The Bedside Naturalist Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-bedside-naturalist Natural history for the end of the day. Remarkable animals, plants, fossils, and vanished worlds, told calmly enough to fall asleep to and richly enough to stay awake for. Follow closely, let your attention drift, or fall asleep and pick the story up again when you return. Narrated with a synthetic voice. © 2026 The Bedside Naturalist 32e39a0d-24c9-5ad1-ac22-637e07ec4b91 yes en Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:35:46 -0500 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:36:47 -0500 https://bedsidenaturalist.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/5EEBeEfmXpZPYaq4-4kiHjyWnC11KvIpbhe8yQ2wcIQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NGVk/ZTZhMjA2MzY2YzA1/ZDQ2NjkwNGNhMGZl/NjA0ZS5wbmc.jpg The Bedside Naturalist https://bedsidenaturalist.com episodic The Bedside Naturalist Natural history for the end of the day. Remarkable animals, plants, fossils, and vanished worlds, told calmly enough to fall asleep to and richly enough to stay awake for. Follow closely, let your attention drift, or fall asleep and pick the story up again when you return. Narrated with a synthetic voice. Natural history for the end of the day. natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation The Bedside Naturalist hello@bedsidenaturalist.com No No The Mammal Inside the Shell: Buenos Aires and the Armored Giants The Mammal Inside the Shell: Buenos Aires and the Armored Giants full b42b0db5-ab7c-4fe9-b7ca-9aed72292557 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9844a473 A giant armored mammal once roamed the Pampas beneath what is now Buenos Aires. Glyptodon opens a journey through the armadillo family’s remarkable defenses — from folding into a ball and disappearing underground to rigid shells, strange grinding teeth, and tail clubs built to strike.

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]]> A giant armored mammal once roamed the Pampas beneath what is now Buenos Aires. Glyptodon opens a journey through the armadillo family’s remarkable defenses — from folding into a ball and disappearing underground to rigid shells, strange grinding teeth, and tail clubs built to strike.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:35:44 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1091 A giant armored mammal once roamed the Pampas beneath what is now Buenos Aires. Glyptodon opens a journey through the armadillo family’s remarkable defenses — from folding into a ball and disappearing underground to rigid shells, strange grinding teeth, and tail clubs built to strike.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No The Canal Through the Bridge: How a Monkey Reached Panama Before the Land Did The Canal Through the Bridge: How a Monkey Reached Panama Before the Land Did full e78a64ba-aa92-447b-942e-715f09806106 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fcf42dd0 Seven fossil monkey teeth turned up during work on the Panama Canal. About twenty-one million years old, they come from long before North and South America were joined by continuous land, opening a journey into chance crossings, the making of the Isthmus, and the great exchange of animals between the Americas.

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]]> Seven fossil monkey teeth turned up during work on the Panama Canal. About twenty-one million years old, they come from long before North and South America were joined by continuous land, opening a journey into chance crossings, the making of the Isthmus, and the great exchange of animals between the Americas.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:27:00 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1282 Seven fossil monkey teeth turned up during work on the Panama Canal. About twenty-one million years old, they come from long before North and South America were joined by continuous land, opening a journey into chance crossings, the making of the Isthmus, and the great exchange of animals between the Americas.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No Falling With A Plan: The Rib Glider Near New York Falling With A Plan: The Rib Glider Near New York full 974a393f-5306-4b3e-b822-9b2b1e5824d4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a6e96e3a A palm-sized Triassic reptile found just outside New York opens a journey through animals that turn falling into travel. Lizards spread ribs, mammals stretch skin, frogs open webbed feet, snakes flatten their entire bodies, and flying fish carry speed from water into air.

Each solves the same problem differently: how to turn height—or speed—into a route.

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]]> A palm-sized Triassic reptile found just outside New York opens a journey through animals that turn falling into travel. Lizards spread ribs, mammals stretch skin, frogs open webbed feet, snakes flatten their entire bodies, and flying fish carry speed from water into air.

Each solves the same problem differently: how to turn height—or speed—into a route.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:32:15 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1155 A palm-sized Triassic reptile found just outside New York opens a journey through animals that turn falling into travel. Lizards spread ribs, mammals stretch skin, frogs open webbed feet, snakes flatten their entire bodies, and flying fish carry speed from water into air.

Each solves the same problem differently: how to turn height—or speed—into a route.

Narrated with a synthetic voice.

