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Citizen Science Show — 185 episodes

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#181 From Mars to Bushfires: Dr Eriita Jones Brings Planetary Science Back Down to Earth

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#187 Science in Your Swimmers: How Anita Kolni and Caz Grant Built Australia's Ocean Culture Movement

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#186 Cardboard Teepees for Wildlife: How Dr Alex Carthey Is Rebuilding Shelter After the Fires

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#177 From Dive Guide to Nikon Ambassador: Jake Wilton's Camera-Eye View of Nature

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#191 Fifty Years of Mud, Sweat and Cheers: How One Volunteer Is Fighting to Save the Hunter's Shorebirds with Tom Clarke

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#188 Ocean Relics. The Indiana Jones of Australia's shipwrecks: Dr James Hunter

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#184 How a Small Outback Town Became One of the Darkest, and Brightest, Places in Australia with Grant Salmond

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#190 The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt with Dr. Michael Priest

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#183 From Backyard Digs to Bloody Mary: What a Decade of Dinosaur Podcasting Has Taught Sabrina Ricci

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#176 Brisbane’s backyard mosquito hunters are helping keep Zika at bay with Dr Gordana Rašić and Brian Montgomery

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#189 Why Killing Sharks Won't Make Our Beaches Safer with Jessica Meeuwig

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#180 From a Lone Shark in a Dubai Aquarium to Byron Bay's Leopard Shark Capital: The Unlikely Career of David Robinson

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#174 From the Weather Map to Mill Creek: Graham Creed's Second Act in Science

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#178 Building Hotels for an Endangered Icon: Inside Sydney's Seahorse Conservation Project with Mitch Brennan

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#172 The Art of the Graft: How Helen Howard Is Saving Australia's Rarest Plants One Splice at a Time

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#179 Slow Down and Look: How Adam and Amelie Are Turning Forster's Waters Into a Living Classroom

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#171 Born Into It: Ziggy Gow-Webb and a Lifetime Among Birds of Prey

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#170 Wings of Defiance: How Craig Webb Built Tasmania's Raptor Refuge from the Ground Up

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#167 Roots of the Matter: Why Australia's Urban Trees Are Fighting for Their Lives with Greg Moore

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#175 Coral's Last Chance: How Citizen Divers, Baby Food Science, and Reef Farts Are Rewriting the Future of Australia's Oceans

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#164 “You Can't Just Sit Back”: Graeme Sawyer’s Lifelong Fight Against Cane Toads and Biodiversity Loss

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#173 A Voice for the Glossies: How Fifteen-Year-Old Spencer Hitchen Is Inspiring a Generation to Stand Up for Nature

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#166 Protecting Sharks Means Protecting Their Homes: Inside the Global ISRA Project with Rima Jabado and Asia Armstrong

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#168 Inside the Amphibian ICU: The Fight to Save Australia’s Frogs

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#163 Climbing Into the Canopy: Mark Cashmore on Trees, Technology and the Future of Urban Ecology

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#162 How Citizen Divers Built Sydney’s Living Ocean Trail with Sam Baxter and John Rowe

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#169 Turning Curiosity into Science: Citizen Science Month with Dr Jessie Oliver

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#165 Living with Predators in a Human World with Jonny Hanson

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#161 The Enigma of the Great Spider Crab with Elodie Camprasse

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#160 Tracking Giant Mantas Beneath the Surface with Asia Armstrong

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#158 Stories from Kayaking the Wild Waters of the Macquarie Marshes with Bron Powell

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#157 Saving the Spotted Tree Frog with Matt West

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#159 Diving Into the Silent Threat Beneath Our Oceans with Pascal van Erp

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#156 From Builder to Beach Guardian: How a Drone Changed Jason’s Life Above Bondi

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#154 The Bush Naturalist Who Gave Australia a New Bee: Gary Taylor

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#155 Seadragons, DNA and the Power of Citizen Science

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#153 Paddling for the Marshes: Standing Guard Over an Inland Wetland with Bron Powell

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#152 Restoring Australia’s Lost Oyster Reefs with Manny Katz

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#151 Saving the Green Parrot Species Before Silence Falls with Abi Smith

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#150 Sea Urchins, Kelp Forests and the Shifting Balance Beneath the Waves with Jeremy Day

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#149 Holding the Line for the Regent Honeyeater with Mick Roderick

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#148 Finding Belonging Through Australian Wildlife with Adrian Sherriff

