podcast Devon is left worried. Then...

It’s time for everybody’s favorite game show…______________________Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids has come out with a brand new game show: Animalia Fake! Every episode—with your host, Devon, and announcers, Chet and Cap—there will be THREE rounds, each with FOUR outrageous animal facts, ONE of those facts is so outrageous it’s an Animalia Fake (it’s not true), and you have to guess which it is.What’s that smell? Something smells fishy! It’s because today’s episode is about&nbs...

The big reveal for April Fools 2023!______________________**SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO EPISODE 7!**Let’s see which animal was fake: was it the Sea Pig, the Hammerhead Worm, the Hing-toothed Macaque, the Leaf Sheep, or the Star-nosed Mole? Listen to the big reveal and find out!Links:Episode PageTranscriptApril Fools 2023’s works cited (after listening!)Support the showThe riddle for the next episode is “I hold the non-human record of knowing the most English words, I come in many diff...

5 animals, 4 real, 1 fake. Which are real and which April Fooled ya’?______________________April Fools’ Day is a time of tricks, pranks, and, of course, fools. Today your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, will talk about five animal species: the Sea Pig, Hammerhead Worm, Hing-toothed Macaque, Leaf Sheep, and Star-nosed Mole, one of which is fake, and you’ll have to guess.The reveal is in a bonus episode that was published one week later. Even though the deadline has passed for submitti...

Do you like sea chameleons that are much cooler and much weirder? Then you’ll love this episode with all three of your hearts!______________________Can some octopuses eat sharks? Do octopuses have extra of more of their body parts than their arms? What’s the difference between tentacles and arms? Is it “octopuses” or “octopi”? Just how big does the Giant in Giant Pacific Octopus mean? Are octopus like sea chameleons but MUCH better and MUCH weirder? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, ...

Not a commercial! It’s fun!______________________Devon has a comic! It’s called “The Bird Birds” and it’s a webcomic about birds. Description: The Bird Birds is a semi-educational funny webcomic about semi-anthropomorphized birds and their daily lives created for all ages. From crows singing rhymes to podcasting chickadees, from warbler witches to techno turkeys, The Bird Birds has it all. The first strip was created on May 25th, 2021, and was published to the web on February 22nd, 2023.Links...

Oh, look at that pretty flower! Wait a second…______________________Are they a flower, or are they an insect? Orchids are pink and white,… and some mantises are too? Do female mantises eat their valentine? Exactly how fast can a mantis strike? Do baby mantises have the zoomies? Mantises have only two eyes… right? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Orchid Mantis, Hymenopus coronatus.Credits:Additional Music: Kevin ...

Podcasting is easy… right?______________________When you hear the final product of Kingdom: Animalia - A Zoology Podcast for Kids it feels like one fluid, uninterrupted, stream of Devon, Chet, and I (Cap) talking… right? In this bloopers episode me, Cap, your all time favorite podcast host, plays you roughly twenty-five straight minutes of Devon, Chet, and I making funny mess-ups. Whether it’s speaking gibberish, or hitting the mic, it’s all here for your enjoyment.Note of caution: Don’t drin...

PB&J, minus the PB, and completely different______________________Is immorality possible? Are jellyfish really fish or is “sea jelly” more accurate? Is one of the only truly immortal animals smaller than your pinkie fingernail? Did you know that sea jellies are brainless, heartless, and bloodless? What does a four point five millimeter long invertebrate eat? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Immortal Jellyfish, Tu...

Learn more about Reindeer/Caribou if you deer______________________Are all of Santa’s reindeer actually females? What’s the difference between Moose, Elk, Reindeer, and Caribou? What are antlers used for? Do Reindeer’s eyes change colors with the seasons? What do they really sound like? Why are reindeer’s antlers covered in velvet before they’re fully grown? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Reindeer AKA Caribou, Rang...

A relaxing 15 minute, 29 second recording of sparrows chirping and singing______________________The Songs of Sparrows is a bonus episode with a 15 minute, 29 second, recording of White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows chirping and singing at a large communal winter roost in California. You can listen to this recording while you read, write, do homework, etc. The next full episode will come out in three days on Saturday, December 24th.Links:Stand-Alone RecordingEpisode PageTranscriptSupport...

Are you ready to gobble up some turkey facts?______________________How are Wild Turkey's faces like chameleons? Did you know you can tell a turkey's gender by their feces? Do Wild Turkeys sleep in trees? Which turkeys gobble? Can turkeys fly? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.Links:ComicMemory QuizEpisode PageTranscriptWorks CitedSupport the showThe riddle for the next episode is “I ho...

Time to learn about those crafty corvids______________________Did you know that American Crows are as smart as 7–10 year old humans? Are crows black, blue, or purple? What do crows eat? How do they always know when it's trash day? What would a crow get you for the holidays? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos.Further Reading (Experiments):Crows Are as Intelligent as a Seven-Year-Old ...