The Animal Sensemaker

By The Observer

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 Apr 16, 2025

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One animal, every week to make sense of the world. Brought to you by The Observer and On the Edge.


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Episode Date
Purple frogs: an annual ritual
Jul 04, 2025
Dugong: seagrass and karaoke bars
Jun 27, 2025
Great Green Macaw: picky eaters and favourite trees
Jun 20, 2025
Nguru pygmy chameleon: forest floors and fast tongues
Jun 13, 2025
Sea otters: favourite rocks and tummy tables
Jun 06, 2025
Darwin's frog: ‘pregnant’ males and a 7,000 mile journey
May 30, 2025
Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered
May 23, 2025
Saiga Antelope: humungous noses and countless comebacks
May 16, 2025
Beavers: waffle tails and river lodges
May 09, 2025
Chinese Giant Salamander: the living fossils
May 02, 2025
Stingless Bee: keeping the rainforest blooming
Apr 25, 2025
Pygmy hippo: The internet’s chunky best friend
Apr 18, 2025
Can the Harlequin toad stage a comeback?
Apr 11, 2025
Is being so cute a curse for red pandas?
Apr 04, 2025
Why did the gibbons stop singing?
Mar 28, 2025
Swifts: sleeping whilst flying on the ultimate commute
Mar 21, 2025
Komodo dragons: tail whipping and a venomous bite
Mar 14, 2025
Olm: how to live to 100
Mar 07, 2025
Wombat: cubed poop and a secret weapon
Feb 28, 2025
Dwarf sperm whale: escape artists
Feb 21, 2025
Giraffes: long-limbed lovers
Feb 14, 2025
Asian elephant: learning to be neighbours
Feb 07, 2025
Pygmy three-toed sloth: taking life slow
Jan 31, 2025
Chimps: the clay detox
Jan 24, 2025
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird: the final call
Jan 17, 2025
Grey-headed flying fox: bats with heat stroke
Jan 10, 2025
Elephant shrew: lost to science
Dec 13, 2024
Humpback whale: a diver's rescue
Dec 06, 2024
California Condor: a virgin birth
Nov 29, 2024
Electric blue gecko: one person's quest to protect them
Nov 22, 2024
Goliath frog: one of nature's true giants
Nov 15, 2024
Angelshark: a rare sighting in Wales
Nov 08, 2024
Leatherback turtle: a midnight hunt for eggs
Nov 01, 2024
Aye-aye: an unloved lemur
Oct 25, 2024
Pangolin: from abandonment to rescue
Oct 18, 2024
Kākāpō: a daring escape
Oct 11, 2024
Introducing...The Animal Sensemaker
Oct 08, 2024