Nicola Toki

Voted the world's ugliest animal in 2013, the blobfish is a beloved internet phenomenon. But they look very different underwater. Audio, Gallery

The Green Tokoriro or Moss Wētā is one of Aotearoa’s tiniest and most mysterious species of wētā—many are smaller than 1cm!

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This week's critter is the Hawkes Bay Forget-Me-Not. The Hawkes bay forget-me-not, Myosotis petiolata, might be the most endangered plant in the country. There is just one clump of this beautiful… Audio, Gallery

Considered the holy grail of New Zealand herpetology, the Cupola Gecko is so rare that lizard scientists only whisper about it in dark alleyways, wondering if it even exists. Nic Toki talks about this… Audio

It's believed to be the world's only bioluminescent freshwater organism. Audio

The rare and endangered Fishy Pouch Fungus smells a bit like rotten fish and looks like a pouch. It is only found on Banks Peninsula in native podocarp forest and is the perfect critter to highlight… Audio

In the same valley that Aotearoa's last surviving mainland kākāpō were found in the 1970s, a rare and beautiful species of skink was discovered in 2004. Hanging on to life in the steep, glaciated… Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is Izatha psychra, a species of lichen tuft moth found only in the Pukaki Scientific Reserve and feared to be extinct after fire ripped through the Reserve last August.  Audio

This week's critter is the chewing feather louse 'Apterygon okarito', which spends life munching on bits of old feathers and debris. Audio

This week's critter is an incredibly rare and endangered small fish known as the Dusky Galaxias. Audio

DOC's Nic Toki talks to Jesse about the plant species that looks and feels like a sheep. Audio, Gallery

This week's critter is a very rare orchid. The Sun Orchid or Thelymitra 'Ahipara' is only found in wetlands in the Far North.  Audio

This week's critter is a mysterious subterranean species of moth.  Audio

Nicola Toki joins Jesse  to talk about her favourite books, songs, TV shows and podcasts! Audio

This week's critter is Rautini (Brachyglottis huntii) - known as the Chatham Island Christmas Tree. Audio

This week's Critter of the Week is the alpine tiger moth. Doc's Nicola Toki says the females are completely flightless and her children can survive being frozen! Audio

The Forget-me-not is this week's pick of the bunch for Critter of the Week. Audio

Critter of the Week this week is a sea slug with a scientific name called Doris wellingtonensis, yes Doris the sea slug! Doc's Nicola Toki tells us all about the critter that lives on the seafloor and… Audio, Gallery

The Tussock Ringlet or Common Tussock butterfly is an "all-terrain" South Island butterfly. Audio, Gallery

Found around waterfalls at sunny sites in Nelson, Buller and Marlborough. Audio