SS3 - OCW - Tune into nature: Underdogs under the ledge

In New Zealand, lizards are as fascinating as they are endangered - there are 125 species and most of them give birth to live young and they’re true wildlife underdogs - so rare and out of sight, not many people know they exist. In Central Otago, a team is working to bring back endangered lizards to the drylands wilderness they once lived in. Otago skinks, grand skinks and other native lizards had gone locally extinct due to introduced pests and habitat destruction and now they are making a slow but steady comeback within the protected space. Welcome to Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary.