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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
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
Catalyst: Follow The Leader
08 Apr 2010
A Sydney University scientist, Dr Ashley Ward, investigates whether you should act on your own or follow the pack. The investigations show how groups of animals manage to make efficient decisions and potential applications for human groups are introduced. The program illustrates ways of carrying...
National Curriculum Year 6
Animal Action: Desert Gobies
11 Feb 2010
Researchers from Monash University have found the desert goby - the ultimate Aussie battler - in the mound springs of the Lake Eyre basin. This habitat is twice as salty as the ocean and is subject to extreme temperature fluctuations. The video show the mating behaviour, sexual signaling and...
National Curriculum Year 7
Animal Action: Bombina Frog
18 Mar 2010
Many frogs are on the endangered species list; however the tiny North East Asian Bombina frog is bucking this trend. The images captured by a Korean naturalist show its aggressive survival tactics and adaptations.
National Curriculum Year 6
Equitana
19 Feb 2009
Equitana, the way of the horse is turbo-charged animal behaviour. It's a high stakes, nail-biting, horse-breaking competition; played out in front of an expectant audience and an exacting panel of judges at the biggest horse event in the southern hemisphere. Only this time, the scientists are there...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
