Citizen Science Show
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Welcome to the Citizen Science Show, a place to share stories of purpose about ecology.
We explore the diverse activities of passionate people who record observations, gather empirical evidence and use technology to uncover scientific proof for positive social, cultural and political change.
We hope that these stories will inspire and encourage you to take action and become a Citizen Scientist.
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#167 Roots of the Matter: Why Australia's Urban Trees Are Fighting for Their Lives with Greg Moore
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May 22, 2026 |
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#175 Coral's Last Chance: How Citizen Divers, Baby Food Science, and Reef Farts Are Rewriting the Future of Australia's Oceans
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May 18, 2026 |
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#164 “You Can't Just Sit Back”: Graeme Sawyer’s Lifelong Fight Against Cane Toads and Biodiversity Loss
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May 15, 2026 |
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#173 A Voice for the Glossies: How Fifteen-Year-Old Spencer Hitchen Is Inspiring a Generation to Stand Up for Nature
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May 11, 2026 |
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#166 Protecting Sharks Means Protecting Their Homes: Inside the Global ISRA Project with Rima Jabado and Asia Armstrong
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May 10, 2026 |
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#168 Inside the Amphibian ICU: The Fight to Save Australia’s Frogs
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May 04, 2026 |
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#163 Climbing Into the Canopy: Mark Cashmore on Trees, Technology and the Future of Urban Ecology
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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#162 How Citizen Divers Built Sydney’s Living Ocean Trail with Sam Baxter and John Rowe
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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#169 Turning Curiosity into Science: Citizen Science Month with Dr Jessie Oliver
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#165 Living with Predators in a Human World with Jonny Hanson
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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#161 The Enigma of the Great Spider Crab with Elodie Camprasse
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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#160 Tracking Giant Mantas Beneath the Surface with Asia Armstrong
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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#158 Stories from Kayaking the Wild Waters of the Macquarie Marshes with Bron Powell
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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#157 Saving the Spotted Tree Frog with Matt West
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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#159 Diving Into the Silent Threat Beneath Our Oceans with Pascal van Erp
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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#156 From Builder to Beach Guardian: How a Drone Changed Jason’s Life Above Bondi
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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#154 The Bush Naturalist Who Gave Australia a New Bee: Gary Taylor
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#155 Seadragons, DNA and the Power of Citizen Science
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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#153 Paddling for the Marshes: Standing Guard Over an Inland Wetland with Bron Powell
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#152 Restoring Australia’s Lost Oyster Reefs with Manny Katz
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#151 Saving the Green Parrot Species Before Silence Falls with Abi Smith
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#150 Sea Urchins, Kelp Forests and the Shifting Balance Beneath the Waves with Jeremy Day
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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#149 Holding the Line for the Regent Honeyeater with Mick Roderick
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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#148 Finding Belonging Through Australian Wildlife with Adrian Sherriff
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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#147 Long-Term Studies to Protect Australia's Wildlife with Professor David Lindenmayer
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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#146 Greater Koala Park and Saving Tuckers Nob with Meredith Stanton and Tim Cadman
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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#145 The Real Sea Mob and the Power of Citizen Science in Coastal Wetlands with Owen Burt and Lucia Caldas
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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#144 Ghost Nets and the Silent Crisis on Australia’s Northern Shores with Kristen Sierke
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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#143 Beaches Full of Plastic with Heidi Tait from Tangaroa Blue
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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#142 Christmas Cracker 2025 with The Citizen Science Show Podcast Crew. A year in Review
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#141 Foaming Tides and Microscopy with Samantha Sea
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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#140 Reviving Australia’s Freshwater Turtles Through Community Action with Ricky Spencer
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#139 Restoring Coral Reefs Through Collective Action with Alicia McArdle
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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#138 Exploring Breathing Caves that Preserve in Stone, Charcoal and Silence.
