Dinosaurs
Strange reptile fossil puzzles scientists
A 200-million-year-old reptile is rewriting the rulebooks on how four-legged animals conquered the world.
Following the footsteps of Golden Bay's dinosaurs
The discovery of an ancient footprint in Golden Bay rock is further proof that dinosaurs once walked, ate and swam in the area 70 million years ago.
More evidence found of where dinosaurs once roamed
Scientists say the discovery of an ancient dinosaur footprint in Golden Bay rock this week, is further proof these large creatures once roamed the area. Audio
More evidence found of where dinosaurs once roamed
Scientists say the discovery of an ancient dinosaur footprint in Golden Bay rock this week, is further proof these large creatures once roamed the area. Audio
Finding dinosaurs in Antarctica
More than a hundred years ago on his fatal expedition to the South Pole Robert Falcon Scott and his unlucky team discovered the very first fossils in Antarctica while trekking over the Transantarctic… Audio
Clue to how life bounced back after extinction
A newly-classified fossil gives clues to how life in the oceans recovered from a mass extinction about 250 million years ago.
How To Drive A Dinosaur - Scott Wright
One of the world's greatest dinosaur puppeteers coming to Auckland. Scott Wright is the co-founder of Erth Visual and Physical Inc and has been the artistic director for the last 26 years. He started… Audio
Dinosaur discovery resolves T-Rex mystery
A newly discovered species of Tyrannosaur could hold the key to how the creatures grew so huge.
A new perspective on toy dinosaurs
In Lost World, sculptor Gregor Kregar combines has created large stylized bronze dinosaurs based on cheap plastic dinosaur toys. Gregor Kregar's interest in dinosaurs was sparked by observing his four… Audio
Scott Edwards: birds and dinosaurs
Curator of Ornithology at Harvard University, who will visit New Zealand in August as an Allan Wilson Centre guest speaker for a series of public talks, Bird Evolution: From Dinosaurs to DNA. Audio
Science: ulcer meds and fossils
Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on recovering dinosaur tissue from fossils. Also common stomach ulcer drugs could be linked to an increased risk of heart attack. Audio
Dinosaur discoveries
Professor of Natural History at the University of Manchester and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Ancient Life Phil Manning, who is speaking about the mummified remains of a… Audio
Time Travelling through Mead Stream Gorge
A fieldtrip through Mead Stream Gorge, north of Kaikoura, which provides a continuous record of 80 million years of geological history. Audio
Introducing Pinocchio Rex
Palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte introduces the newest member of the tyrannosaur family, the small and long-nosed Pinocchio rex. Audio
Palaeontologist on our new understanding of Tyrannosaurus Rex
A world-renowned dinosaur expert discusses the 21st century's fresh discoveries about the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex from a small fuzzy carnivore to the largest and last of the Tyrannosaur… Audio
Pinnocchio rex - Dr Stephen Brusatte
They lived a long time ago but experts are still discovering new dinosaurs. The latest is one dubbed Pinocchio rex. The almost complete tyrannosaur skeleton was discovered in China this year… Audio
Meet the Tyrannosaur Family
A preview of the exhibition at Te Papa, which explores 100 million years of evolution of the tyrannosaur family. Audio
How dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards.
Science writer and editor of Australian Geographic, John Pickrell, on whether birds are really dinosaurs. Audio
South American dinosaur was seven times bigger than T Rex
It was seven times the size of a T Rex, weighed 59 thousand kilos, was a herbivore and lived in South America 77 million years ago. Audio
Spectrum - Joan Wiffen
In this Spectrum programme, recorded in 1996, Alistair McAlpine joins Joan Wiffen on a fossil hunting trip in her favourite Hawke's Bay stream. Audio