Aussie Wildlife Show

This episode, with Tracy McNamara the CEO of FAME, has been released on the 7th of September which is National Threatened Species Day in Australia. The date commemorates the death of the last known thylacine (or Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus) in 1936.

FAME are the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species and have been funding conservation projects in Australia for the past 25 years. In this episode we discuss how business plays a role in wildlife conservation. Click here to check out some of the awesome projects FAME are currently involved with. 

This episode, with Tracy McNamara the CEO of FAME, has been released on the 7th of September which is National Threatened Species Day in Australia. The date commemorates the death of the last known thylacine (or Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus) in 1936.

FAME are the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species and have been funding conservation projects in Australia for the past 25 years. In this episode we discuss how business plays a role in wildlife conservation. Click here to check out some of the awesome projects FAME are currently involved with. 

Earlier this year the Aussie Wildlife Show travelled to Borneo with a group of friends including Mark Hura, insect expert specialising in Australian ground beetles.

From giant scorpions and centipedes to beetles that glow in the dark, we discuss some of the awesome critters we discovered in the forests and caves of Borneo.

Human overpopulation underpins most of our environmental issues and yet we rarely hear it mentioned in the mainstream media. Dr James Ward is not afraid to come out and address this important yet often controversial issue.

Dr. Ward, former president of Sustainable Population Australia, lectures in and researches technology for sustainable living, with an emphasis on urban and peri-urban food production through innovative water recycling and aquaculture at the University of South Australia.

We caught up with the always inspirational Ranger Stacey backstage at the 2018 World Environment Fair.

Stacey is a host on the long-running nature and science themed series Totally Wild, and has been with the show since its premiere in 1992.

Formerly a ranger and spokeswoman for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, she has also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, Wombat, Agro's Cartoon Connection and Rove Live.

For more than 25 years Rangers Stacey has inspired the next generation to care for wildlife and the environment.

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth and droughts are guaranteed. Are there ways we can manage the land to better protect the environment and our biodiversity?

We discuss some pros and cons of various farming techniques with permaculture expert and sustainability consultant Chris Day.

Click here to conact Chris about his permaculture seminars, desinging and building sustainabe landscapes or to order his home-grown organic olive oil.

We caught up with biologist Professor Chris Daniels from the University of South Australia to talk about his natural history book 'Adelaide, Nature of a City', and we discuss his new role as director of Cleland Wildlife Park.

Click here to purchase Professor Daniels Book.

In this episode we learn about some threatened Aussies such as Western Pygmy Possums (see image) and Southern Brown Bandicoots, as well as wombats, Antechinus and other native mammals.  

We chat about some of the research Dr. Sparrow conducts to help protect these animals and their environment as part of her role as a wildlife ecologist with the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board. 

Come for a tour of some of the wildlife of Borneo with Steve and Adrian. We see wild orangutans, crocodiles and birds along the Kinabatangan River, take a wonder through Gomantong Caves, spot-light for nocturnal animals and visit some wildlife rehabilitation centres in Sepilok.

Steve and Adrian headed off to Borneo earlier this year to get some wildlife-spotting tips from the tour guide that David Attenborough calls on when he goes to Borneo. John Nair Rajan is an officer in the Wildlife Rescue Unit of the Sabah Wildlife Department and a multiple recipient of the 'Best Tour Guide' from the Sabah Tourism Awards.

This is the first of the interviews we did while we were exploring the forests of Borneo during April 2018.

You can contact John on his Facebook page to organise your Borneo adventure.