Plants
Annabel Langbein: companion planting
Which plants make happy bedfellows and which don't? Cook and gardener Annabel Langbein talks about good combinations of plants - like tomatoes and basil, beans and corn, and beans and potatoes, and… Audio
'Bionic' spinach can detect explosives
Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector.
Are you plant blind?
Are many of us not seeing the wood… or the trees? ‘Plant blindness’ is a phrase used to describes the general failure of modern people to notice the plants around them. Audio
Nights' Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley shares the secret world of plant communication - above and below ground. Audio
Hope Jahren: The secret life of plants, trees and soil
Discovering the secret life of plants, trees and soil has been the motivation for award-winning US scientist Hope Jahren to explore the natural world. She is a Professor of Geobiology at the… Audio
Biocontrol - fighting bad weeds
Seed-eating weevils are one of the latest biocontrol agents introduced into New Zealand to control the invasive weed, Darwin's barberry. Audio
Biocontrol - fighting bad weeds
Seed-eating weevils are one of the latest biocontrol agents introduced into New Zealand to control the invasive weed, Darwin's barberry.
AudioThe Serengeti Rules
Sean Carroll's a biologist and science writer and we talk to him about his new book 'The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why it Matters' (Princeton University Press). Audio
Nights' Science - Green Roofs
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. Audio
Critter of the Week
DOC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki details her critter of the week Audio
Nights Science - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... jumping the garden fence - weeds Audio
Sandra Coney: Opening up Waikumete Cemetery
Chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, and driving force behind the inaugural open day at New Zealand's largest cemetery, the first event of its kind in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery
Critter of the Week - Nicola Toki
Our Critter Of The Week is not exactly a critter. It's Dactylanthus taylorii, NZ's only flowering parasitic plant. It's also known as flower of the underworld, and te pua o Reinga. Audio
Citizen Science: Naturewatch
Naturewatch is one of New Zealand's first and remains the largest Citizen Science project. Curious people around the country take photographs of flora and fauna and upload it onto the site, where the… Audio
The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
The report on 'National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand' recommends more secure funding and greater national coordination for the country's 29 significant biological collections Audio
The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
The report on 'National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand' recommends more secure funding and greater national coordination for the country's 29 significant biological collections
AudioBec Stanley - Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us including at the beach. Audio
Botany - Kauri dieback
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. This time Bec tackles the kauri dieback disease. Audio, Gallery
Condiment evolution
Chris Pires of the Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri is tracking an evolutionary battle between caterpillars and plants that's made our wasabi, mustard and horseradish even… Audio
Botany
Auckland Botanical Gardens curator Bec Stanley on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us. The freeloaders of the plant world - parasitic plants. Audio
