Simon Pollard

About half of all female primates conceal ovulation to make it unlikely that males will know when they are fertile. Among the apes, humans and orangutans conceal ovulation while our closest living… Audio

Angler fish and naked mole rats. Audio

The elaborate lengths some male animals have to go to impress the female they are wooing. Audio

Christchurch based science commentator Simon Pollard, talks about his earthquake experience. Audio

Simon Pollard looks at the mysterious pitcher plant that attracts and traps insects. Audio

Simon Pollard discusses a couple of ingenious parasites. Audio

Looking at a recent discovery of redback spider DNA in a katipo and what this could mean for the katipo. Also, how likely is it that the redback will become widely established in New Zealand? Audio

Simon tells us how honey bees from Japan and Cyprus have evolved a defence that is just the bee's knees when it comes to defending their nests against a formidable predator - hornets. Audio

Simon Pollard discusses why males are bizarre and why they evolved. Audio

Dr Pollard discusses Darwin and the Space Chimps. Audio

The Fire in their Eyes: evolutionary tinkering in the on-going arms race between predators and prey; and Queens of the Desert: naked mole rat, which may be a mammal, but keeps warm like reptiles and… Audio

Science correspondent Simon Pollard tells us about the creature from the deep lagoon. Audio

The Canterbury Museum spider biologist Simon Pollard has turned his great uncle's war time diary and turned it into a children's book"Dear Alison - A New Zealand Soldier's Story from Stalag 383"-… Audio

New Zealand researchers have discovered an answer to what is not quite an "age-old" question. Audio