Look at Me
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The underwater punk straight out of the realm of science fiction
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of Look at Me, we dive into the ocean’s to discover a creature that is perhaps the most bizarre animal Rae has ever seen. This...
The scientist who dedicated her life to the mysterious springtail – Look at Me podcast
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1950s Dr Penelope Greenslade became one of the few women to study at Cambridge University. She then travelled to Solomon Islands where her love...
The tenacious bird abandoning its young in a giant thermal mound
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In some of the most harsh habitat in Australia, you’ll find what looks like giant piles of dirt. But dig deeper and you’ll find the eggs of the ma...
The weird, wonderful and ultimately exhausting life of the antechinus
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This marsupial mouse enters its first mating season with a thirty-fold increase in testosterone. It copulates at a frenetic rate, only to collapse aft...
The gym junkie of the sky
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine flying thousands of kilometres to avoid getting cold. Meet the bird that starts its migration journey at a Siberian bush doof and ends up on t...
The ants keeping an endangered butterfly alive
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine outsourcing childcare to a nest of ants? This may not be the best idea for humans but a certain insect is making it work. Now the Eltham coppe...
Introducing Look at Me season 2
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to Australian native animals, everyone thinks about koalas and kangaroos and drop bears and wombats. But what about the creepy ones? Wha...
Our rare tiny marsupial, hanging on in the mountains – Look at me podcast
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of the effects of climate change it’s easy to focus on rising sea levels – but what about the changes happening much higher up? At M...
The 3-metre worm you will never have seen – Look at me podcast
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eastern Victoria is home to a strange creature that few have seen and even fewer have researched. You may be able to hear its gurgles under the ground...
Searching for Australia's most elusive marsupial – Look at me podcast
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever travelled to an Australian desert, you may have been in the presence of one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials. The Anangu peop...
The mind-blowing life of the gateway bee – Look at Me podcast
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When you think about bees you probably thinking about honey, hives and yellow and black stripes, but these traits aren’t present in the majority of ...
Number one on death row: saving the phantom of the plains – Look at Me podcast
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two of Guardian Australia’s Look at Me podcast, we head to the south eastern plains of Australia – home to one of the rarest birds in t...
The amazing life and death of the ocean's greatest camouflage expert - Look at Me podcast
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Once a year in freezing cold winter waters, a gathering happens off the coast of South Australia. Hundreds of thousands of giant cuttlefish come to ma...
What is Look at me? - Look at me podcast
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the kangaroo and koala. Our new podcast dives deep into the world of Australian animals, looking beyond the old favourites to the most unusual,...