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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
More Information
https://www.dive2000.com.au/
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It's widely believed that the Australian cane toad problem belongs to Queensland. Tonight's guest tells us news to the contrary.
Daniel McCawley trained and worked as a computer game designer but found that reality was more fun than virtual reality.
On the show, describes how the cane toads have migrated south into the Clarence Region.
His new game is being on the front line of defence in New South Wales to help eradicate the Queensland cane toad.
Are you ready to play?
More Information:
https://clarencelandcare.com.au/
https://www.frogid.net.au/
https://www.feralscan.org.au/
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Today’s special guest is a marine biologist, marine ecologist and an internationally renowned whale researcher, Dr Olaf Meynecke.
He graduated in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lueneburg, Germany and then travelled to Australia and completed a PhD at Griffith University, Queensland. His PhD research focused upon the relationship between commercial fish harvesting and the environmental drivers influencing fish populations.
He is currently managing an international research project on the impacts of climate change on whales and studies the health of humpback whales primarily in south-eastern Queensland.
He is also the CEO and co-founder of Humpbacks & High-Rises Inc, a not for profit research organization dedicated to marine mammal research and protection. This organisation is supported by a number of associate Researchers and also Citizen Scientists.
More Information
https://www.hhr.org.au/
https://www.dr-olaf.com/
https://experts.griffith.edu.au/8358-olaf-meynecke
https://twitter.com/DrOlaf_
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-olaf-meynecke-8b504b39/
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Stephen Axford is a world renowned fungi photographer. His time-lapse photography of fungi has featured in award-winning documentaries including Planet Earth II and the IMAX feature, Fungi: Web of Life with Merlin Sheldrake.
Catherine Marciniak is a Director, Cinematographer and Editor. Together they produce a wonderful YouTube channel called Planet Fungi and their latest project is a new feature documentary called Follow The Rain.
More Information
https://www.planetfungi.movie/
https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFungi
https://fungimap.org.au/
https://www.spun.earth/about/team
https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/imax-movie
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Today’s special guest is a Marine Biologist, an internationally renowned Coral Reef Ecologist & Researcher, a Prawn Aquaculture researcher and a highly experienced and highly qualified Scuba Diver.
Dr Paul Muir talks about his coral reef scientific research.
Paul describes the makeup and structure of corals and comments on the latest coral bleaching event that is happening on The Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
More Information:
http://www.mesophotic.org/members/123
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=IokNTz0AAAAJ&hl=en
https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2021/04/19/5-minutes-with-dr-paul-muir-research-officer-and-collection-manager-corals/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Muir
https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/learning-resources/learnings/stem-careers-dr-paul-muir-marine-biologist
https://youtu.be/PtvUp4u_sks?feature=shared
Thumbnail image copyright Queensland Museum
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Gina Mascord is a true wildlife warrior and citizen scientist with a heart of gold and the patience of a saint to get the magnificent images of the underwater marine life that are dear to her heart. In this episode Gina talks about her recent experience helping to clear out fishing line from Swansea channel and offers some advice for those people who love to dive in the channel.
Gina has submitted an impressive amount of observations to nature databases:
iNaturalist
Red Map
When not planning trips or doing photography volunteers time to groups:
CHUG Combined Hunter Underwater Group
OCCI Ocean Coastal Care Initiatives
Marine Wildlife Rescue Central Coast
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Les Graham is not just living proof that a lifetime of dedication can make a difference to the environment but also to people. He started his SCUBA diving in 1958. He could not afford to buy a regulator on an apprentice wage so decided to build one himself.
Les came from England with his wife Fran as 10 Pound Poms and became dedicated SCUBA divers. In 1968 together they opened a dive centre at Terrigal Haven in New South Wales. Les and Fran were active divers and citizen scientists on the Great Barrier Reef and locally for the Australian Museum. He is responsible for positioning the anchor at Terrigal Haven and highly influential in the scuttling of the EX HMAS Adelaide.
More Information:
https://terrigalunderwatergroup.com/
https://www.urgdiveclub.org.au/
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