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Nature's Most Wanted: Murder (but not crows)
The fear of being eaten by an animal is so visceral that a mass psychosis, featuring a monkey man, once swept across Delhi.
But in the event of an act…
11 hours ago
Nature's Most Wanted: Cat burglars and robber duckies
Leonardo da Pinchy is a literal cat burglar with more than 350 pieces of evidence against him — evidence that's easy to confirm because when he steal…
6 days, 19 hours ago
Nature’s Most Wanted: Odour in the court
Pigs tried for murder, weevils expelled from heaven and how a bloke dressed as an executed French monkey became mayor of an English town.
Topsy the el…
1 week, 6 days ago
INTRODUCING: Nature's Most Wanted
Dr Ann Jones is bringing true crime and natural history together with Nature's Most Wanted, a new series from What the Duck!? investigating when anim…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Invasive species: a science comedy debate
Join What the Duck?! at a science comedy debate called Sci Fight.
Sci Fight brings scientists and comedians together to examine serious topics in a si…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Why snakes remain deadly even after they're dead
At first, you might think it is a plot from a zombie movie: that undead animals are coming for you.
But it turns out that Australia's animals aren't j…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
How a rat's smelly towel might be key to rewilding
Bush rats are not black rats — that's the first thing you need to know.
Ann Jones is joined by ABC Top 5 scientist Dr Patrick Finnerty to understand w…
1 month ago
How Marion Anstis became the tadpole whisperer
Marion Anstis pursued her love of tadpoles and frogs on afternoons and weekends, writing papers for scientific journals despite not studying zoology …
1 month, 1 week ago
Diane Purcell on how algae grows on you
From the rolling hills of country Ireland to rolling waves beneath her boat docked in Hobart, Dr Diane Purcell has explored the most extreme places a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The field guide to a birding life: Peter Menkhorst
Peter Menkhorst is the mammalogist who wrote the birding bible, The Australian Bird Guide.
As a boy, Peter would go birdwatching with his dad, setting…
1 month, 3 weeks ago