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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#137 Australian Museum Champions Citizen Science Through Innovative Programs with Paul Flemons
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#136 Listening to Bats in the Night: Citizen Scientists Reveal the Lives of Perth’s Microbats with Kelly Sheldrick
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#135 Community Power Driving New Momentum for Australia’s Mangroves with Jock Mackenzie and Shannon Bredeson
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#134 Echidna CSI and the Expansion of Citizen Science in Australia with Professor Frank Grutzner
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#133 Connecting Communities With Science Through Earthwatch Australia | Elizabeth Irvine
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#132 Following the Amazing Flight of the Bogong Moth with Dr Eleanor Drinkwater
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#131 Mapping the Hidden Life of the Murray–Darling Through Community Hands with Dale McNeil
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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#130 Caves Beneath the Nullarbor: Exploring Australia’s Hidden World with Andrew Stempel
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#129 Unearthing the Hidden World of Fungi with Dr Tom May
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#127 Young Scientist Inspires at CitSciOz25 with Passion for BioBlitz with David Mabb
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#126 Why we Should be Paying Citizen Scientists with Dr Jack Nunn
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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#125 Lyrebird Dreaming: Speaking the Languages of Nature with Gregory Andrews
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#124 From Campus Corridors to Coastal Wetlands: Steering Earthwatch Australia Through Change with Fiona Sutton Wilson
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#123 Listening to the Pulse of Nature with FrogID with Nadiah Roslan from the Australian Museum
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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#122 Keeping Australia Buzzing: How a Nurse-Turned-Scientist Sparked a Movement for Pollinators with Megan Halcroft
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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#121 Fighting Krill Fishing with Dr Lucia Morillo and Sea Shepherd
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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#120 Protecting the Wild Hearts of the Hunter with Debbie Breen and Alexis Ting from Hunter Wildlife Rescue
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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#119 Unraveling the Harmful Algal Bloom Off South Australia | Faith Coleman
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#118 Landholders Lead the Way in Conservation Through Citizen Science | Alice McGrath & Aaron Clausen | NatureMapr | NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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#117 Saving the Orange-bellied Parrot from the Brink of Extinction with Kerri Duncan
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#116 Safeguarding the Giants of Geographe Bay with Capri Joliffe
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#115 Saving One Frog at a Time with Anke Maria Hoefer from FrogWatch
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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#114 Watching the Skies with the Newcastle Astronomical Society | Mark Murray | Hunter Science Festival 2025
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#113 Inspiring Young Minds with Robots at the Hunter Science Festival | Macker McKrell | Hunter Science Festival 2025
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#112 Seeds of Restoration | A Botanist’s Path to Preserving Australia’s Future | Lily Mickaill | Hunter Science Festival 2025
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#111 From Leukaemia Research to the Poo Palace | Making Science Accessible for All | Brooke Harvey | Hunter Science Festival 2025
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#110 Thirteen-Year-Old Waste Enthusiast Inspires at Hunter Science Festival | Caz Martin | Hunter Science Festival 2025
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#109 Ireland’s Enduring Love Affair with the Basking Shark | Dr Simon Berrow
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#108 Fighting for the Future of Australia’s Quolls with Paul Revie
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#107 From Newsroom Deadlines to Oyster Reefs: My Life in Science Storytelling with Clare Peddie
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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#106 Toxic Bloom and the Fight to Save South Australia’s Coastline with Lochie Cameron
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#105 Harnessing Citizen Science to Track Australia’s Mosquito Threats with Larissa Braz Sousa
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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#104 The Voice That Stops the World: A Life Devoted to the Curlew with Mary Colwell
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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#103 From Quad Bikes to CoastSnap: How Citizen Photos Are Transforming Coastal Science with Mitchell Harley
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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#102 Driving Citizen Science Forward from Classrooms to Conferences with Michelle Neil
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#101 Counting for Conservation: A National Effort to Watch Over Australia’s Pelicans with Olly Pitt
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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#100 Protect Our Sharks
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#099 How to Spot a Shark with Sarah Han-de-Beaux
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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#098 Ireland’s Pollinator Revival: From Data to Meadow Blooms with Dr. Úna Fitzpatrick
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May 26, 2025 |
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#097 Harnessing the Sky to Save the Giants of the Sea with Iain Kerr
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May 20, 2025 |
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#096 There are Zombies in your garden with Donovan Teal
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May 13, 2025 |
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#095 Fighting the Myths and Nets that Threaten Our Sharks with Izabela Sajdok
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May 05, 2025 |
