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If invertebrates make up over 90% of animals on earth, why do they receive so little conservation funding?
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Off Track
ABC · Tech & Science · English
Off Track, with Ann Jones, is an Australian radio show and podcast which combines the relaxing sounds of nature with awesome stories of wildlife and environmental science, all recorded in the outdoors.
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13 Aug 2021 · 25 min
Hunting for hoots
If you listen closely you might just hear something you've never heard before.
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6 Aug 2021 · 25 min
Owl with attitude [UPDATE]
Lurking in the tall trees of our busy cities and suburbs is a powerful hunter.
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30 Jul 2021 · 25 min
And your bug can sing [RE-ISSUE]
The underwater sounds in this creek near Brisbane are like an eclectic jam session.
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23 Jul 2021 · 25 min
The butterfly and its goldilocks ant [RE-ISSUE]
The survival of one of the rarest butterflies in the world is entirely reliant on an ant.
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2 Jul 2021 · 25 min
Like a field of blue popcorn
During summer on top of Australia's highest mountain, fields of brilliant turquoise skyhoppers bloom.
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25 Jun 2021 · 25 min
The BFG of the insect world
What’s built like an armoured vehicle, but is super-dooper maternal, has a career as an architect AND is an environmentalist? You’d never guess that Australia’s burrowing cockroaches are so incredibly cute and complex.
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18 Jun 2021 · 25 min
Listening to the Natural World
It's World Listening Day so we are taking a journey through sounds recorded by the audience and one of Australia's most successful nature sound recordists, Andrew Skeoch.
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11 Jun 2021 · 25 min
Do your friends make you smarter?
Magpies might be boosting their bird brains with friends.
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4 Jun 2021 · 25 min
The real magpies of Western Australia
When our favourite black and white birds bring the drama!
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