Extinctions
Caring for George - the last Hawaiian Brown Snail on Earth
3 Jul 2019
Most of the time, when a species goes extinct, it happens in solitude without fanfare or a goodbye. Not for George, the last known survivor of a species of Hawaiian brown snail. Audio
Timing the Anthropocene
19 May 2016
Later in 2016, an international group will decide if the Holocene has given way to a new geological period marked by our impact. NIWA geochemist Helen Bostok gives a Southern Hemisphere perspective on… Audio
Making sense of the code of life
24 Mar 2016
BBC broadcaster Adam Rutherford discusses how genomics is changing how we think about medicine, agriculture, conservation and even our relationship to our nearest evolutionary cousins, the… Audio
Human hunting and Stewart Island Shags
3 Sep 2015
Hunting by Maori had very different effects on the Stewart Island and Otago populations of Stewart Island shags. Audio