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Ep 96. Ugly animals and scientific illustration with Sami Bayly

Sami Bayly is the author and illustrator of the award winning children’s’ book ‘The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals”, published by Hachette Australia. This book features full page illustrations and fun facts about some of the world’s strangest animals, who are all beautiful in their own very special way. Sami studied natural history illustration at university and is now forging a career publishing books that … Continue reading Ep 96. Ugly animals and scientific illustration with Sami Bayly

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Ep 69. Horseshoe crabs and hot pink theses with Russell Bicknell

Horseshoe crabs, firstly, are not crabs, nor do they make effective horseshoes. They are a unique animal more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crustaceans. They are highly valued due to the coagulant properties of their blood, which is harvested as a pharmaceutical product to identify impurities in medicinal products. This sadly also places them under threat as their populations are routinely harvested and … Continue reading Ep 69. Horseshoe crabs and hot pink theses with Russell Bicknell

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Ep 66. Lizard brains, Sir David and Winnie the dog with Martin Whiting

Martin Whiting is a true natural historian. He has spent his life studying reptiles across the world as far as Australia, Asia and Africa. In an interview with In Situ Science we delve into the secret lives of social skinks and their incredible intelligence and the incredible flat lizards that signal their quality using UV colour patches. https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i5m42u/Martin_Whiting.mp3 Martin’s work has been featured in BBC … Continue reading Ep 66. Lizard brains, Sir David and Winnie the dog with Martin Whiting

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