Citizen Science Show
Episodes
#041 - CitSciOz23 | Lila Higgins | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | City Nature Challenge
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lila is an inspiring citizen scientist and one of the main people responsible for starting the City Nature Challenge.City Nature ChallengeInvented by ...
#040 - CitSciOz23 | Hugh Pitty | Friends of Glebe Wetlands | Grey Headed Flying Fox
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh remembers making bow and arrow sets from Chinese privet at Devlins Creek in the Sydney suburb of Epping. As an adult, he returned as a qualified ...
#039 - CitSciOz23 | Lindy and Randy Orwin | Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lindy and Randy talk turtle rescues, spider discoveries, BioBlltz, data gathering, stewardship and research.Cooloola Coast's natural ecosystems, habit...
#038 - CitSciOz23 | Sherry Bruce | BIEPA | Bribie Island's Dugongs
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sherry Bruce, a member of the BIEPA Wildlife Team, is passionate about Dugongs. Sherry explains why these beautiful animals need our protection and wh...
#037 - CitSciOz23 | Jock Mackenzie | MangroveWatch
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jock Mackenzie is a tidal wetland ecologist and science communicator with over 15 years experience in field ecology. About 15 years ago Jock disc...
#036 - CitSciOz23 | Stuart Harris | Canberra Nature Map | Maratus Harrisi | Peacock Spider Discovery
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart took a photograph of a tiny spider in the bush land of his local Canberra and posted his image online. Some scientists and spider enthusiasts t...
#035 - CitSciOz23 | Toni Massey | Senior Project Officer | Maritime Archaeology
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Massey is a commercially trained diver who is passionate about the possibilities of citizen science for the future of maritime discoveries. Toni ...
#034 - CitSciOz23 | Alex Chapman | Australian Citizen Science Association - WA | Biodiversity Informatics Consultant
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Chapman was for many years a Research Scientist at the Western Australian Herbarium in DBCA’s Science and Conservation Division managing the on...
#033 - CitSciOz23 | Clare Hawkins | Bookend Trust | NatureTrackers | University of Tasmania
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clare has researched and advised on wildlife population monitoring and conservation in academic, corporate, governmental and non-governmental organisa...
#032 - CitSciOz23 | Costa Georgiadis | Landscape Architect TV Presenter
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Live from the Australian Citizen Science Association Conference 2023Costa and Ian get philosophical and discuss the importance of childhood role model...
#031 - CitSciOz23 | Michelle Neil | Australian Citizen Science Association
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Based in Australia, Michelle Neil is a co-convenor of the Australian Citizen Science Association Conference and one of the original international orga...
#030 - Jeremy Day | Sea Urchin Predator Research
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest has salt water running through his veins. His Grandad was the harbourmaster at Port Kembla, New South Wales.As a young lad he would ta...
#029 - Dr John Keane | Sea Urchin Barrens
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest developed a love for the ocean from his home town in Port Stephens on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.In 1998 he studied...
#028 - Tony Strazzari | Grey Nurse Charters
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tony teaches and inspires new divers to explore the underwater world in search of new species. He is a former student of the legendary Neville Coleman...
#027 - David Jenkins | Whale Spotter
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Jenkins is a professional photographer who has been captivated by the beauty and power of aquatic mammals. He works alongside scientists and res...
#026 - Russell Hosp | Coral Nurture Program | Passions of Paradise
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fifteen years ago, Russell Hosp began working with Passions of Paradise in Cairns as a dive instructor. In 2019 he became one of the first ever master...
#025 - Marco Bordieri | Viz | Sydney Diving Visibility Reports
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Marco Bordieri came to Australia he had no idea that he would be riding an underwater scooter, GPS mapping dive sites sites, creating novelty ass...
#023 - Stephen Fricker | The Great Southern Bioblitz 2023 | GSB2023
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Southern Bioblitz is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several d...
#021 - Malin Frick | Wild Aware and Northern Beaches Clean Up Crew
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a child in Sweden, Malin began collecting rubbish on local beaches. This was the start of a life-long love of caring about the natural world. From ...
#020 - Margo Smith | CHUG Combined Hunter Underwater Group
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought that a census for Nudibranchs could be so interesting? Margo Smith talks about the Nelson Bay Sea Slug Census, Ocean Cleanups, ...
#019 - Lawrence Chlebeck | Humane Society International Australia | Shark nets
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Chlebeck is a marine biologist for the Humane Society International Australia. He is campaigning for the removal of shark nets on the Eastern...
#017 - Tony Isaacson | DiveCareDare
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Isaacson is life long Marine Educator and Shark Aware SCUBA instructor. He has devoted thirty years of his life to researching the Leafy Sea Drag...
#016 - Skipper Jones and Ronny Ling | Whale Watching on the Central Coast
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With all the whale activity on the Central Coast lately we thought it was about time to talk again to Ronny Ling from Marine Wildlfe Rescue Central Co...
#015 - Pat Gregson and James Couston | Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society Inc. was formed on the 13th November 1962 to research the early pioneers of the district. The Socie...
#014 - Ian Campbell | Captain Crackers
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Campbell is an avid historian with a love for all things aquatic!When he is not out SCUBA diving looking for treasure he’s in the classroom help...
#013 - Ian James | Dive Swansea
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian James is a passionate SCUBA diver and owner of Dive Swansea at Lake Macquarie, NSW. Even though Ian has been diving in Australia and overseas for ...
#012 - Karen Joynes | No Balloon Release Australia
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Joynes is lobbying for a change in Australia balloon release laws in Australia. Currently it is illegal to release helium balloons in Victoria b...
#011 - Petros Ktenas | Deuce Film Productions
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My Unforgiving MountainMultiple Sclerosis is an insidious immune system disease directly affecting 25000 people in Australia. Multiply this by five to...
#010 - Saverio Russo | Billion Bees Foundation
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty million hectares of bush land were lost in recent bush fires on the east coast of Australia. Saverio Russo and the Billion Bees Foundation is d...
#009 - Tim Heard | Sugarbag Bees
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Heard is an entomologist studying bees for over thirty five years. He explains the difference between the native Australian stingless bee and the ...
#008 - Lia Pereira | Return and Earn Beach Clean
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with World Ocean Day 2022, Lia Pereira and her husband Ryan organised a volunteer beach cleanup at Port Stephens, NSW, Australia.Thirty pe...
#007 - Dani Lloyd-Prichard | Bee Therapy
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dani Lloyd-Prichard is a researcher and educator; an outright enthusiast for all things bee related. Today she talks to Citizen Science about Bee Ther...
#006 - Cathy Gilmore | Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For over thirty years Cathy Gilmore has been rescuing wild animals on the central coast. Cathy founded the Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue Associ...
#005 - Dr. Ros Gloag | BEE Lab, The University of Sydney
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BEE Lab is a buzzing hive of bee research and education within The University of Sydney. It has been a thriving science hub for several years now rese...
#004 - Ronny Ling | The Central Coast Dolphin Project
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ronny Ling has devoted his life to citizen science on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. He monitors the migrating patterns of whales, i...
#003 - Pip Kiernan | Clean Up Australia
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Citizen Science Show, Pip Kiernan talks about how Clean Up Australia, a grass roots organization, has been tracking the trend of ru...
#002 - Richard Nicholls | Dive Against Debris
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an ideal world, Dive Against Debris would never exist. Beneath the pristine Manly shoreline, plastic bags, party balloons, baseball caps and t-shir...
#001 - Ryan Pereira | The Irukandji Centre
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Periera together with his wife Lia want everything for the sea and have devoted their lives to educating people about sharks and rays. Since 2014...