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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
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
Fire, Flood And Acid Mud: The Flood Pulse
01 May 2008
Professor Richard Kingsford shows the effect of the flood pulse down the Paroo River, and discusses the effect of regulating the river flows on other parts of the Murray-Darling Basin, eg on bird life and trees.
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Giant Cuttlefish
24 Sep 2009
The program is about the one place in the world where a quarter of a million Giant Australian Cuttlefish migrate each year to reproduce. It details research about the cuttlefish and the potential impact on this population of a planned desalination plant.
National Curriculum Year 7
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
