Tom Saunders

Radio Interview: NZ’s Weird Native Wasps

Tom — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:03:01 +0000

“What? Native wasps?” I hear you say. Yes, thousands of them! And they don’t sting! I was interviewed on Radio New Zealand’s ‘Our Changing World Programme’ by Alison Ballance. We chatted about our misunderstood parasitoid wasps, my masters research, and the value of taxonomy. You can check out the interview here. Happy listening!

Navigating My First Media Storm

Tom — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:29:11 +0000

What A Month! I intended to publish the first post on my recently-refreshed website much sooner than today. The delay is due to being caught up in a surge of media interest over a Harry Potter themed species description that formed part of my masters research. It all started back in August when my first...