Life On The Brink

Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina
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**Next episode Monday 23 March** What drives someone to track kiwis in the rain, chase lions up trees, or jump on dugongs? And with so many species out there, does it matter if a few of them go the way of the Dodo? Join Gabriel and Alex talking with incredible conservationists and asking them the big questions: Should we bother saving a population of 400 black cockatoos? Why do all your favourite moments from researching big cats always involve them trying to eat you? How are flightless kiwis so hard to catch?! Follow the journey behind-the-scenes @lifeonthebrinkpodcast on Instagram

  1. 03/10/2022

    THE AUSTRALIAN MOUSE THAT BECAME "UN-EXTINCT" w/ evolutionary biologist Dr Emily Roycroft

    What a title hey? Apologies for this episode being a few days late, we're both still getting a handle on keeping this podcast running while now working full-time!  But enough of that, it's time for Episode 18! Our guest on this episode, Dr Emily Roycroft, was supposed to be studying the family tree of eight species of extinct Australian rodents. She then realised one wasn't actually extinct. Listen in to hear that story, and whether this mouse will go extinct for the SECOND time.  Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram: instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com Follow Emil on Twitter: twitter.com/emily_roycroft Produced by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Theme music by Kyle Morley Episode Cover Image: Shark Bay Mouse. LAWLER.

    THE AUSTRALIAN MOUSE THAT BECAME "UN-EXTINCT" w/ evolutionary biologist Dr Emily Roycroft

  2. 02/21/2022

    THE TINY TRUFFLE-LOVING MARSUPIAL w/ wildlife ecologist & educator Caitlin Weatherstone

    Season 2 is heerrreee!  Sorry for the delay! Gabe ended up getting and starting a new job since our last episode. So, to preserve what's left of his sanity, we thought it'd be best to push the start of our new episodes back by a week. But Episode #17 is worth the wait! We're bickering about bettongs with Caitlin Weatherstone. We talk about why the northern bettong is balancing so close to the edge of extinction when other bettongs seem to be managing okay, hear hairy stories about being evacuated in a tiny helicopter during a 10-minute gap in the tropical rain, and learn about how Alex actually helped Caitlin try to discover unknown bettong populations a couple years ago! And no we aren't going to start the episodes back at #1 again. Partly because it'd get confusing, but also because saying we have 17 episodes sounds way cooler.  And sorry some of the audio from me (G) sounds a little funky - had a tech breakdown and had to use our backup recording! Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram: instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com Follow Caitlin   on Instagram: instagram.com/wildsearch/ Produced by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Theme music by Kyle Morley Episode Cover Image: Northern bettong. STEPHANIE TODD/JCU/WWF-AUS.

  3. 02/01/2022

    RETURN OF THE KIWI w/ adventurer & biodiversity ranger Denis Stojanovic

    Our final update episode before we start Season 2!   This Life On The Brink update features biodiversity ranger Denis Stojanovic and the Haast southern brown kiwi. The Haast population of southern brown kiwis is a unique group of kiwis that only numbers around 500. Denis has major updates for us on how the recent breeding season has gone for this tiny population of threatened birds, and some corrections to the voice-overs we made over our original interview for Episode 3! Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com  Follow Dennis Stojanovic on Instagram instagram.com/viv.fox Theme Music by Kyle Morley  Production by Alex Bezzina & Gabriel George Episode Cover Image: Denis the kiwi-wrangler.

    RETURN OF THE KIWI w/ adventurer & biodiversity ranger Denis Stojanovic

  4. 01/17/2022

    MAJOR UPDATE ON OUR FAVOURITE AUSSIE SONGBIRDS w/ regent honeyeater ecologist & conservationist Dr Ross Crates

    Another update on one of our first-ever stories, and this one's a big one!!  Episode 15 of Life On The Brink features the regent honeyeater and Dr Ross Crates. While Alex was away, Ross patched in (on Christmas Eve - what a legend!!) to give Gabriel a rundown on what had happened since we last touched base. He mentioned some big news that was on the horizon for early 2022. Listen in to hear what happened next!  Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com  Follow Dr Ross Crates on Twitter https://twitter.com/CratesRoss Theme Music by Kyle Morley Production by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Episode Cover Image: Regent honeyeater. ROSS CRATES, PhD.

