Episodes
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Ted Cheeseman leads one of the world’s largest Whale Citizen Scientist Projects. In fact it may be the largest Citizen Science Project for Whales in the world.
Citizen Scientist contributors around the world have been photographing the underside of the flukes of Humpback Whales for almost ten years and uploading these images to a Whale Fluke database.
Whale markings are then cross correlated with other images in the database and specific whales can be identified. This is valuable information for Whale Research scientists.
More information
https://happywhale.com/home
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/tedcheese/snapshots-at-sea-whale-identification
https://www.changingseas.tv/season-14/1402/
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Tonight on the show we are talking to a Professor David Watson, an Ecologist who monitors sound in the environment for the A20 Project.
This project helps to monitor Australian ecosystems so that we can gauge the health of the environment.
More Information
https://acousticobservatory.org/
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Tonight on the show we are speaking with Graham Tupper, the former Manager of the Northern Australia Program for the Australian Conservation Foundation and a former wildlife tour guide south of Canberra.
Graham is the President of The Friends of the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Inc., a Not-for-Profit Association that works in partnership with the City of Coffs Harbour to maintain and develop the botanic garden.
Graham has been involved in projects including the Seed Bank and Fauna Survey.
More Information
https://coffsbotanicgarden.com.au/
https://coffsbotanicgarden.com.au/learn/nature-gallery/
https://coffsbotanicgarden.com.au/support/friends-of-the-botanic-garden/
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Catriona Walker describes herself as a “grower, forager, maker, mender and mother” who lives on a tiny Scottish island in the UK.
A true citizen scientist, Catriona is making a difference in her own way, by sharing her fascination of moths that live in her backyard with the world…and it has brought awareness and attracted a surprisingly high following on Instagram.
More Information
https://www.instagram.com/clouded.silver/
https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/east-scotland-branch/budget-bucket-moth-trap
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David Trood is a YouTube sensation who inspires people to get into their garden and grow organic food.
His movie; Down the Carrot Hole, demonstrates a meticulous attention to detail in filmmaking and storytelling.
His spectacular filming techniques help people to understand the processes of nature and encourage a fruitful and thriving healthy lifestyle.
More Information
https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeedyGarden
https://www.theweedygarden.com/
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Steve Austin has been an international dog trainer for more than 30 years and is ear marked as one of Australia's top animal experts.
He has trained animals for quarantine, search and rescue, police and wildlife preservation.
His work with canines in conservation is fascinating, training dogs to locate pest species, such as cats, foxes, rabbits and cane toads.
He has also trained dogs to locate threatened and endangered species of animals and plants, as well as introduced plants in Australia and overseas.
More Information
https://www.austinsdogtrainingeducation.com.au/about-steve-austin
https://dcdogs.com.au/
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Daniella Teixiera is a specialist in animal vocal ecology.
Her approach to studying Australian wildlife is to record and listen to the soundscapes created in the Australian bush.
Through her research, she hopes to bring attention to the plight of a number of endangered species, with a particular focus on the Black Cockatoo.
The sound recording at the beginning of the episode is an example of the recordings that Daniella makes in the bush.
More Information
https://www.daniellateixeira.com/
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Our guests tonight are involved in an incredible underwater project that has gained a Guinness World Record, and combines art, science and humanity to protect the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Based at John Brewer Reef, the Museum Of Underwater Art has created artificial habitats that attract and provide shelter for marine species and promote coral growth and regeneration. The unique installations have created awareness for the challenges of corals worldwide and revitalized and rejuvenated areas of the reef, fostering a thriving ecosystem where corals flourish and fish thrive.
More Information
https://www.moua.com.au/
https://www.youtube.com/@moua-museum-of-underwater-art
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Kathryn Kermode is a true Citizen Scientist who loves Australia’s incredible biodiversity.
She shares stories on her YouTube channel of all the fascinating creatures that visit her very own garden in the Clarence Valley in NSW in Australia, which she calls her “Wild Backyard”; with a focus on the vital role that each and every one plays in the overall ecosystem and circle of life.
Kathryn has a particular passion for growing native and endemic shrubs and trees to create a haven for wildlife in her garden, providing crucial food, refuge and habitat, and shares her knowledge for attracting specific species to her viewers.
More Information
https://www.youtube.com/@KathrynKermode
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Stuart McKenzie is a licensed Reptile enthusiast, having kept reptiles for 15 years, and has been relocating snakes and other reptile species from people's homes and businesses for more than 5 years now.
As the Owner of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, he leads a team of over ten highly trained and professional snake catchers, who are available 24/7 to assist locals by rapidly and professionally catching and relocating snakes.
His business stars in the acclaimed National Geographic series, Aussie Snake Wranglers.
