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Magpie behaviour is not black and white Oct 05, 2019

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[RE-ISSUE] The phrase 'mate for life' might seem romantic, but the reality of such a relationship for the long-lived Australian Magpie involves turf wars, sex on the side and the possibility of a step-parent bringing up your kids if you get too aggro.

Saving the Ocean, part 4 [re-issue] Sep 28, 2019

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What can science do to preserve marine life and help it develop in harmony with our own human development? This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break.

Saving the Ocean part 3 [re-issue] Sep 21, 2019

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Lindsay Smith has been tagging seabirds in the deep waters off Wollongong for over thirty years. Commercial fishing practice can have a devastating impact on seabird populations. But science is figuring out how to best mitigate the damage. This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break.

Saving the Ocean, part 2 [re-issue] Sep 14, 2019

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Shark fishing holds a special place in Kiribati culture. But a growth in the market for shark fins in Asia changed the traditional fishing practice. This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break.

Saving the Ocean, part 1 [re-issue] Sep 07, 2019

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Few places on earth are as exposed to the ocean as Kiribati; a chain of 32 islands spread across 3.5 million square km in the East Pacific. This program is a re-issue from the Off Track archives while Ann takes a short break.

Where giants nest - nature soundscape Sep 01, 2019

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Sink into the sounds of Gough Island, where the Albatross gurgle, the petrels moan and the skuas chatter. No human voices, all Off Track soundscape.

Where giants nest Aug 31, 2019

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Albatross expert Dr Jaimie Cleeland listens to the gurgles and bellows of albatross as they nest on a tiny Atlantic island called Gough.

Cockies wheelie love bin day Aug 24, 2019

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Sulphur-crested cockatoos are opening wheelie bins and turning trash into treasure.

The exceptional Nuyts Archipelago Aug 17, 2019

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St Peter Island in South Australia's Nuyts Archipelago is home to sea eagles, short-tailed shearwaters, stick-nest rats and brush-tailed bettongs – and also some particularly venomous black tiger snakes.

Earworms From Planet Earth X Aug 10, 2019

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A magpie calls to the rising sun, a fat green frog sings in a water tank and an endangered lemur moans about its family. Ann Jones takes you and a bunch of experts on an ear-tour.

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