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#094 Mapping the Hidden Lives of Ocean Giants with Rob Harcourt
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#093 Reviving a Vanishing Giant: The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat’s Fight for Survival with Andy Howe
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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#092 Building a Nation of Biodiversity Guardians in Ireland with Dr. Liam Lysaght
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#091 Connecting People and Nature Through Science in New South Wales with Dr Lynette Plenderleith
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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#090 Cleaning the Wrecks: A Diver’s Mission Beneath UK Waters with Fred Nunn
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#089 Restoring Nature One Forest at a Time with Anna Noon
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#088 The Discovery That Changed How We See Funnel Web Spiders Kane Christensen
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#087 Fighting for the Forests: The Relentless Mission to Save Koalas with Dr Tim Cadman
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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#086 Snails, Orchids, and the Unseen Wilderness Beneath Our Feet with Dr Kevin Bonham
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#085 Listening to the Language of Birds with Professor Paul McDonald
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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#084 Frogs, Frequencies, and the Fight Against Invasive Toads with Professor Lin Schwarzkopf
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#083 Protecting an Icon: Inside the Secret Life of the Echidna with Dr Kate Dutton-Regester
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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#082 The Citizen Scientist Helping to Map Australia’s Biodiversity with Thomas Mesaglio
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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#081 - Dr Rochelle Steven | Urban Habitats | Eco Anxiety | Nature Tourism
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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#080 - John Totterdell | Whale Killers | Orca Hunting and Social Behaviour | Humpback Calf Predation
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#079 - Professor Sarah Bekessy | Nature Positive Urban Design | Biodiversity Council | Informal Green Spaces
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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#078 - Associate Professor Tanya Latty | Christmas Beetles | Invertebrates Australia
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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#077 - Richard Fuller | Migratory Bird Conservation | Habitats | People and Nature
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#076 - Lisa Blair | Climate Action Now | Microplastic Research
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#075 - Ted Cheeseman | Happywhale Project | Whale Identification Database
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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#074 - David Watson | Professor of Ecology | Australian Acoustic Observatory | A20 Project
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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#073 - Graham Tupper | Ecologist | Friends of the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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#072 - Catriona Walker | The Moth Trap | Oyster Farming in Scotland
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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#071 - David Trood | The Weedy Garden | Permaculture
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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#070 - Steve Austin | Austin’s Dog Training | Conservation | Defence Community Dogs
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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#069 - Dr Daniella Teixeira | Acoustic Ecology | Black Cockatoo Research
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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#068 - Dr Adam Smith & Christian Bartens | MOUA | Ocean Sentinels
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#067 - Kathryn Kermode | My Wild Backyard | Cool Burning
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#066 - Stuart McKenzie | The Snake Catcher | Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 | Aussie Snake Wranglers
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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#065 - Professor Michael Mahony | Frog Science | Cryopreservation
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#064 - Darlene Cavalier | Sci Starter | Science Cheerleader
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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#063 - Maree McCarthy | Native Plant Expert | Landscape Designer | Ecologist
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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#062 - Laura Torre | Gold Coast Newborn Calf Study | Whale Research | Drone Research
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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#061 - Peppie Simpson | Telepathic Communication | Whale Songs Noosa | Seismic Blasting
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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#060 - Dr Kit Prendergast | Native Bee Ecologist | Taxonomist | Science Communicator
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#059 - Anastasia Guise | Journalist | Ecologist | Author
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May 19, 2024 |
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#058 - Jessica Raintree | Citizen Science Enthusiast | Insect Nerd
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May 12, 2024 |
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#057 Whales, Science, and Seeing the Bigger Picture with Vanessa Pirotta
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May 05, 2024 |
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#056 - Kevin Deacon | Underwater Photography & Film | Dive 2000
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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#055 - Daniel McCawley | Cane Toads | Clarence Land Care
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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#054 - Dr Olaf Meynecke | Humpback Whale Research | Humpbacks & High-Rises
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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#053 The Hidden World of Fungi with Catherine Marciniak and Stephen Axford
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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#052 - Dr Paul Muir | Coral Reef Ecologist | Coral Bleaching | Deep Coral | Threats
