EPISODE · Aug 27, 2025
Plains-Wanderers Expanding & Reviving Thylacines
from Lost in Science · host Saskia Gerhardy, Jarrod McKenna, Claire Farrugia, Chris Lassig
This week on Lost in Science, Claire speaks with researcher Saskia Gerhardy about her fascinating new work revealing that the critically endangered plains-wanderer has a much wider habitat than previously thought – including the discovery of a new population in South Australia.And from the archives, Chris revisits a conversation with animal reproductive biologist Jarrod McKenna, exploring the bold and controversial research that aims to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction and into the wilds of Tasmania.
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This week on Lost in Science, Claire speaks with researcher Saskia Gerhardy about her fascinating new work revealing that the critically endangered plains-wanderer has a much wider habitat than previously thought – including the discovery of a new population in South Australia.And from the archives, Chris revisits a conversation with animal reproductive biologist Jarrod McKenna, exploring the bold and controversial research that aims to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction and into the wilds of Tasmania.
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