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#147 Long-Term Studies to Protect Australia's Wildlife with Professor David Lindenmayer

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#146 Greater Koala Park and Saving Tuckers Nob with Meredith Stanton and Tim Cadman

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#145 The Real Sea Mob and the Power of Citizen Science in Coastal Wetlands with Owen Burt and Lucia Caldas

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#144 Ghost Nets and the Silent Crisis on Australia’s Northern Shores with Kristen Sierke

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#143 Beaches Full of Plastic with Heidi Tait from Tangaroa Blue

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#142 Christmas Cracker 2025 with The Citizen Science Show Podcast Crew. A year in Review

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#141 Foaming Tides and Microscopy with Samantha Sea

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#140 Reviving Australia’s Freshwater Turtles Through Community Action with Ricky Spencer

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#139 Restoring Coral Reefs Through Collective Action with Alicia McArdle

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#138 Exploring Breathing Caves that Preserve in Stone, Charcoal and Silence.

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#137 Australian Museum Champions Citizen Science Through Innovative Programs with Paul Flemons

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#136 Listening to Bats in the Night: Citizen Scientists Reveal the Lives of Perth’s Microbats with Kelly Sheldrick

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#135 Community Power Driving New Momentum for Australia’s Mangroves with Jock Mackenzie and Shannon Bredeson

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#134 Echidna CSI and the Expansion of Citizen Science in Australia with Professor Frank Grutzner

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#133 Connecting Communities With Science Through Earthwatch Australia | Elizabeth Irvine

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#132 Following the Amazing Flight of the Bogong Moth with Dr Eleanor Drinkwater

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#131 Mapping the Hidden Life of the Murray–Darling Through Community Hands with Dale McNeil

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#130 Caves Beneath the Nullarbor: Exploring Australia’s Hidden World with Andrew Stempel

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#129 Unearthing the Hidden World of Fungi with Dr Tom May

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#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins

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#127 Young Scientist Inspires at CitSciOz25 with Passion for BioBlitz with David Mabb

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#126 Why we Should be Paying Citizen Scientists with Dr Jack Nunn

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#125 Lyrebird Dreaming: Speaking the Languages of Nature with Gregory Andrews

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#124 From Campus Corridors to Coastal Wetlands: Steering Earthwatch Australia Through Change with Fiona Sutton Wilson

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#123 Listening to the Pulse of Nature with FrogID with Nadiah Roslan from the Australian Museum

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#122 Keeping Australia Buzzing: How a Nurse-Turned-Scientist Sparked a Movement for Pollinators with Megan Halcroft

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#121 Fighting Krill Fishing with Dr Lucia Morillo and Sea Shepherd

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#120 Protecting the Wild Hearts of the Hunter with Debbie Breen and Alexis Ting from Hunter Wildlife Rescue

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#119 Unraveling the Harmful Algal Bloom Off South Australia | Faith Coleman

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#118 Landholders Lead the Way in Conservation Through Citizen Science | Alice McGrath & Aaron Clausen | NatureMapr | NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust

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#117 Saving the Orange-bellied Parrot from the Brink of Extinction with Kerri Duncan

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#116 Safeguarding the Giants of Geographe Bay with Capri Joliffe

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#115 Saving One Frog at a Time with Anke Maria Hoefer from FrogWatch

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#114 Watching the Skies with the Newcastle Astronomical Society | Mark Murray | Hunter Science Festival 2025

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#113 Inspiring Young Minds with Robots at the Hunter Science Festival | Macker McKrell | Hunter Science Festival 2025

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#112 Seeds of Restoration | A Botanist’s Path to Preserving Australia’s Future | Lily Mickaill | Hunter Science Festival 2025

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#111 From Leukaemia Research to the Poo Palace | Making Science Accessible for All | Brooke Harvey | Hunter Science Festival 2025

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#110 Thirteen-Year-Old Waste Enthusiast Inspires at Hunter Science Festival | Caz Martin | Hunter Science Festival 2025

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#109 Ireland’s Enduring Love Affair with the Basking Shark | Dr Simon Berrow

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#108 Fighting for the Future of Australia’s Quolls with Paul Revie

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#107 From Newsroom Deadlines to Oyster Reefs: My Life in Science Storytelling with Clare Peddie

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#106 Toxic Bloom and the Fight to Save South Australia’s Coastline with Lochie Cameron

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#105 Harnessing Citizen Science to Track Australia’s Mosquito Threats with Larissa Braz Sousa

