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EPISODE · Apr 19, 2026

Fish nesting and parental care, with Professor Bob Wong

from Out of the Blue · host Tessa Campisi, Bob Wong

Woven from seaweed, scultped from sand and carefully blown into bubbles, fish nesting and parental care is breathtaking in its diversity, and offers a glimpse inside the minds of our little finned friends. On today's show, Tessa Campisi speaks to Professor Bob Wong of the school of Biological Sciences at Monash University about the breathtaking nest building behaviours of fish.Bob's Lab: www.bobwonglab.org Image: An illustration of the nine-spined stickleback weaving a nest (attribution: Emil Walter)

Woven from seaweed, scultped from sand and carefully blown into bubbles, fish nesting and parental care is breathtaking in its diversity, and offers a glimpse inside the minds of our little finned friends. On today's show, Tessa Campisi speaks to Professor Bob Wong of the school of Biological Sciences at Monash University about the breathtaking nest building behaviours of fish.Bob's Lab: www.bobwonglab.org Image: An illustration of the nine-spined stickleback weaving a nest (attribution: Emil Walter)

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