Are Unicorns Real?

Deep in the basement of the San Diego Natural History Museum, there are thousands of jars filled with preserved reptiles and amphibians. In this episode, But Why takes a tour with collections manager Adam Clause to answer your questions about lizards! How do lizards climb walls? ...  Show more

But Why turns ten years old on April 1, 2026! To celebrate this milestone, we’re listening back to our very first episode. We’ve got owls and turtles and bears. Naturalist Mary Holland gets into the details about hibernation–including the questions you may not even have thought t ...  Show more

Nowadays, experts and equestrians alike largely agree: unicorns are creatures of myth. But, not too long ago, the wealthiest people in Europe would pay top dollar for everything from powdered 'unicorn' dust, to fragments or full specimens of 'unicorn' horn, convinced these supern ...  Show more

You probably know exactly what animal we mean when we say “unicorn,” but descriptions and depictions of unicorns have shifted over the millennia. Some lore has roots in sightings of real animals that people have found difficult to describe, or that have been misinterpreted.  Lear ...  Show more

Au programme aujourd’hui : les licornes. Depuis des siècles, les licornes se cachent des hommes pour vivre en paix. Poilaudent va nous raconter comment il a organisé la rencontre de la licorne Étoile et de la petite Emma Truc-truc !

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In this kid's story, Vianna goes on a train through earth to a world where unicorns live. While there, she gets a sick baby unicorn, which she needs to save by bringing it back to the world of the people. Upon doing so, she creates special weather phenomena with the unicorn, t ...