Is your dog drooling a lot lately or a bit wobbly on their back legs? Well, it may not be a reaction to the heat, it can actually be symptoms of the start of progressive tick paralysis and is very serious.

Oh, and cats aren’t immune either - so keep your pet calm and get them to a vet as soon as possible.

RSPCA’s Anne Chester the Chief Veterinarian Officer joined 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic to chat about thud nasty Paralysis Ticks.

Cassowaries… gentle giant of the Wet Tropics rainforest.
How are they faring with human encroachment on their habitat? How do we live with them?

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin spoke with Liz Gallie - president of the Mission Beach Cassowaries on all things cassowaries.

Remember that spooky moth on the cover of the classic horror film – 'Silence of the Lambs'? Well, it turns out there’s more to that moth than just looking creepy. The Death’s-head hawkmoth is a clever little insect, it migrates for miles and even knows how to navigate. You might say, it’s a pilot!

4ZZZ's intrepid reporter, Anita Diamond, interviewed Dr Myles Menz, who conducted a recent study revealing how the Death's-head hawkmoth migrates.

Nurses and midwives across the NSW Health Sector are facing unprecedented conditions; pay cheques that don’t align with the current inflation, unruly patient-to-staff ratios, and emotional burnout, calling into question – What is the cost of kindness, and who's paying the price?

4ZZZ Journalist Stephanie Felesina spoke with NSW midwife Bella Liberty, NSW Emergency nurse Ellie Peach speaking from the NSW Nursing and Midwife association, and Charmaine Murphy of the Lismore Nurse and Midwife association.

Did you know that the Great Barrier reef was almost mined for its coral as lime fertiliser for cane farmers?

Are you aware of an unsung hero John Büsst who was the architect in the activism campaigns to ‘Save the Reef” and proved the reef was alive… counter to prevailing beliefs that the reef was just dead coral.

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin spoke with Sandal Hayes of the Friends of Ninney Rise, which was John Büsst’s Bingil Bay home and centre for the inception of the ‘Save the Reef’ movement.

If you hadn’t heard, Brisbane has won the 2032 Olympics. Will this international spotlight on our liveable city be a blessing or impact our environmental balance? Is anything being taken into account to mitigate unintended consequences?

4ZZZʻs Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic chatted with Kira Athanasiov the Secretary of the Brisbane Catchments Network to discuss Brisbane’s 2032 Green Olympics.

As Australia seeks to reduce their role in plastic pollution, researchers from the Queensland University of Technology are looking into an emerging area of technology that makes it possible to embed a traceable code, which researchers have likened to plastic "DNA", into plastic polymer. In a recent paper published in Polymer Chemistry, QUT researchers have rallied the polymer-chemistry community to work towards embeddable codes for plastic, that can be read on small handheld devices in the field, and ideally even on mobile phones.

Over the weekend, the Labor party secured a third consecutive term of government in Victoria, keeping the liberal party in opposition. The result revealed a number of insights about the Victorian electorate and its attitudes to the Andrews government after a record-setting lockdown and other divisive decisions. 4ZZZ journalist Samuel O'Brien spoke with Ben Raue from The Tally Room and election analyst Kevin Bonham about the results, key issues and wider impacts.

Most of us know asbestos is dangerous, however do you know how to tell if you have asbestos in your home or buried in your yard? Can you safely dispose of it yourself when doing a reno? Are you aware of how dangerous it really is to your health?

4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin chatted with Cherie Barber, Australia’s Renovation Queen and Ambassador for the National Asbestos Awareness Campaign to chat about... how to manage asbestos safely when renovating or gardening.

In preparation for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics, the state Government has announced a complete refit of The Gabba Stadium in Woolloongabba. 4ZZZ journalist Joshua McIntosh spoke to community members and experts about the proposal to gain insight into what it might mean for the area.