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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#051 - Gina Mascord | Swansea Channel Clean Up | Photographer | CHUG Volunteer
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#050 - Les Graham | EX HMAS Adelaide | Underwater Research Group | Australian Museum
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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#049 - Judy Little | Bird Banding | Hunter Bird Observers Club
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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#048 - CitSciOz23 | Lisa Evans | Astronomy Gamification | AstroQuest | ACSA
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#047 - CitSciOz23 | Diana Kleine | Coral Watch | University of Queensland
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#046 - CitSciOz23 | Greg Tasney | iNaturalist Tips | Importance of Practical Field Experience
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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#044 - CitSciOz23 | Jessie Oliver | Australian Citizen Science Association | Executive Officer
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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#043 - CitSciOz23 | Peter Crowcroft | PossumPete | BioBlitz Walk
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#042 - CitSciOz23 | Jessica Lumbroso | Streamwatch Sydney | Water Bug Blitz | Greater Sydney Landcare Program
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#041 - CitSciOz23 | Lila Higgins | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | City Nature Challenge
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#040 - CitSciOz23 | Hugh Pitty | Friends of Glebe Wetlands | Grey Headed Flying Fox
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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#039 - CitSciOz23 | Lindy and Randy Orwin | Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#038 - CitSciOz23 | Sherry Bruce | BIEPA | Bribie Island's Dugongs
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#037 - CitSciOz23 | Jock Mackenzie | MangroveWatch
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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#036 - CitSciOz23 | Stuart Harris | Canberra Nature Map | Maratus Harrisi | Peacock Spider Discovery
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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#035 - CitSciOz23 | Toni Massey | Senior Project Officer | Maritime Archaeology
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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#034 - CitSciOz23 | Alex Chapman | Australian Citizen Science Association - WA | Biodiversity Informatics Consultant
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#033 - CitSciOz23 | Clare Hawkins | Bookend Trust | NatureTrackers | University of Tasmania
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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#032 - CitSciOz23 | Costa Georgiadis | Landscape Architect TV Presenter
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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#031 - CitSciOz23 | Michelle Neil | Australian Citizen Science Association
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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#030 - Jeremy Day | Sea Urchin Predator Research
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#029 - Dr John Keane | Sea Urchin Barrens
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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#028 - Tony Strazzari | Grey Nurse Charters
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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#027 - David Jenkins | Whale Spotter
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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#026 - Russell Hosp | Coral Nurture Program | Passions of Paradise
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#025 - Marco Bordieri | Viz | Sydney Diving Visibility Reports
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#023 - Stephen Fricker | The Great Southern Bioblitz 2023 | GSB2023
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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#021 Picking Up Rubbish Is Saving Animals with Malin Frick
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#020 - Margo Smith | CHUG Combined Hunter Underwater Group
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#019 - Lawrence Chlebeck | Humane Society International Australia | Shark nets
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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#017 Listening to the Ocean and Learning to Defend It with Tony Isaacson | DiveCareDare
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#016 - Skipper Jones and Ronny Ling | Whale Watching on the Central Coast
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#015 - Pat Gregson and James Couston | Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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#014 - Ian Campbell | Captain Crackers
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#013 - Ian James | Dive Swansea
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#012 Why Helium Balloons Are an Environmental Problem with Karen Joynes
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#011 - Petros Ktenas | Deuce Film Productions
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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#010 - Saverio Russo | Billion Bees Foundation
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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#009 - Tim Heard | Sugarbag Bees
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#008 - Lia Pereira | Return and Earn Beach Clean
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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#007 - Dani Lloyd-Prichard | Bee Therapy
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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#006 Fighting for the Ocean That Keeps Us Alive with Cathy Gilmore
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#005 - Dr. Ros Gloag | BEE Lab, The University of Sydney
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May 30, 2022 |
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#004 - Ronny Ling | The Central Coast Dolphin Project
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May 06, 2022 |
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#003 - Pip Kiernan | Clean Up Australia
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#002 Beneath the Surface: What Richard Nicholls is Finding in Our Harbour
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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#001 Flake is Shark and Ray with Ryan Pereira at the Irukandji Centre
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Apr 01, 2022 |