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Echidna Ancestors Swam With Platypuses
22 Sep 2009
This article is a report on the work of a number of Australian scientists related to the evolution of the Echidna and its genetic link to the Platypus. The scientists use DNA analysis to suggest that the Echidna was once an aquatic animal and is more closely linked to the Platypus than previously...
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Weedy Seadragons
10 Sep 2009
The program details a research project about one of the most visually striking animals in the sea, the Weedy Seadragon. It lives in the waters off southern Australia and very little is known about it. The program describes how this long term project is being carried out, why it is important and...
National Curriculum Year 7
Trawl Team
20 May 2010
Reporter Mark Horstman follows the research expedition of a team of scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division to the Southern Ocean to discover the mysterious benthic [sea floor living] creatures that live under up to two kilometres of water. Information is provided about the technology...
National Curriculum Year 8
Finches
04 Jun 2009
Mark Horstman reports on the extraordinary sex life of the Gouldian Finch. Research by scientists from Macquarie University provides new information about mating behaviour that links colour, genetics and natural selection. This knowledge is being used in a program to increase populations of these...
National Curriculum Year 10
Dugongs
17 Sep 2009
The program is about dugongs, a protected marine animal that is still threaten with extinction, and the research scientists from the University of Queensland are carrying out into their behaviour and breeding patterns in an effort to ensure their future. The scientists are pioneering a new way of...
National Curriculum Year 7
Catalyst: Dingo Secrets
04 Jun 2009
Reporter Dr Jonica Newby investigates the research project of a young biologist from University of Western Sydney. What he is finding out about a family of multicoloured dingoes in the Blue Mountains is challenging current understandings of the animals and the way they are managed. Findings about...
National Curriculum Year 6
Animal Action: Redback Sprider
22 Apr 2010
The program is a short video clip of the mating behaviour of redback spiders recorded by researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada.
National Curriculum Year 7
Animal Action: Finch Fight
27 May 2010
In the Kimberley a fight has broken out between the timid and endangered Gouldian Finch and the Long-tailed Finch, a hardy little battler. CCTV cameras have been used to work out what is happening and scientists from Macquarie University have intervened to save the Gouldian Finch.
National Curriculum Year 7
Animal Action: Blue Grasshopper
15 Apr 2010
The program is a short video clip of the mating behaviour of chameleon grasshoppers recorded in the alpine country of Kosciuszko by a researcher from Macquarie University in Sydney. The grasshopper turns blue when the temperature rises.
National Curriculum Year 7
Catalyst: Growing Glaciers
01 Apr 2010
There has been considerable questioning in the media of the validity of some of the evidence used to support the current view of the scientific community of global warming and climate change. This program provides details of a research project in New Zealand where the use of glaciers as an...
National Curriculum Year 9
