Nature

New Zealand's four kinds of finches with Hugh Robertson. Audio

De-extinction involves extracting DNA from an extinct species like a mammoth or a moa, and using its own genetic material to clone it in the lab. Nathaniel Rich has been looking at the current status… Audio

Kevin Healy's studying how 34 different animals, including the tuatara, perceive time. Audio

Hugh Robertson spots the starling. Audio

In his book "What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?" environmentalist Tony Juniper wants to value everything nature does for us in dollars and cents. Audio

Ideas today explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Prominent South African environmentalist Marlene Laros, and the influential strategist from the Tyndall Centre for Climate… Audio

Kennedy Warne says his most significant nature experiences happen in his own backyard. Audio

Richard Louv, the originator of the term "nature deficit disorder", talks about his latest book The Nature Principle; Austrian physicist Ille Gebeshuber tells us about bio-mimicry and the inspiration… Audio

Pre-schoolers Taylor, Samuel, Honor and Brayden may not know how lucky they area... yet. One of their classrooms is their own Wild Woods, complete with trees to climb, a balance log, eels-in-a-stream… Audio

A documentary about orcas in New Zealand waters has aired in the UK to rave reviews. The documentary shows new footage of the orca hunting stingray but also investigates the impact of chemicals such… Audio

Kevin Burns believes he has evidence that the extinct moa's eating habits shaped how the native lancewood tree grows. Audio