Insects

With the Bug of the Year 2023 competition coming to the closing stages, it's not surprising that things are getting heated. In this breaking news story we learn how voting preferences have caused a… Audio

A perfect storm of rain, humid and damp weather has pest experts predicting a boom in insect numbers over the next month. To talk us through why this is happening - Pest Management Association of New… Audio

The Butterfly Discovery Project is launching a full study to analyse the DNA of New Zealand's largest group of butterflies. Joining the show to tell us more is project manager and butterfly lover… Audio

Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about a new UK study which shows people infected with the omicron BA.2 variant reported more symptoms and experienced a great disruption to… Audio

While we might sometimes consider insects a bit of a nuisance, the world would be in big trouble without them. Insects pollinate food crops essential for our survival, they control pests and help… Audio

Summer science continues with a play of a science related episode from RNZ's Voices podcast. In 'To spray or not to spray' we meet Tim Vandervoet as he investigates ways to reduce insecticide use in… Audio

Dr Fiona Cross loves spiders. She loves their webs, the mini eyes, their mini legs. She is an arachnologist, that is, as the name might suggest, one who studies spiders. Although as she told Emile… Audio

Lyttleton writer and artist, Lily Duval has just been given a research grant to develop her project Six-legged Ghosts: Stories of the Insects of Aotearoa. Audio

Some ideas on how to attract more insects and wildlife into your garden - no matter what the size of your plot. Annie Burdick is the US author of Bring the Wild into your Garden, which is all about… Audio

Tree Beings is an adventure through the secret world of trees and a reminder of how essential they are to our world. Author Raymond Huber joins the show from his base in Dunedin. Video, Audio

Dougal Rillstone's new book, Upstream in the Mataura details his 70-year fascination for the Mataura River - a river that almost claimed his life in the 1970s - from his childhood in Gore through… Audio, Gallery

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the upcoming move to… Audio

Professor Michael Baker has been a constant and reassuring presence on Sunday Morning throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. He returns to answer your questions and ours about the pandemic and the… Audio

Modern-day citizen scientists are following in the footsteps of a well-known Wellington naturalist, collecting moths to document a century of change. Audio