Extinction

We all know the story of human-driven extinction in Aotearoa - the moa, perhaps the most famous, and the huia, with the last confirmed sighting in 1907, the most recent.  Audio

The kākerōri or Rarotongan flycatcher is a South Pacific conservation success story. Once reduced to just 29 birds, it has been rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control programme managed… Audio

Kate Evans and Giselle Clarkson are on a mission to tell stories about science through words and pictures. They've embarked on a new series for New Zealand Geographic where they tackle the questions… Audio

In his new book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, British palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Dr Henry Gee offers a rather blunt assessment of why humanity might already be a dead… Audio

For his new book, Gone, Sussex-based naturalist Michael Blencowe decided to embark on a journey in search for what remains of the world's extinct creatures. Audio

If you're going to read one book on human origins, Oxford professor and former Dunedinite Tom Higham's new book, The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins should… Audio

Animals fleeing the devastating Australian bushfires were like a tsunami, a New Zealand volunteer rescuing wildlife in New South Wales says.  Video, Audio

A UN report released yesterday paints a dark picture for future biodiversity of the planet with 1 million species threatened with extinction.  Audio

Place names turn out to be a good record of where plants and animals once occurred and where they have been lost. Audio

New Zealanders may have taken so kindly to the kiwi as a national symbol because we like to see its characteristics in ourselves, says Geoff Norman. "It's a fairly modest little bird, it's not flashy… Audio, Gallery

Bags of bone fragments are casting a genetic spotlight on New Zealand's lost natural world, and on the impact of early Polynesians on its biota. Audio

The cutting edge of de-extinction science, and the men and women trying to bring animals back from the dead. Swedish science journalist Torill Kornfeldt has been exploring the how and the why, as well… Audio, Gallery

Humans are wiping out species worldwide, but an ecologist says human activity is also responsible for ushering in a new age of biodiversity. Audio

Fossils are the words and strata are the pages of our planet's diary, says palaeontologist James Crampton. He's joining local iwi Ngai Tuhoe on a hunt for evidence of dinosaur fossils in Te Urewera. Audio, Gallery

Helen Pilcher looks at the controversial science of de-extinction. Audio