Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Daintree Rainforest has one of the highest rates of biodiversity on Earth. In ANCIENT RAINFORESTS, Aaron Pedersen explains how this oldest rainforest on Earth is a window into an Australia that has otherwise vanished.

Australia is home to some of the deadliest predators in the world. The island continent is notorious for playing host to the most venomous snakes, the most deadly crocodiles, spiders and jellyfish.

Australia is shaped by great storms, extreme heat, and an epic cycle of boom and bust. Life on the island continent has evolved accordingly, to survive drought and flooding rains. How can we learn to survive and thrive?

The world's greatest rivalry began with hope and idealism. What went wrong?

John takes Lyn and Luke to Kakadu where they raid nests and catch a four and a half metre male croc for research. Lyn returns to the place where her 11-year old granddaughter was taken by a croc and is finally at peace.

Renee is on the lookout for a missing croc. The men mess up their top-jaw roping practice and they have a runaway croc on their hands. Lyn tells John her tragic secret.

If the history of earth were condensed into 24 hours - humans would have existed for just two seconds. In that short time we've disrupted the chemical systems that sustain all life on our planet. This is the story of our chemically induced crises - and how, if we're to avoid dire consequences, chemistry must be at the core of the solutions.

She investigates how the latest work in psychology and brain science helps explain why some us are risk avoiders and learns from an Australian woman, who's climbed Everest twice, the surprising truth about what really goes on inside the mind of someone deciding whether to risk it.

Doctor Jordan Nguyen is a biomedical engineer. Riley Saban is a 13 year old with cerebral palsy. Together they develop extraordinary, cutting edge technology that gives Riley superhuman powers.

Renee catches a croc three times her size but Ryan is struggling. John takes Renee and Ryan on an overnight trip where they must share a motel room with crocodiles and the chance to go to Kakadu is on everyone's mind.