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Photographer Neil Silverwood has just arrived at Scott Base on assignment for New Zealand Geographic, along with a large group of scientists starting their summer research. During the polar winter, ...

Between 6–10 metres of rain falls in Fiordland each year. An incredible amount. It’s part of what powers the forest-to-fiord carbon storage pump that makes Fiordland exceptionally good at locking away ...

An organisation of obsessed enthusiasts known collectively as Fireballs Aotearoa is launching a nationwide search for New Zealand’s tenth meteorite. They say parts of it could be sitting on your back ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

The Department of Conservation is proposing to axe 130 jobs, spanning biodiversity, visitor services, and regional operations. University of Otago lecturer in ecology and former DOC staffer Jo Monks ...

Dr Thom Linley has always been fascinated with fish, how they behave, their ecology and their different ocean habitats. He is a curator of fishes at Te Papa, and also co-hosts the Deep-Sea Podcast, ...

Scientists on an expedition to the Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered about 100 new or potentially new ocean species. The Ocean Census team combined of scientists from NIWA, Te Papa and ...

A decades-long survey of New Zealand’s glaciers has painted a stark picture, showing a rising snowline that is accelerating. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has been ...

”Sardine smoothies” have been on the menu for Kaikōura’s endangered Hutton’s shearwater birds (tītī) this season. A lack of food has seen volunteers supplement feeding chicks at Te Rae o Atiu colony ...

Scientists in Massey University’s Palmerston North labs have come up with a way of making dairy-free milk products out of seeds. And the university is so confident about its technology that it is ...

Environment and recreation groups are warning the proposed cuts to Department of Conservation staff could cause long-term consequences and losses of flora and fauna as well as backcountry huts. The ...