Fossil
NZ's prehistoric past at risk of crumbling away
A dwindling workforce and tricky legal territory is putting the world of fossil hunting on shaky ground. Audio
Fossils about 3.5 million years old found in Auckland tunnel dig
Fossils up to three and a half million years old have been discovered while digging a tunnel to move Auckland's waste water.
Now Auckland Museum has partnered with Watercare to collect, identify… Video, Audio
Dr. Pan Conrad: when science meets religion
Her fulltime job is as a priest at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Maryland, Virginia, but in her 'other' life, Rev. Pamela 'Pan' Conrad has worked as a member of the tactical operations team for… Audio
'Giant' burrowing bat fossil discovered in Otago
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
200 million-year-old croc egg fossils found
The oldest crocodile eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal.
Kiwi scientists secure funding for fossil fossicking
Two New Zealand scientists have secured $100,000 in government funding to search for fossil remains in Te Urerewa National Park. Video, Audio
New hominid fossil find in Indonesia
An international team behind the discovery of the hobbit species in Indonesia have now found what they believe to be the ancestors of the diminuative hominin - after finding skull fragments dated at… Audio, Gallery
Ancient "groundhog" skull re-writes history of mammals
Scientists have revealed details about a sixty-six million-year-old fossil, of an animal resembling a modern-day groundhog, which re-writes our understanding of early mammals. Audio
Dinosaur Fossil Hunt
GNS Science palaeontologists head on a fieldtrip in the area when fossil hunter Joan Wiffen found her first dinosaur fossils 40 years ago. Audio
Dinosaur Fossils
GNS Science palaeontologists head on a fieldtrip in the area when fossil hunter Joan Wiffen found her first dinosaur fossils 40 years ago. Audio
Ancient land tortoise once roamed New Zealand
A tortoise that was half a metre long, probably had horns and a clubbed tail once roamed New Zealand. Audio