This week's News Time is a real creature feature!

You’ll hear five stories about curious creatures from Australia and around the world. We’ll meet a cheeky bear that broke into a zoo, then we’ll hop to an island where millions of scuttling crabs are making an escape. And, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll hit the catwalk to meet some very fashionable dolphins.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name of the project that's asking Australians to take photos of insects?

2. What type of dinosaur was dug up (as a mummy)?

3. How many red crabs on Christmas Island are migrating?

4. How did zoo staff describe the unexpected bear visitor?

5. What were the male dolphins wearing on their heads?

Bonus Tricky Question

What are two ways that residents of Christmas Island gently move the crabs?

Answers

1. The Australian Bug Hunt

2. Duck-billed dinosaur

3. 100 million

4. He was very polite

5. Sea sponges

Bonus Tricky Answer

Shields on their cars, and leaf blowers

On this edition of News Time, we’ll head to a beach to see a shipwreck, we’ll hear about a clever invention giving sick kids a holiday from hospital, and we’ll hit the shearing sheds for a wild and woolly Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How big was the tiny noisy frog?

2. How old is the shipwreck believed to be?

3. What sort of business did Sharon create?

4. What technology allows kids to have a holiday from hospital?

5. How many lambs did Nikki shear in nine hours?

Bonus Tricky Question

How do the newly-discovered frogs on Dauan Island begin life?

Answers

1. As big as a fingernail

2. 100 years old

3. Catering

4. Virtual Reality (VR) headsets

5. 502

Bonus Tricky Answer

They hatch from eggs (and don't begin life as tadpoles!)

On this week’s News Time we’ll pound the pavement to solve an animal mystery, we’ll zoom down ski slopes to meet a duo seeking Paralympic glory, and in our Wow of the Week we’ll bang the drum with a kid whose rock’n’roll dreams have all come true.

You'll also hear about Deep Time, an ABC resource that shares more than 130 cultural stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and language groups.

Quiz Questions

1. How long have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples walked and lived on this continent?

2. What is the name of the Australian netball team that Hannah and Shelley have both played for?

3. What did the public vote to name the imprint?

4. How do Georgia and Ethan communicate on the ski slopes?

5. Which Aussie rock band did Noah play with?

Bonus Tricky Question

Which country will host the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games?

Answers

1. At least 65,000 years

2. The Diamonds

3. Splatatouille

4. Walkie talkie

5. The Living End

Bonus Tricky Answer

Italy

On this week’s News Time, we’ll blast off into space to share a message with the universe, we’ll hear the sweet song of a bird for the first time in over a century; and then meet a student who has used a 3D printer to create a big life change, in our Wow of the Week!

Quiz Questions

1. How have men's AFL games begun since the 1880s?

2. People from how many countries participated by recording messages?

3. What is Jaz teaching her teachers?

4. Which bird has been reintroduced into West Cape National Park?

5. What did Lois and her classmates use to create a hand?

Bonus Tricky Question

How big is the disc that will be sent into space?

Answers

1. With the centre bounce

2. 80

3. Paakantyi language

4. Noisy scrub-bird

5. 3D printer

Bonus Tricky Answer

The size of a slice of bread!

Every year the World Health Organisation marks World Mental Health Day. So on this week's News Time, we're bringing you five stories that dive deep into mental health, and how we can take care of ourselves and our friends.

We’ll join some schoolkids in the garden, then travel to a town cutting down on screen time. After that, we’ll go the distance with someone who loves to spread kindness, in our Wow of the Week.

If this episode brings up any feelings for you, please make sure you speak to a grown-up you trust. You can also call the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.

Quiz Questions

1. When is World Mental Health Day held each year?

2. What do the schools do with the vegetables they grow?

3. Which junior rugby league team did Nicho Hynes start playing football with?

4. How many hours of screen time does the Mayor of Toyoake want residents to keep to each day?

5. How far does Juliann drive on her journey every six weeks?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did Natalie say that the residents of Wilcannia discuss with Juliann?

Answers

1. October 10

2. Create a shared school lunch

3. Umina Bunnies

4. Two hours

5. 1,000 kilometres

Bonus Tricky Answer

Anything at all - including talking about sad days and good days

On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about a world championship that’s been rocked by scandal, then we’ll meet some mother hens that have taken orphaned emu chicks under their wings.

Then, we’ll fall from the sky at a very high speed in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How far can the plane fly on a single charge?

2. What demonstration did Neville Bonner give in 1971?

3. What did the cheats do to their stones?

4. What did the zookeepers name the emu chicks?

5. In which sport is Natisha is the World's Fastest Female?

Bonus Tricky Question

How fast did Natisha get at this year's World Cup?

Answers

1. 400 kilometres

2. Boomerang throwing

3. Ground them into a circular shape

4. Muffin and Socks

5. Speed skydiving

Bonus Tricky Answer

497 kilometres an hour!

This week on News Time you’ll hear about Aussies doing big things at home and around the world!

You’ll meet a team fighting diseases with the help of mosquitoes, and we’ll cheer on a motorbike rider who has landed a world-first trick after 15 years of trying. Then, we’ll jump on a tram to compete in some wacky challenges in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. What is the name given to Australians who work in Antarctica?

2. Which country has been sent 130 million mosquito eggs?

3. What did the students create to tell Matt's life story?

4. Which "impossible" trick did Clinton do?

5. Which country won the Tram Driver World Championship?

Bonus Tricky Question

How tall was the wave that Matt surfed off the Portugal coast?

Answers

1. Expeditioners

2. Laos

3. Dance

4. 720

5. Austria

Bonus Tricky Answer

15 metres

On this week’s News Time menu, we’ll hear about a park designed to keep koalas safe, then we’ll swim upstream to meet a bloodsucking fish. And we’ll finish with a rather large helping of dessert in our Wow of the Week.

Quiz Questions

1. How much waste can the robot shark collect each day?

2. What is the name of the planned National Park in NSW?

3. What sport does Jamieson play?

4. How did the pouched lampreys get from Antarctica to Western Australia?

5. Which country set a new strudel line world record?

Bonus Tricky Question

What were the two main ingredients used to make the strudels?

Answers

1. 500 kilograms

2. The Great Koala National Park

3. Boccia

4. By sucking on the backs of whales

5. Croatia

Bonus Tricky Answer

Flour and apple