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No The Giant Bird at the Airport: Charleston and the Largest Wings in the Sky The Giant Bird at the Airport: Charleston and the Largest Wings in the Sky full 5ba8765e-e2ec-48e1-beeb-3565f16008af https://share.transistor.fm/s/7bda071a A giant fossil bird turned up during construction at Charleston International Airport. With a wingspan of about twenty-one feet, Pelagornis sandersi opens a journey into takeoff, soaring, ocean wind, and the ancient coastal world beneath modern Charleston.

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]]> A giant fossil bird turned up during construction at Charleston International Airport. With a wingspan of about twenty-one feet, Pelagornis sandersi opens a journey into takeoff, soaring, ocean wind, and the ancient coastal world beneath modern Charleston.

Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:42:19 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1825 A giant fossil bird turned up during construction at Charleston International Airport. With a wingspan of about twenty-one feet, Pelagornis sandersi opens a journey into takeoff, soaring, ocean wind, and the ancient coastal world beneath modern Charleston.

Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No The Small Mammoths of the Channel Islands: What Happens When Giants Live on an Island Budget The Small Mammoths of the Channel Islands: What Happens When Giants Live on an Island Budget full 71658a63-db70-4eac-8d7d-452aa08d539d https://share.transistor.fm/s/17988ff2 Mammoths reached California’s Channel Islands by swimming. Once there, generations of giants became something very different: adult mammoths scarcely taller than a person, shaped by the costs and opportunities of island life. 

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]]> Mammoths reached California’s Channel Islands by swimming. Once there, generations of giants became something very different: adult mammoths scarcely taller than a person, shaped by the costs and opportunities of island life. 

 Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:52:40 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1539 Mammoths reached California’s Channel Islands by swimming. Once there, generations of giants became something very different: adult mammoths scarcely taller than a person, shaped by the costs and opportunities of island life. 

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]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No The Saber Teeth in the Asphalt: Los Angeles and the Cat Built Around a Bite The Saber Teeth in the Asphalt: Los Angeles and the Cat Built Around a Bite full a5633c7a-636b-4b06-90d3-95b5a254ec27 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e2ce29e8 The famous teeth of Smilodon only worked because the rest of the cat worked with them. La Brea’s extraordinary fossil record reveals the jaws, shoulders, forelimbs, prey, and landscape behind one of the Ice Age’s most recognizable bodies. 

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]]> The famous teeth of Smilodon only worked because the rest of the cat worked with them. La Brea’s extraordinary fossil record reveals the jaws, shoulders, forelimbs, prey, and landscape behind one of the Ice Age’s most recognizable bodies. 

 Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:36:52 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1492 The famous teeth of Smilodon only worked because the rest of the cat worked with them. La Brea’s extraordinary fossil record reveals the jaws, shoulders, forelimbs, prey, and landscape behind one of the Ice Age’s most recognizable bodies. 

 Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No The Dragon That Was a Rhinoceros: Klagenfurt and the Horn That Cleared the Snow The Dragon That Was a Rhinoceros: Klagenfurt and the Horn That Cleared the Snow full 43d69031-d461-4fa7-890a-0ccd2a6d17d8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c4cba0a A fossil skull in Klagenfurt was once taken for the remains of a dragon and helped shape the city’s famous fountain. Give that skull its body back, and it becomes a woolly rhinoceros built for cold, open ground and winter grazing. 

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]]> A fossil skull in Klagenfurt was once taken for the remains of a dragon and helped shape the city’s famous fountain. Give that skull its body back, and it becomes a woolly rhinoceros built for cold, open ground and winter grazing. 

 Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:36:42 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1095 A fossil skull in Klagenfurt was once taken for the remains of a dragon and helped shape the city’s famous fountain. Give that skull its body back, and it becomes a woolly rhinoceros built for cold, open ground and winter grazing. 

 Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> natural history, nature, paleontology, evoltion, animals, plants, fossils, sleep, bedtime, relaxation No A Leaf That Digests: Darwin and the Sundew A Leaf That Digests: Darwin and the Sundew full e09c37fb-bcaf-4b5e-bde0-668fd6aecc08 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3ca2f30 Charles Darwin became fascinated by a tiny sundew growing on English heathland. Its glittering leaves open into a remarkable plant mechanism: a leaf that can trap, sense, move, digest, and absorb an animal meal.

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]]> Charles Darwin became fascinated by a tiny sundew growing on English heathland. Its glittering leaves open into a remarkable plant mechanism: a leaf that can trap, sense, move, digest, and absorb an animal meal.

Narrated with a synthetic voice. 

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:35:32 -0500 The Bedside Naturalist The Bedside Naturalist 1569 Charles Darwin became fascinated by a tiny sundew growing on English heathland. Its glittering leaves open into a remarkable plant mechanism: a leaf that can trap, sense, move, digest, and absorb an animal meal.

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