Paul Scofield

The discovery of an ancient fossil in Canterbury is suggesting a group of sea birds originated much closer to home than previously thought.

Dubbed the Zealandian Tropicbird, it's one of the first… Audio

The natural world has always held a fascination for people, and James Ryan is no different - but he HAS taken it one step further than his peers. The 12-year-old Cantabrian has written a book about… Audio, Gallery

Aotearoa has one of the world's richest troves of marine fossils, but we're still just finding out exactly what it is we're sitting on. A recent research project in Canterbury used medical CT imaging… Audio

Our globe-trotting seabirds are dying at the hands of "wild west" international fishing practices, sparking a call for regulation across the globe.

A study which examines what happens to numerous… Audio

Taking moa bones from public conservation land is illegal but no one's ever been prosecuted for looting the extinct birds' bones - that's despite a number of investigations over the past five years… Audio

Palaentologists from New Zealand and Australia have discovered a fossil of what's thought to be the largest parrot the world has ever seen. Audio

The bat which is three times the size of an average bat today was found in sediment near St Bathans - Dr Paul Scofield talks to Summer Report about the discovery. Audio

In the last few years there's been a revolution in our understanding of New Zealand's ancient animals - there were once crocodiles as well as small land mammals. Audio