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Two musicians and 30 million years of birdsong Jun 02, 2018

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Song began in Australia when the first songbird sang its opening note. 30 million years later two classically trained musicians use their instruments to trace the birds' story in song.

A heart full of wing beats May 26, 2018

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When nature documentaries show elephants at a waterhole, Peter Langdon goes crook at the telly. He wants them to zoom in on the bird sitting in the tree in background. [This repeat program is carefully selected from the Off Track archive for your listening pleasure]

Three geckos and three thousand cows May 19, 2018

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Scientists strap tiny bum-bags onto geckos in the middle of the night on an outback cattle station. They are tracking how cattle grazing impacts tiny lizards. PLUS BONUS #FieldWorkFail

Earworms from a cockatoo tree May 17, 2018

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From a tiny sound recorder in a Victorian sheep paddock comes a startling array of sounds - some identifiable and some complete mysteries. Relax and let this earworm do its work.

Cockatoo wail, fledge or fail May 12, 2018

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The wailing calls of the red-tailed black cockatoos that live in Australia's South East are being used to help change the future for the failing species.

A morning with the birds May 06, 2018

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For International Dawn Chorus Day, here's the sounds of an Australian autumn morning, crisp and bright.

Night shift in a darkened forest May 05, 2018

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Listen to birds and possums communicating about land grabs, politics and sex. To celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, this program about a forest chorus is from the Off Track archive.

Hobart Airport lets sleeping echidnas lie Apr 28, 2018

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Despite all the noise of planes coming and going, the echidnas at Hobart airport are digging in to hibernate.

Things that go grunt in the night Apr 21, 2018

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If a koala bellows in a forest and a scientist isn’t there to record it, does the koala exist at all?

Intimate aliens Apr 14, 2018

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Robert Adlard says that parasites are intimate aliens, and that our dislike for them stems from their ability to surprise us with their closeness. They are intimate aliens.

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