Meet the presenters
Natasha Mitchell is a multi-award-winning journalist, radio presenter, and podcaster. She is host of the ABC Radio National's flagship Big Ideas program and podcast.
Barry joined Pacific Whale Foundation Australia in 2021 as the Australian Research Associate where he manages the research team and leads the field operations to conduct research on the threats cetaceans face in East Australia.
Peter is a Bass Coast photographer whose style is very much based on the theme of Eco Photography.
Ruairidh Duncan is a PhD candidate and palaeoartist at Monash University and Museums Victoria. He primarily works on the earliest ancestors of baleen whales found in Victoria and throughout the Pacific from the Oligocene: the toothed mysticetes.
Uncle Steve Ulula Parker is a Traditional Custodian of Boonwurrung Country. He is an artist, musician, performer, cultural educator and a mentor of Indigenous youth.
Dr Pete Gill is CEO of the Blue Whale Study, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Deakin University. The Blue Whale Study was the first ecological study of blue whales in Australian waters, and is now the longest-running blue whale research program in the Southern Hemisphere
Dr Mason has the privilege of teaching and sharing her passion for Science with the incredible girls at Camberwell Girls Grammar School.
Research Scientist with Phillip Island Nature Parks (PINP) since 2013, Rebecca has worked with marine predators for over 20 years with a focus on seals.
A palaeontologist and science communicator and Ben is on the hunt for the largest predators that have ever existed.
David Donnelly is a Melbourne based marine researcher and science communicator with a passion for marine conservation.
Dr Kasey Stamation is a marine mammal scientist who has been involved in whale research for over 20 years.
Chris has had a passion for nature for his entire life which now spans over 5 decades and since 2013 Chris began using his skills to help with the photographic identification of the endangered Southern Right Whale as a citizen scientist.
Zev is a published cartoonist and illustrator whose artwork celebrates the ridiculousness of life through humour.