Biodiversity
Encouraging backyard biodiversity
Auckland City Council biodiversity advisor Ben Paris can explain this and so many more ingeneous ideas as to how you can spend your holidays in the outdoors. Audio, Gallery
Employee of the Month -Greg Stanley
Today's employee of the month is a Ranger for Environment Canterbury Audio
1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media. Audio
Community conservation on the Kapiti Coast
Residents on the Kapiti coast north of Wellington are working together to improve biodiversity and create thriving ecosystems in their local neighbourhoods. Audio, Gallery
Climate effect on species needs global research effort
Scientists are calling for a coordinated, global effort to research how climate change will affect different species - including many of New Zealand's unique creatures.
NZ abstention on marine protection vote 'cowardly'
New Zealand is being "cowardly" by refusing to join an international push to protect a third of marine areas, Forest and Bird says.
A conservation summit on Predator Free NZ 2050
Three leading eradication experts talk about Predator Free New Zealand 2050, including the social aspects of engaging communities and the need to develop new tools to better control rats, stoats and… Audio
The garden bird survey turns 10
More than a million birds have been counted in the last nine years of the garden bird survey, and sparrows and silvereyes consistently top the rankings. Audio
Nights Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... jumping the garden fence - weeds Audio
Ecoblitz
An Ecoblitz combines measuring ecological diversity with enthusing high school students about science and their local environment Audio, Gallery
Warning of grave threat to species collections
The Royal Society is warning collections of species in the country's museums and institutions could close because of funding cuts while staff numbers are dwindling. Audio
Food for Thought
When Bruce and Denise McGill began farming organically 30 years ago they found that stock were just as healthy and production levels could be maintained, but they quickly learnt that the organic… Audio
A journey through the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, which won the 2015 Winton Science Book Prize. Audio
Be(e) Pollinator Friendly
The new 'All-Ireland Pollinator Plan' makes Ireland one of the first countries in Europe to draw up a strategy to reverse the decline in bees - with A.Prof Jane Stout from the School of Natural… Audio
Offsetting biodiversity losses
Environmental Defence Society policy analyst Marie Brown discusses the challenge of how development projects can offset biodiversity losses. Audio
Trees For Bees - Angus McPherson
Dr Angus McPherson is researching which are the best trees to plant to keep bees happy and healthy all year round. He's working with farmers particularly, and has a demonstration farm where he's… Audio
Complexity, resilience and bees
Jason Tylianakis is an ecologist trying to understand how our complex natural world responds to change Audio
The Bugs are in the House
After a year it's time to find out what's taken up residence in Lincoln University's Bug Hotels Audio, Gallery
Life in the World's Oceans
Marine scientists in New Zealand make a significant contribution to a global register of marine life. Audio, Gallery
Top 10 New Species for 2015
The global 2015 Top 10 New Species List includes an endangered parasitic plant from the Philippines described by University of Canterbury botanists Audio