More Information
https://www.thesnakecatcher.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastSnakeCatchers
https://www.instagram.com/sunshinecoastsnakecatchers/
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Professor Michael Mahony is a world renowned Conservation Biologist from The University of Newcastle, with decades of experience researching (and talking to) Australian frogs.
So far he has found and described twenty new frog species and contributed to the development of the first frog genome bank and cryopreservation method that may help bring frogs back from extinction.
He is a passionate educator and advocate for citizen science. In fact, one of his past students loved him so much that he named a newly discovered frog species after him called the “Mahony’s Toadlet”.
More Information
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/michael-mahony
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Mahony-3
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Darlene Cavalier has been named a National Geographic Explorer and Fellow.
She is a professor of practice at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the driving force behind SciStarter.
A Citizen Science champion, and science cheerleader, with a real understanding of the diversity of citizen science projects.
More Information
https://scistarter.org/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4N1dm7WjueDq2wIbjAuzxC
https://www.facebook.com/SciStarter
https://www.youtube.com/@SciStarter
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Tonight we are talking with Maree McCarthy of Nature's Magic Garden Designs based in the Hunter Region of NSW. She is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate native plant experts with over forty years of experience in creating native habitat gardens, and developing a growing wonder at the many intricate plant/animal interactions.
Marie is a native landscaper, ecologist, and dragon whisperer with many fascinating answers to the question “Why Natives?”
More Information
https://www.facebook.com/maree.mccarthy.180
https://www.naturesmagic.com.au/
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Laure Torre is a conservation biologist, marine educator, and wildlife researcher based on the Gold Coast Australia.
She leads the Gold Coast Newborn Calf study, which has a large team of research assistants supporting it.
The goal of her research is to collect data to better protect newborn calves in this area, where many marine craft approach these vulnerable animals.
With a deep concern for the urgent issues of the climate crisis, habitat degradation and habitat loss, and a rapidly warming ocean, our guest, Laura Torre is dedicated to engaging young people and adults in meaningful conversations that inspire action for the planet.
More Information
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079764758215
https://www.youtube.com/@WildLiveMedia/featured
https://www.facebook.com/chris.dick.52
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CetalFauna/
Hang around until the end of the show, where citizen scientists Chris and Drew ask our guest some compelling questions about whale behaviour that they have observed while filming with drones.
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Peppie Simpson runs the popular Whale Songs Charter boats based at Noosa on the South East Queensland Coast of Australia,
While on the ocean she collects data and contributes to the HHR whale research organisation based at Griffith University at the Gold Coast, Australia.
Spending a lifetime with dolphins and whales has led to a fascination with animal communication and as a result she has been a guest speaker at international seminars on the topic. She has been travelling to Hawaii regularly since the 90’s to swim and learn from the spinner dolphins.
More Information
https://whalesongsnoosa.com.au/
https://www.hhr.org.au/
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Kit Prendergast is a passionate native bee scientist and performer, who combines her love of wild bees and acrobatic dance to engage audiences and communicate the importance of Australian native bees.
Kit is a successful author on the topic of Creating a Haven for Native Bees and several years ago she discovered a new species of bee and named it after her pet dog Zephyr.
More Information
https://www.instagram.com/bee.babette_performer/
https://www.youtube.com/@TheBeeBabette
https://www.facebook.com/groups/buzzonwildbees
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Anastasia Guise is a grass-roots journalist, qualified ecologist, and published author.
When not writing, she works as a landcare leader in her intentional community in the Northern rivers.
Anastasia trains citizen science teams with a particular focus on forest protection.
More Information
https://anastasiadeguise.wixsite.com/author
https://firestories.com.au/
https://landcare.nsw.gov.au/groups/greater-sydney-landcare-network-inc/streamwatch/
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/conservation-programs/bionet
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Jessica Raintree is happiest when she is exploring the bush or underwater treasure hunting for cool creatures.
She has been running the Biocontrol Facility at Mooloolah River Landcare for the past five years and helps to enable citizen scientists to follow their passion through field activities.
Jessica helps members of the community take positive environmental action through projects including Trees for Resilience.
More Information
https://mrl.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/mooloolahnativenursery
https://www.instagram.com/mooloolahriverlandcare
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Vanessa Pirotta is a passionate science communicator who uses drones to collect whale snot and AI to detect illegal wildlife trafficking.
She is a successful author on the topic of humpback whale biology and ecology in Australian waters.
More Information
https://www.vanessapirotta.com
https://www.wildsydneyharbour.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEN8pxOh0fU
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Tonight’s guest has lived his passion from the age of fifteen. Little did he know, he would become an underwater photographer and filmmaker. His underwater career has spanned sixty years and he has won numerous underwater photography awards. He is also a dive tour pioneer and recently has extended his tours to include wildlife photography safaris in Africa. He was a dive centre owner and PADI dive master instructor. From Sydney Australia, welcome to the show, Kevin Deacon
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https://www.dive2000.com.au/
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