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Look at Me

Weird and wonderful tales of Australian wildlife. Hosted by award winning science journalist Rae Johnston and ecologist Chris McCormack

  • An underwater show of  two nudibranchs Risbecia tryoni in Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Nudibranchs are white and brown with dark spots and a purple edge

    The underwater punk straight out of the realm of science fiction

    In this last episode of Look at Me, we go in search of the complex and little-known nudibranch thriving in our oceans.
  • Two springtails on a stone paving slab

    The scientist who dedicated her life to the mysterious springtail

    Dr Penelope Greenslade on a tiny acrobatic animal that you’ll find almost everywhere in Australia but have probably never recognised
  • Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata on sand mound Australia

    The tenacious bird abandoning its young in a giant thermal mound

    The malleefowl has a complicated parenting style kicking their babies out into the harsh desert environment as soon as they hatch
  • A silver-headed antechinus in Kroombit Tops National Park in central Queensland

    The weird, wonderful and ultimately exhausting life of the antechinus

    Learn about the weird, wonderful and ultimately exhausting sex life of the antechinus
  • An eastern curlew

    The gym junkie of the sky – podcast

    The eastern curlew travels between the Arctic and Antarctic poles each year. Flying over large stretches of ocean, this migratory shore bird must keep flapping its wings to avoid perishing in the open water
  • An Eltham copper butterfly sitting on a green leaf

    The ants keeping an endangered butterfly alive

    In this new season of Guardian Australia’s Look at Me, hosts Rae Johnston and Chris McCormack meet the people trying to save a rare insect through song
  • Look at me podcast logo 2022, two strange eye look out from a green background

    Introducing Look at Me season 2

    Introducing a new season of weird and wonderful tales of Australian wildlife. Hosted by award winning science journalist Rae Johnston and ecologist Chris McCormack
  • Mountain pygmy possums at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia. These critically endangered creatures have been christened 'Orbit', 'Fraggle', 'Licorice' and 'Spring' and have been born as part of a captive breeding program. Photo by Robert Leeson

    Our rare tiny marsupial, hanging on in the mountains – Look at me podcast

    What to do when your main food source dries up and the snow retreats? The final episode of the Look at me podcast features Australia’s only hibernating marsupial
  • Giant gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis). Artwork by Brin Edward. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

    The 3-metre worm you will never have seen – Look at me podcast

    Why would you devote your life to a giant worm? In this episode of Look at me, Chris McCormack finds the only world expert on a creature few have seen
  • Marsupial mole Notoryctes typhlops eating gecko in the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory, Australia

    Searching for Australia's most elusive marsupial – Look at me podcast

    Living underground, the eye-less marsupial mole has mostly defied scientific study until one scientist decided to bury some microphones
  • Blue-banded bee

    The mind-blowing life of the gateway bee – Look at Me podcast

    In this episode we find out about the amazing life of a hardworking single mother, the blue-banded bee
  • A male Plains Wanderer in the south eastern plains grasslands of Australia

    Number one on death row: saving the phantom of the plains – Look at Me podcast

    The south eastern plains of Australia are home to one of the rarest birds in the world. The plains-wanderer’s habitat has been decimated, but now some farmers are putting the bird’s survival before profit
  • Golden Cuttlefish shot at Blairgowrie by PT

    The amazing life and death of the ocean's greatest camouflage expert - Look at Me podcast

    Guardian Australia’s new podcast hears about the amazing gathering of thousands of giant cuttlefish off the coast of South Australia
  • Host Benjamin Law with producer Chris McCormack.

    What is Look at me? - Look at me podcast

    Our new podcast dives deep into the world of Australian animals. Join host Benjamin Law as he discovers the most unusual, rare and fascinating wildlife found down under.
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