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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. …
3 years, 6 months 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 i…
3 years, 7 months ago
Inside a cow pat
Here’s a field guide you probably don’t have — “Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia".
3 years, 7 months 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.
Arth…
3 years, 7 months 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…
3 years, 7 months 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.
3 years, 7 months 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, Flin…
3 years, 8 months 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 Professo…
3 years, 8 months 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.
List…
3 years, 8 months ago
It DOES fart!
The world's oldest fart is frozen in amber, and it is the source of the world's oldest fart joke.
Listen to part one (Does it Fart?!) here.
FEATURING
D…
3 years, 8 months ago