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Can plants get cancer?
Plants are fully sick right now - and not just because indoor plants are in fashion.
They have an immune system, they get infections, and can catch viruses... they just can't move away from their sic…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Electric Eel- an attitude problem and access to its own taser
It seems absolutely bonkers that an animal can muster ELECTRICITY, especially enough to send out a zap like a taser.
But that's exactly what electric eels can do, and the world record holder more tha…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Flaco the escapee owl flew free in New York City ... until he met his end on a window pane
A superhero origin story would absolutely be 12 years in a cage and then set free by secretive criminals.
That’s the story of Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, released from his vandalised cage in Centra…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
When animals put other animals in jail
Usually, it's humans putting animals in cages, but sometimes the animals do it to themselves.
Female platypus lock themselves in burrows to breed, great hornbill males lock females up in the hollow of…
Published on 1 year, 6 months 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 just dangerous when they're alive — they can be dea…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Do animals dream?
Cassie and Claire have watched their parrot talk in its sleep... so is it dreaming?
And, if animals DO dream... will we ever know what they’re dreaming about? Ann Jones tries to find out.
Featuring:
Cas…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Do worms sleep?
Birds can fly while half their brain is sleeping and some spiders sleep dangling on a silk thread, but what about worms.
Do worms sleep?
Featuring:
Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. D…Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
The Sage-grouse dance
Female sage-grouse birds have decided that they want to see a weird sexy dance when deciding on a mate.
Ann Jones explores the creativity of female choice in the animal world in this episode of What t…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Hyenas and lab mice - does sex matter?
Female lab mice have been bred to be passive and breed with ease.
But, in the wild they're feisty and even pugnacious.
How much of our biological understanding of the world is based on misogyny?
Featuri…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Shells with stories to tell
There's a whole world of mystery, and quite a bit of maths, inside the humble sea shell.
Forget ancestry searches online, shells can tell you the history of the world!
Featuring:
Amy Prendergast, Unive…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago