investigates the very strangest stories from the natural world. Each episode combines groundbreaking science and classic detective work to unravel the wildest of wild mysteries — exploding toads in Germany; drunken moose in Sweden; red rain pouring from Indian skies; mice plagues and blind kangeroos in Australia; manatees in Florida slayed by red tide; dogs jumping to their death from a bridge in Scotland; lions having seizures and wildebeest trampling each other to death in Africa; giant spider webs in Texas ? not to mention an alien squid takeover in California.