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#104 The Voice That Stops the World: A Life Devoted to the Curlew with Mary Colwell

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#103 From Quad Bikes to CoastSnap: How Citizen Photos Are Transforming Coastal Science with Mitchell Harley

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#102 Driving Citizen Science Forward from Classrooms to Conferences with Michelle Neil

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#101 Counting for Conservation: A National Effort to Watch Over Australia’s Pelicans with Olly Pitt

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#100 Protect Our Sharks

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#099 How to Spot a Shark with Sarah Han-de-Beaux

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#098 Ireland’s Pollinator Revival: From Data to Meadow Blooms with Dr. Úna Fitzpatrick

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#097 Harnessing the Sky to Save the Giants of the Sea with Iain Kerr

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#096 There are Zombies in your garden with Donovan Teal

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#095 Fighting the Myths and Nets that Threaten Our Sharks with Izabela Sajdok

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#094 Mapping the Hidden Lives of Ocean Giants with Rob Harcourt

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#093 Reviving a Vanishing Giant: The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat’s Fight for Survival with Andy Howe

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#092 Building a Nation of Biodiversity Guardians in Ireland with Dr. Liam Lysaght

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#091 Connecting People and Nature Through Science in New South Wales with Dr Lynette Plenderleith

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#090 Cleaning the Wrecks: A Diver’s Mission Beneath UK Waters with Fred Nunn

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#089 Restoring Nature One Forest at a Time with Anna Noon

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#088 The Man Who Found the Big Boy: How Kane Christensen Discovered Australia's Newest Funnel Web Spider

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#087 Fighting for the Forests: The Relentless Mission to Save Koalas with Dr Tim Cadman

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#086 Snails, Orchids, and the Unseen Wilderness Beneath Our Feet with Dr Kevin Bonham

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#085 Listening to the Language of Birds with Professor Paul McDonald

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#084 Frogs, Frequencies, and the Fight Against Invasive Toads with Professor Lin Schwarzkopf

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#083 Protecting an Icon: Inside the Secret Life of the Echidna with Dr Kate Dutton-Regester

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#082 The Citizen Scientist Helping to Map Australia’s Biodiversity with Thomas Mesaglio

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#081 - Dr Rochelle Steven | Urban Habitats | Eco Anxiety | Nature Tourism

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#080 - John Totterdell | Whale Killers | Orca Hunting and Social Behaviour | Humpback Calf Predation

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#079 - Professor Sarah Bekessy | Nature Positive Urban Design | Biodiversity Council | Informal Green Spaces

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#078 - Associate Professor Tanya Latty | Christmas Beetles | Invertebrates Australia

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#077 - Richard Fuller | Migratory Bird Conservation | Habitats | People and Nature

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#076 - Lisa Blair | Climate Action Now | Microplastic Research

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#075 - Ted Cheeseman | Happywhale Project | Whale Identification Database

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#074 - David Watson | Professor of Ecology | Australian Acoustic Observatory | A20 Project

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#073 - Graham Tupper | Ecologist | Friends of the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden

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#072 - Catriona Walker | The Moth Trap | Oyster Farming in Scotland

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#071 - David Trood | The Weedy Garden | Permaculture

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#070 - Steve Austin | Austin’s Dog Training | Conservation | Defence Community Dogs

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#069 - Dr Daniella Teixeira | Acoustic Ecology | Black Cockatoo Research

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#068 - Dr Adam Smith & Christian Bartens | MOUA | Ocean Sentinels

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#067 - Kathryn Kermode | My Wild Backyard | Cool Burning

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#066 - Stuart McKenzie | The Snake Catcher | Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 | Aussie Snake Wranglers

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#065 - Professor Michael Mahony | Frog Science | Cryopreservation

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#064 - Darlene Cavalier | Sci Starter | Science Cheerleader

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#063 - Maree McCarthy | Native Plant Expert | Landscape Designer | Ecologist

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#062 - Laura Torre | Gold Coast Newborn Calf Study | Whale Research | Drone Research

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#061 - Peppie Simpson | Telepathic Communication | Whale Songs Noosa | Seismic Blasting

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#060 - Dr Kit Prendergast | Native Bee Ecologist | Taxonomist | Science Communicator

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#059 - Anastasia Guise | Journalist | Ecologist | Author

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#058 - Jessica Raintree | Citizen Science Enthusiast | Insect Nerd

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#057 Whales, Science, and Seeing the Bigger Picture with Vanessa Pirotta

