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Allan Coukell

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Coral Talk

Snap, crackle, pop!  ? is not your breakfast cereal but the sounds of an underwater reef.

Coral Talk

Coral Talk

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Looking for the Grey Ghost

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Woburn Toxics Redux

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Kiwis

The kiwi bird is the national symbol of New Zealand. But the population of this unusual animal is on the wane due to a non-native, weasel-like predator called the stoat. As Allan Coukell reports, a kiwi recovery program named Operation Nest Egg has succeeded in increasing the number of kiwis by isolating the babies until […]

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Antarctic Seals

Reporter Allan Coukell recently joined a group of scientists on a trip to Antarctica. Their goal: to unravel the mysteries of the unusual mating behaviors of the Weddell Seal.

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