Aussie Wildlife Show

This week we catch up with Daniel Saliba to learn about the secret lives of the threatened Murray-Darling Carpet Python . Daniel has spent many years out in the field researching, surveying and studying these cryptic snakes. Daniel's work aims to bring an awareness of these beautiful pythons, which are disappearing from the eastern Australian woodland ecosystems of the Murray-Darling Basin.

Thank you to all the listeners and to all the guests that support the Aussie Wildlife Show . In this episode we chat about why we do the show and why we love Australian wildlife and nature.  For those that may wish to donate to the show click here to access our Patreon account .

Sarah and Alex are an ecological power-couple who are passionate about protecting biodiversity and also, through their business  EnviroEdu , they raise awareness and educate future generations. We chat with them about some of the projects they've worked on in Australia and around the world including gorillas in Africa and also meeting Lonesome George in the Galápagos Islands.   

In this episode we chat with natural historian John Barrie about some of the prehistoric megafauna that once roamed Australia. In particular we discuss Wonambi , a giant Australian python-like snake.   John's hard work and contributions to the field of palaeontology have been acknowledged by having a species of Wonambi named after him, Wonambi barriei.  

Byron manning has dedicated his life to working within the zoo industry and is currently the Curator of Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills. He has an extensive private collection of reptiles, specialising in the keeping and breeding of many of the smaller Australian monitor species.    

This week we chat with Nick Petropoulos, owner-operator of Victorian wildlife education company, Wicked Wildlife . Nick also runs an awesome YouTube channel, Wicked Wildlife- YouTube , where he introduces a range of Australian fauna and discusses issues surrounding their conservation.   

Bruce Jackson has over 30 years experience working with, and protecting Australian endangered animals such as numbats, bilbies, bettongs, pygmy possums, quolls, malleefowl and much more. Bruce worked alongside Dr John Walmsley to create ' Earth Sanctuaries ', feral free havens for endangered species to thrive. Bruce currently consults privately on various conservation projects, works with  Faunatu...

On our resent trip to Darwin we were lucky enough to catch up with renowned Herpetologist Dr Gavin Bedford . We chat with him about his life in the reptile hobby, some of the businesses and projects he has been involved in, and of course his work with the amazing Oenpelli Python . We also get his thoughts on some ecological and environmental issues and, as usual, we fix all the world's problems.  

Marie Munkara was born on the banks of the Mainoru River in Arnhemland. Author of several books including Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea  and her first book  Every Secret Thing , which won the 2008 David Unaipon Award and the 2010 NT Book of the Year.  Marie chats with us about her current doctoral thesis covering topics around her Arnhemland family, her peoples ancient history, myths, le...

We catch up with Dr Charlie Manolis , Chief Scientist at Crocodylus Park and Wildlife Management International to find about some of the latest research in the conservation of these iconic and ancient reptiles. 

We visited the Territory Wildlife Park  and caught up with the Manager of Visitor Experiences, Simon Ferguson for a chat.  The Territory Wildlife Park is situated on 400 ha of natural bushland, it contains native animals and plants representative of Northern Territory . It contributes to their conservation through research programs as well as through public education. The three main habitats repre...

We chat with Dr Mark Hutchinson , Senior Research Scientist of Herpetology from the South Australian Museum  about the recently discovered Western Desert Taipan , the endangered Pygmy Blue-tongue  and all sort other sciencey goodness. 

Andrew Daly is a zookeeper with Taronga Zoo and Caroline Monro is a zookeeper at Wildlife Sydney Zoo . Together they form a conservation power-couple, bringing awareness to the plights of Australian wildlife and their habitats. They are also passionate about reducing their environmental footprint on the planet and have started a blog to share their journey. Click here to check out their blog, 'Gre...

We recently caught up with Dr Catherine Kemper at the South Australian Museum to learn more about her role as the Senior Researcher of Mammals. We also discuss whales, taxonomy, wildlife conservation and even the Thylacine gets a mention.    

We catch up with Emma Malik and chat about training native animals such as crocodiles and quolls, and we find out how a professional animal trainer becomes a professional comedian.  We saw Emma's show 'If you can't train it, eat it' and it was hilarious. Emma's other shows include 'Sticking with it' and even a children's show entitled 'Fee-Fi-Fo-Fun'.  Click here for show date s 

We chat with Steve McKechnie, co-owner of Gorge Wildlife Park about living in a wildlife park, the park's history, and some of the new projects that are currently being worked on.   Gorge Wildlife Park is situated in the Adelaide Hills and hosts an array of native, as well as exotic species. It's an attractive park that offers opportunities to interact with koalas, kangaroos as well as other iconi...

We delve deep into the world of aquatic serpents as we learn about sea snakes and sea kraits with evolutionary biologist Jenna Crowe-Riddell.  This episode was uploaded on the same day as the release of Jenna's paper on sea snakes, titled 'Phototactic tail: Evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes' . Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) . Photo credit: Chris Malam.

Michael Bayliss is the Communications Manager for Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) . SPA are an independent not-for-profit organisation seeking to protect the environment and our quality of life by ending population growth in Australia and globally. Click here to check the SPA Facebook page. Click here to check out the SPA website.

Thylacoleo carnifex  , the marsupial lion, was Australia's top order mammalian carnivore and a real life 'drop bear'. This week we chat with Dr. Aaron Camens, paleontologist at Flinders University and co-author of a recently published paper which analyses the first compete skeleton reconstruction of this highly adapted predator. Spare a thought for the early Australians who had to contend with thi...

We're back from a big Christmas break and 2019 is off to a flying start with our good friend Dave Irwin, raptor trainer, educator and founder of Kangaroo Island's Raptor Domain .  Dave Irwin is a qualified Zoo Keeper and has been involved with raptors from a very young age. He has years of experience in training and hand-raising and rehabilitating sick, orphaned and injured animals and birds of pr...

Dan Mangano is a zoologist and environmental educator, when he's not playing drums and singing with the Aussie rock band Ablaze . We chat with Dan about some of the wild and captive animals he has worked with, his love for the natural environment, and the educational work he does with Victorian wildlife demonstration company Reptile Encounters . Click here to check out Ablaze and support an awesom...

This week's episode is a little bit different. We chat with our good friend Dr. Chris Hunt about the potential health benefits of nature and how it might help in calming the mind.   Chris is a general practitioner specialising in mental health and Indigenous health.

John Fowler shares with us some of his tales about travelling around Australia, and the world, following his passion for reptiles and the environment. Once a computer technician, he got onto the internet early and started the Australian Herpetology page.  Click here to check out John's current page, The Reptiles of Australia.

Come on an adventure with us as Dr. Wayne Boardman shares some of his tales of working with wild gorillas in Uganda, endangered birds in New Zealand and helping to save threatened species here in Australia.  Wayne is presently working as a senior lecturer at the School of Animal and Veterinary Science , University of Adelaide . 

The Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife are a non-government organisation on a mission to safeguard wilderness & wildlife for future generations. We chat with Emily Rose Brown from FNPW about some of the awesome projects they are involved in.