WildWooHoo — creative studio for the animal kingdom, including us
WildWooHoo is a creative studio for the animal kingdom - including us. We create music, audiovisuals and educational materials that draw parallels between animal and human societies. Animal behaviour, sociality and evolution are our edge; witty songwriting, popular culture, traditions, and the ecosystems we share give the work its breath. Despite all the worlds we have built, biologically we remain part of the animal kingdom.
We don't make work about the wild. We make work that comes from it. From behavioural research, animal societies, ecological change, evolutionary biology, and the parallels between human and non-human life. Hierarchy. Identity. Belonging. Coexistence. Care. Change. The questions the animal kingdom asks loudest are the questions our societies are quietly asking too.
Songs, music videos, animated series, books, classroom moments, public performances. We work in whatever form will travel, hoping the work enters mainstream music and entertainment, because cultural reach is what turns an idea into social impact.
Founded by Dr WELI, Sydney-based Brazilian-born music artist and behavioural ecologist (PhD, ANU). Winner of Science Magazine's Dance Your PhD 2024. Falling Walls Engage 2025 Top 30 worldwide. WildWooHoo has carried this work to 238+ media features across six continents.
We are a home of creation, not a service studio. Our own projects, our own audience, our own path to impact. We welcome creative collaborators, research partners, commissioners, and funders who want to build something the world actually feels.
Work with us
Animal kingdom
music
social impact
- We start in animal behaviour, ecology and evolution: how animals (including us) handle hierarchy, identity, belonging, change
- We translate through music, music videos, animation, books, and public performance
- We aim for popular cultural reach because that's where social impact actually happens
- We retain artistic ownership and creative direction on every project we make
- We work with funders, broadcasters, publishers, and research partners who want the same
- We measure success by how far an idea travels and how it changes the conversation
Flagship: Kangaroo Time
Built from Dr WELI's PhD research on kangaroo behaviour. Winner of Science Magazine's Dance Your PhD 2024. Travelled across 238+ outlets.
238+
Media features worldwide
155K+
Flagship video views
6
Continents reached
Top 30
Falling Walls Engage 2025
Meet the founder
Dr WELI — behavioural ecologist, recording artist, storyteller
Brazilian born, Sydney based. Weliton Menário Costa designs cultural experiences, workshops, and programs through music, movement, and storytelling — building bridges between science, performance, and public culture.
WildWooHoo is his creative studio: where a PhD on kangaroo personality (ANU) becomes songs, videos, animation, books, and public moments that reach far beyond the lab. The flagship work, Kangaroo Time, won Science Magazine’s Dance Your PhD 2024 and travelled through 238+ outlets worldwide. Falling Walls Engage 2025 Top 30, for transforming science into compelling public communication.
The lens stays the same across every form: animal behaviour, sociality, and evolution — refracted through witty songwriting, popular culture, traditions, and the ecosystems we share.
We're built to make work that travels
- Original songwriting
- Music production
- Music video direction
- Concept & casting
- Visual identity
- Children's animation
- Illustrated books
- Science storytelling
- Creative funding strategy
- Cultural campaigns
We work with a small number of partners on each project
Express interest in collaborationWhat's moving
Recent wins, features, and signal from the studio and the wider WildWooHoo world.
Dance Your PhD 2024, overall winner
Science Magazine and AAAS. Kangaroo Time wins the global prize.
Watch: Kangaroo Time
The flagship music video, 155K+ views
"A musical celebration of kangaroo behavior."
Smithsonian Magazine
The Guardian
Global feature on the project
Falling Walls Engage 2025
Top 30 worldwide, for transforming science into compelling public communication
"This is what science communication should look like."
Schools and researchers, ongoing
NPR, All Things Considered
Research, identity, and performance
Kangaroo Time Kids
School-facing extension. Primary and lower-secondary STEAM.
"WELI takes serious science and gives it a pulse you can feel."
Press summary, drweli.com/media