It's National Science Week! We'll join a detective mission to spot some nocturnal natives, find out how Indigenous knowledge is saving swampland, meet a man finding his voice with a new invention, wonder if aliens are watching us, and we’ll dig up bones belonging to Australia’s very own dragon.

QUIZ QUESTIONS:

1. Which Australian owl sounds like a dog?

2. What is another name for the Mulyawonk?

3. What does the new US invention read to help people talk?

4. What type of dinosaur was Thapunngaka shawi?

5. How many planets are close enough to tune into Earth's radio and TV broadcasts?

BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:

What does 'thapun' mean in Wanamara language?

ANSWERS:

1. The barking owl

2. Bunyip

3. Brainwaves

4. Pterosaur

5. 29

BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:

Spear

Prehistoric dragon and alien observers