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#056 - Kevin Deacon | Underwater Photography & Film | Dive 2000

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#055 - Daniel McCawley | Cane Toads | Clarence Land Care

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#054 - Dr Olaf Meynecke | Humpback Whale Research | Humpbacks & High-Rises

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#053 The Hidden World of Fungi with Catherine Marciniak and Stephen Axford

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#052 - Dr Paul Muir | Coral Reef Ecologist | Coral Bleaching | Deep Coral | Threats

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#051 - Gina Mascord | Swansea Channel Clean Up | Photographer | CHUG Volunteer

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#050 - Les Graham | EX HMAS Adelaide | Underwater Research Group | Australian Museum

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#049 - Judy Little | Bird Banding | Hunter Bird Observers Club

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#048 - CitSciOz23 | Lisa Evans | Astronomy Gamification | AstroQuest | ACSA

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#047 - CitSciOz23 | Diana Kleine | Coral Watch | University of Queensland

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#046 - CitSciOz23 | Greg Tasney | iNaturalist Tips | Importance of Practical Field Experience

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#044 - CitSciOz23 | Jessie Oliver | Australian Citizen Science Association | Executive Officer

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#043 - CitSciOz23 | Peter Crowcroft | PossumPete | BioBlitz Walk

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#042 - CitSciOz23 | Jessica Lumbroso | Streamwatch Sydney | Water Bug Blitz | Greater Sydney Landcare Program

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#041 - CitSciOz23 | Lila Higgins | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | City Nature Challenge

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#040 - CitSciOz23 | Hugh Pitty | Friends of Glebe Wetlands | Grey Headed Flying Fox

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#039 - CitSciOz23 | Lindy and Randy Orwin | Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc

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#038 - CitSciOz23 | Sherry Bruce | BIEPA | Bribie Island's Dugongs

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#037 - CitSciOz23 | Jock Mackenzie | MangroveWatch

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#036 - CitSciOz23 | Stuart Harris | Canberra Nature Map | Maratus Harrisi | Peacock Spider Discovery

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#035 - CitSciOz23 | Toni Massey | Senior Project Officer | Maritime Archaeology

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#034 - CitSciOz23 | Alex Chapman | Australian Citizen Science Association - WA | Biodiversity Informatics Consultant

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#033 - CitSciOz23 | Clare Hawkins | Bookend Trust | NatureTrackers | University of Tasmania

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#032 - CitSciOz23 | Costa Georgiadis | Landscape Architect TV Presenter

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#031 - CitSciOz23 | Michelle Neil | Australian Citizen Science Association

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#030 - Jeremy Day | Sea Urchin Predator Research

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#029 - Dr John Keane | Sea Urchin Barrens

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#028 - Tony Strazzari | Grey Nurse Charters

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#027 - David Jenkins | Whale Spotter

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#026 - Russell Hosp | Coral Nurture Program | Passions of Paradise

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#025 - Marco Bordieri | Viz | Sydney Diving Visibility Reports

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#023 - Stephen Fricker | The Great Southern Bioblitz 2023 | GSB2023

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#021 Picking Up Rubbish Is Saving Animals with Malin Frick

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#020 - Margo Smith | CHUG Combined Hunter Underwater Group

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#019 - Lawrence Chlebeck | Humane Society International Australia | Shark nets

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#017 Listening to the Ocean and Learning to Defend It with Tony Isaacson | DiveCareDare

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#016 - Skipper Jones and Ronny Ling | Whale Watching on the Central Coast

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#015 - Pat Gregson and James Couston | Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society

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#014 - Ian Campbell | Captain Crackers

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#013 - Ian James | Dive Swansea

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#012 Why Helium Balloons Are an Environmental Problem with Karen Joynes

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#011 - Petros Ktenas | Deuce Film Productions

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#010 - Saverio Russo | Billion Bees Foundation

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#009 - Tim Heard | Sugarbag Bees

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#008 - Lia Pereira | Return and Earn Beach Clean

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#007 - Dani Lloyd-Prichard | Bee Therapy

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#006 Fighting for the Ocean That Keeps Us Alive with Cathy Gilmore

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#005 - Dr. Ros Gloag | BEE Lab, The University of Sydney

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#004 - Ronny Ling | The Central Coast Dolphin Project

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#003 - Pip Kiernan | Clean Up Australia

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#002 Beneath the Surface: What Richard Nicholls is Finding in Our Harbour

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#001 Flake is Shark and Ray with Ryan Pereira at the Irukandji Centre