These terribly misunderstood creatures are actually saving lives. While they do drink a little blood from preferred prey animals, like mammals. Their saliva is being incorporated into all kinds of life saving medicines.

These amazing mollusks are not only fascinating filter feeders but are also used as water quality indicators and put on quite a dance show to lure in unsuspecting fish.

These delectable little monsters are natures natural gushers. Besides being delicious, they have been so successful they have conquered every continent besides Antartica.

One of the largest fish of all time, ruled the oceans for millennia. This week we discuss their supremacy and supposed downfall.

On this special Bigfoot Jamboree week we look into Gigantopithecus, an animal that many Bigfoot researchers say could actually be the hairy man himself. But after this episode you will see this animal could dwarf a Bigfoot.

While they don't matter to many outside ecosystems, these flies show the versatility and ingenuity of life being able to inhabit every space on the planet. "Life finds a way."

Suggested by listener Mady, these little haymakers are known for their vast ability to store food and for yelling. Just make sure you don't call them a rodent!

The world's smallest marsupial and one of the worlds smallest mammals. Thank you to Elise for picking this famous Freaky Fauna!

These iconic living tanks from the ice age are an indicator of the times a changin'

The cryptic denizens of the swamps and wetlands may be harder to research than Bigfoot itself. These are definitely a species with more questions than answers.