Sawing through tree myths with Arborists Maja and Sam. No matter how good your job is, there’s always something that really cheeses you off, and Maja and Sam are SICK TO DEATH of all your misconceptions about trees.
The duckie inbox has been swamped with tree mysteries.
Ann revisits the release site of a bunch of (almost extinct) Murray Crayfish to find out the crays have been completing sexy rhythmic gymnastics in the mud on the bottom of the murray river.
He makes things sting him on purpose. WHY.
It’s like a serial killer movie, a classic horror film. There are huge fangs, a segmented body, a remote location, the ocean bashes against cliffs, you’re all alone and there’s no one to help. The first bodies that turn up are of the children... of petrels.
How does a cuckoo know it's a cuckoo?
So... what do you do when a crocodile and a shark end up in your mine pit? AT THE SAME TIME.
Farts can be a matter of life or death, but not in the way that you're thinking. This is SERIOUS.
Promiscuous penguins, climate change and penguin first aid.
How much more can the koala bear?
You can run but you can't hide! Ever wondered how a mosquito manages to hit a blood vessel without fail?
It looks as if a roast chook had been tied to a four-poster bed.
Back again!? The thylacine has made its last appearance alive on earth. Or has it? Ann chases the elusive Tasmanian Tiger with geneticists, conservationists and a bloke who saw one while he was coming home from the shops.
Ann finds out that birds are not really blue. Not even bluebirds. They’re not blue. Then what the duck are they?
Dr Ann Jones has the answer to the game of 'Who the duck?!' this week. Thanks for your many guesses and emails... it is now time for the big reveal. Stay tuned for the newest episode of What the Duck?! this Saturday!
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers. Here's the final clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you! Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au .
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers. Here's another clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you! Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au .
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers. Here's a clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you! Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au .
Ann stumbles across spinifex hopping mice on gumtree and then finds herself cornered by a bloke with a crocodile (and more).
After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that ‘girls DO like spiders.’
Taking on an Emu is 100% a mind game.
Between 1831 and 1916 there were 111 published reports of quolls eating human corpses. What. The. Duck?!
What is the science behind the famous fables like the tortoise and the hare?
Sometimes it’s not enough to liquify your enemies and drink them through a straw. Sometimes you have to wear their skins as you hunt down their friends and families.
This place is so extreme that NASA sends scientists to test equipment for Mars missions. And yet, Australia's salty lakes are full of life.
How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.
Yes, that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. But WHY?
Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?
Humans totally were the first farmers, right?! Think again.
Evolution has resulted in a million ways that animals succeed on this earth, we just didn’t realise so many of them involved eating your own poo.
