6 Nov 2024

Science: Lizard eDNA, Otago reptile threat lists, giant weta

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 6 November 2024
Cook Strait giant weta are doing well on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. They were transferred there from Mana Island on the Kapiti Coast.

Photo: Alison Ballance

Science commentator Samuel Purdie joins Kathryn to talk about research he's been involved with into lizard eDNA, the regional conservation statuses of reptiles through Otago and field surveys of Southern Alps giant wētā.

Samuel Purdie is a Queenstown-based herpetologist, wildlife photographer and science educator

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