Our Changing World

Twenty nine young scientists were finalists in the 2009 Realise the Dream secondary school science competition Audio

Anthropologist Lisa Matisoo-Smith uses human and animal DNA to trace the migration routes of people around the Pacific Read more Audio

A kakapo is rediscovered after being missing for 21 years, and the Sperm Team create a frozen sperm bank Audio

University of Otago physicists are wintering over in Antarctica to monitor the planet's biggest seasonal change. Audio

NIWA fisheries biologist Mark Morrison discusses research on snapper nursery grounds on the North Island west coast. Audio

Victoria University ecologists Jeff Shima and Anna Smith explain population dynamics and the ecology of coastal habitats. Audio

Matthew Jones dissects thousands of fish guts to figure out who eats who in the deep sea. Audio

Ian Jamieson's genetic research on robins on Ulva Island has revealed some surprising findings about the risk of inbreeding Audio

Dennis Gordon has been compiling an about-to-be published 'book of life' for New Zealand Audio

Palaeontologist Ewan Fordyce uses New Zealand's rich fossil record to trace the evolution of modern whales and penguins Audio

Spanish expert Juan Blanco is helping the National Kakapo Team's attempt to add rare Fiordland genes to the kakapo population Audio

Tim Sippel is attaching satellite tags to striped marlin and Pacific bluefin tuna to find out where they travel to Read more Audio