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How many animals REALLY live in your house?
How many species live around your house?
In the COVID lockdown of 2020, three housemates decided to count.
They thought there’d only be a handful, but the number kept rising and rising.
Could their simp…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Space race- the animal edition
Fruit flies, guinea pigs, frogs, monkeys, turtles, cats and dogs… all sorts of animals have been to space.
Find out who made small steps for mankind before we could even spacewalk as Ann goes through …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
SUMMER - Silence of the vultures
An ornithologist, a veterinarian and a religious devotee must find the serial killer before every last vulture in India is dead.
The episode was first published on the 2nd of September 2023.
Featuring…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SUMMER - Are Naked Mole-rats the weirdest animals on earth?
They look like… 'sabre-toothed sausages', they can barely see, they live for a really long time and have a queen who oppresses them.
Find out all about the Naked Mole-rat this week and let us know you…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SUMMER - The ostrich-riding bushranger
He loved gold, so he robbed stagecoaches in South Australia and used an ostrich as a getaway car. OR DID HE?!
This episode was first published on the 11th of February 2023.
Featuring:
Denice Mason, teac…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SUMMER- Kneel before the eel
For thousands of years eels have made people rich and powerful, literally. Now it's time to pay it back.
This episode was originally published on the 18th of March 2023.
Featuring:
Dr. John Wyatt Greenl…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SUMMER- Birds, bees and a wang wang with a problem.
A tiny penis, a 12-hour annual fertilisation window, picky females and strawberry bubble bath – these are just a few of the issues that pop up when making a panda cub.
This is a repeat of an episode f…
Published on 2 years ago
Who's a good girl?
Ann Jones does a DNA test to see if she is a dog!
This is the final episode for Season 5 of What the Duck?! We will be back in February with new episodes.
Featuring:
Skyla Seltzer, What The Duck?! liste…Published on 2 years ago
Is the pigeon the weirdest animal on earth?
It is related to the dodo, makes milk and even played a role in the French Revolution. Surely this bird deserves some recognition?
Featuring:
Rosemary Mosco, Science writer and author of 'The Pocket Gu…
Published on 2 years ago
Can you speak fish?
Someone get a translator app because the fish are ready to speak.
Featuring:
Lauren Hawkins, Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University.
Dr Aaron Rice, Research Scientist at Cornell…
Published on 2 years ago