    MAJOR UPDATE ON OUR FAVOURITE AUSSIE SONGBIRDS w/ regent honeyeater ecologist & conservationist Dr Ross Crates

  5. 01/03/2022

    I WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THOSE COCKATOOS FROM EPISODE 1? w/ glossy black cockatoo ecologist and conservationist Dr Daniella Teixeira

    SURPRISE STORY UPDATE! Episode 14 of Life On The Brink features Dr Daniella Teixeira and the glossy black cockatoo (again!!) Daniella has been busy since we last talked to her in what turned out to be the first ever episode of Life On The Brink. Listen in to hear about new data showing how the 2019/20 bushfires impacted the very rare glossy black cockatoos of Kangaroo Island, the new population of birds Daniella has switched her focus to, and what you can do to save glossy black cockatoos in mainland Australia.  We'll have a couple more story updates coming your way throughout the next few weeks as we gear up for Season 2 of Life On The Brink! Follow Life On The Brink  on Instagram instagram.com/@lifeonthebrinkpodcast and our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com  Follow Daniella  on Instagram instagram.com/daniellalteixeira and her website: www.daniellateixeira.com/ Follow The Black Cockatoo Project on Instagram instagram.com/@blackcockatooproject Music by Kyle Morley Production by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Episode Feature Image: Glossy black cockatoos. MICHAELA SHERWOOD VIA THE GLOSSY BLACK CONSERVANCY.

  6. 12/06/2021

    CATCHING CARBON TO SAVE LIONS w/ ecologist & Koobi founder Dr James Allan

    Lions #2 electric boogaloo you're carbon credits are due!  (Alex said we had to say that, sorry) It's Episode 13 of Life On The Brink, featuring LIONS. Didn't we already do lions? Yes we did... deal with it. But also this episode is very different from our first lion episode. Last time we focused on the tree-climbing lions of Uganda, this time we're focusing on the equally unique lions in Kenya known for their maneless males! In the episode, our over-achieving guest Dr James Allan talks about what it's like to grow up with a family that owns a safari company in a national park the size of Switzerland, we hear about the research he was involved in that influenced international conservation policy, and we talk with James about his new project - a company dedicated to capturing carbon AND saving threatened animals at the same time! Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram: instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com Follow Life On The Brink   on Twitter: twitter.com/jamesecology Find Koobi Carbon via their website: koobicarbon.com Produced by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Theme music by Kyle Morley Episode Cover Image: Man-eating maneless male lions (ones from the railway James mentions in the episode) from Tsavo, Kenya. Currently full of stuffing instead of human as they stand on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA. JEFFREY JUNG.

    CATCHING CARBON TO SAVE LIONS w/ ecologist & Koobi founder Dr James Allan

  7. 11/22/2021

    THE SUPER SPEEDY SPERM OF NEW ZEALAND'S LIZARD THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A LIZARD w/ tuatara reproduction biologist & PhD Candidate Sarah Lamar

    We're back in New Zealand for Episode 12 of Life On The Brink!!  And this time, it's all for the tuatara! Some call it a "living fossil", others say they have a mystical third eye, but what we do know is there are a lot less of them than there used to be. In the episode, we run the tuatara rumours past our guest PhD Candidate Sarah Lamar and ask her why she researched the speed of their sperm in the name of conservation! Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram: instagram.com/lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com Follow Life On The Brink on Twitter: twitter.com/SphenodonSarah Produced by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Theme music by Kyle Morley Episode Cover Image: A tuatara. SARAH LAMAR.

    THE SUPER SPEEDY SPERM OF NEW ZEALAND'S LIZARD THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A LIZARD w/ tuatara reproduction biologist & PhD Candidate Sarah Lamar

  8. 11/15/2021 ·  Bonus

    BONUS: Diversifying shark science

    This is our third ever bonus episode!!! Last week's episode introduced us to Deborah Santos de Azevedo the incredible great hammerhead researcher who works with stressed-out sharks. She also happens to be a member of Minorities in Shark Science (MISS) an awesome organisation looking to build diversity in marine research and support minorities in the field. So this episode focuses on Deb's experiences as a Brazillian immigrant making her way into the wild world of shark science and her message that you aren't alone and if you work hard enough you can work with hammerheads too! Follow Life On The Brink on Instagram: @lifeonthebrinkpodcast and via our website: lifeonthebrinkpodcast.com Follow Deb on Twitter: @diverdebb and Instagram: @deborahsazevedo Follow MISS on Twitter and Instagram: @MISS_Elasmo Produced by Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina Theme Music by Kyle Morley

    BONUS: Diversifying shark science
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**Next episode Monday 23 March** What drives someone to track kiwis in the rain, chase lions up trees, or jump on dugongs? And with so many species out there, does it matter if a few of them go the way of the Dodo? Join Gabriel and Alex talking with incredible conservationists and asking them the big questions: Should we bother saving a population of 400 black cockatoos? Why do all your favourite moments from researching big cats always involve them trying to eat you? How are flightless kiwis so hard to catch?! Follow the journey behind-the-scenes @lifeonthebrinkpodcast on Instagram

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  • Creator
    Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Gabriel George & Alex Bezzina
  • Show Website
    Life On The Brink