Our Changing World

The latest revision of the New Zealand Threatened Plant List shows more than a third of native plants are threatened Audio

Science plays an integral role in the Kakapo Recovery Programme, and evolutionary theory has proved a reality on the ground Audio

Zoologists have analysed the genetics of mohua populations to advise on the optimum number of birds for island translocations Audio

Evolutionary genetics techniques help understand the evolution of Austronesian languages and the settlement of the Pacific. Audio

Zoology student Rosi Muller is an expert at finding well camouflaged jewelled geckos on the Otago Peninsula. Audio

An Antarctic sediment core that covers five million years of climate history reveals disappearance of world's largest ice shelf. Audio

PhD student Jennifer Moore looked at the mating systems of tuatara on Stephens Island Audio

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