Crossing Australia with a camel named Delilah

The world's leading eucalyptus expert, Professor Steve Hopper, on what science and culture say about these spectacular trees, and how Noongar elders in WA's South West led his 'second education' in botany.Australia is one of the richest places on earth when it comes to botanical ...  Show more

UK writer Zadie Smith became a world-wide sensation with the publication of her first novel White Teeth when she was 24. Now aged 50, she's bringing her trademark intelligence and wit to the subject of midlife.Her latest work is Dead and Alive, a new book of essays, where she wri ...  Show more

Meekah is pretending to be a kangaroo and her jam pack is her pouch! Blippi and Meekah wonder, "what other animals have pouches?" To the Australian Outback to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com ...  Show more

Long, long ago, camels didn’t have humps at all! But one very lazy camel learned an unforgettable lesson—with a little help from a magical desert genie! 

Let's face it: camels look goofy. And we say this with great affection! In fact, the camel's seemingly awkward appearance is the result of some stellar adaptation toward survival in one of the world's most inhospitable biomes. Back in the 1800s, a small group of camel enthusiasts ...  Show more

Snoop and Sniffy travel all the way down under to Sydney, Australia to help a kangaroo named Karl recover a stolen Aboriginal boomerang from a thief known only as The Taz.