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Designer dogs: What is a breed anyway?
There's designer clothes, but they have nothing on designer dogs!
They come in a huge range of shapes and colours and sizes, from the tiny Chihuahua t…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Wolf to woof: Did we make dogs?
The relationship between humans and big scary wolves has come a long way to give us tiny fluffy lap dogs with very discerning tastes in expensive foo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the animal kingdom ruled by tiny worms?
Nematodes are found in every environment on Earth and can survive in some seriously extreme conditions.
They will come back to life after being frozen…
7 months ago
Warehouse, cemetery, playground: Australia's biodiversity vault
CSIRO's National Research Collection in Canberra is where millions of dead things bring life to Australian science.
The specimens, collected over many…
7 months, 1 week ago
Girls just wanna have frogs
After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that 'girls DO like spiders, frogs and all things nature'.'
Featuring:
Lyra and J…7 months, 2 weeks ago
The bird-eating centipede
It's like a classic horror film.
There are huge fangs, a segmented body, a remote location, the ocean bashing against cliffs, you're all alone and the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
No, centipedes don't have 100 legs
Turns out centipedes versus millipedes isn't as simple as a numbers game.
But here at What the Duck?! we never skip leg day.
Featuring:
Dr Juanita Rodri…8 months ago
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 performers.
Fe…
8 months, 1 week ago
The trap is set: Webs, hypnosis, and mucus tubes
We'll all go to trouble to get a good meal, but some animals take it to the extreme.
Some build architectural masterpieces to entrap their prey, or us…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mushrooms: Is the future fungi?
Fungi are already hard at work helping trees survive drought, recycling fallen logs, rotting away carcases, and helping human digestive systems, but …
8 months, 3 weeks ago