Our Changing World

Nobel laureate Harry Kroto recalls the discovery of a new carbon molecule in interstellar dust. Read more Audio

Waikato University researchers use the genetic diversity of Pittosporums to track their migration to New Zealand. Read more Audio

Department of Conservation ecologist Colin Miskelly checks the success of efforts to reintroduce seabirds to Mana Island. Read more Audio

A Malaghan Institute team hopes to stimulate the immune system to target cancer stem cells in melanoma tumours. Read more Audio

Scientists find that ocean surface temperatures exceeded 30 degrees Celsius 55 million years ago. Read more Audio

University of Otago biologists track the ocean journey of the giant seaweed and its passengers. Read more Audio

Kakapo programme manager Deidre Vercoe and surrogate 'mum' Daryl Eason prepare for a promising breeding season for the parrots. Read more Audio

Department of Conservation ranger James Lang takes Alison Ballance on a night walk on Tiritiri Matangi Island. Audio

Waikato University biologist Criag Cary phones in during an expedition to explore underwater geysers in the eastern Pacific. Audio

Wildlife vet Richard Jakob-Hoff shows Alison Ballance around the New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine at Auckland Zoo. Audio

Veronika Meduna visits the fossil forest and other geological sites at Titahi Bay, with Year 13 students from Tawa College. Audio

Waikato university scientists Carolyn King and Chrissen Gemmill trace the origins and migration of house mice in New Zealand. Audio