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Nature's vibrators
They make THEMSELVES scream.
Featuring:
Dr. Perry Beasley Hall, Adelaide University.
Ernesto Caliari Pinheiro, Acoustic biologist, Brazil.
Professor Mario Vallejo-Marin, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
L…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Mike-owl Jackson, Gorillaz and The Pussycat Dolls- are animals musical?
Can animals create, or even enjoy music? Ann rips through the animal kingdom to check out the musical talent of some likely and unlikely animals.
Featuring:
Dr. Stuart Watson, University of Zurich.
Dr.…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Glow your own way
Are you high, or is that a sheep glowing?
Featuring:
Linda Reinhold, Zoologist at James Cook University.Professor Simon Lewis, Curtin University. Dr. Kenny Travouillon, Western Australian Museum. Caitl…Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Killer whales vs boats
A group of Killer whales have been hassling boats around Spain over the last few years.
They've been nibbling the rudders and even sinking yachts, but why?
Has anyone considered that it might be reven…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Petrel heads in love
They smell like a squid in a wool jumper, they sound like a duck on helium, and devoted 'Petrel Heads' travel thousands of kilometres just to hear them moan.
Featuring:
Peter Vaughan, Monash Universi…Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Feeling crabby
Have the crabs been lying to us? There are true crabs, false crabs, and even shame-faced crabs which implies that some of them, at least, are guilty.
Featuring:
Dr Rachael King, SA Museum.
Professor Ju…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Who's your Daddy?
You probably have a daddy-long-legs in your house right now.
But when is having a weird housemate in the corner ACTUALLY a good thing? Dr Ann Jones investigates.
Featuring:
Dr Samantha Nixon, Universi…Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
POD EXTRA: Johnny Cash and the Condor fire
An extra special, podcast only, five-minute story for you!
A bird that stands over a metre tall hardly seems like it'd bow down to a rock star, but Johnny Cash played a burning role in the near-extinc…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
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.
Featuring:
Dr Campbell Murn, Head of Conservation at Hawk Conservancy Tr…Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Do worms dream?
We get a bit philosophical and try to find out that if animals do dream, will we ever be able to know what they’re dreaming about?
Featuring:
Cassie, Claire and Pidgey the Parrot. Associate Professor N…Published on 2 years, 4 months ago