Podcast Episodes

The ostrich-riding bushranger

He loved gold, so he robbed stage coaches in South Australia and used an ostrich as a getaway car. OR DID HE?! 

Welcome to the first episode of 'What The Duck?!' Season 2.

Featuring:

Denice Mason, teach…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Spider murder methods

Gravity defying ninja skills, being able to hear even if you don't have ears, working together to gang up on huge prey. Spiders are murder machines. 

This is the final episode of Season 1 What the Duc…

Published on 3 years ago

The politics of being a cow

If you think that cow politics is just about the live export business, you are wrong.

Cows have politics of their own – machinations to sort out who is the leader and who will be led. 

Featuring:

Dr Reb…

Published on 3 years ago

Inside a cow pat

Here’s a field guide you probably don’t have — “Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia".

Published on 3 years ago

Hitchhikers guide to ecology

Grabbing a lift can go from bad to worse when your uber drops you outside your evolutionary niche. 

FEATURING

Dr Matt Greenlees, Sydney University.

Arthur White, NSW frog and tadpole study group.

David C…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Field guide to car ecology

Ever wondered about the spiders in your car mirror? How they got there and ‘where the duck’ they’re going?  

FEATURING

Dr Ken Walker, Senior Curator of Entomology, Museums Victoria Research Institute. …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

How to speak Cicada

The 'sound of summer' is actually thousands of blokes screaming 'PICK ME' at the top of their screaming cicada voices.

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Never skip leg day

A millipede has a thousand legs right? WRONG!

FEATURING

Dr Juanita Rodriguez, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO.

Dr Bruno Alves Buzatto, Flinders University.

Luis Villazon, Science Educator UK…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Animals on acid

It turns out self medicating and herbal remedies are not exclusive to humans…

FEATURING

Dr Kevin Feeney, Central Washington University.

Adjunct Professor Michael Huffman, University of Kyoto.

Dr Sophia D…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

The big bad wolf – have we got it wrong?

How far from reality are the folk stories about wolves and dogs? We’re going right back to Aesop’s fables with zoologist and author Jo Wimpenny. 

Listen to part one (Aesop’s animals) here: 

FEATURING

Dr…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago