Scanning the body

What if it was possible to take pictures of the inside of the human body—colour...

A brand-new seabird

Whenua Hou, a tiny island off the coast of Stewart Island, is most famous for...

Rats shape coral reefs

When rats consume the eggs and chicks of coastal-nesting seabirds, this affects fish and coral...

Super soaker

It looks like Weet-Bix, but this polymer sponge, could soak up crude-oil spills—and it’s made...

A flash of fire

There are some striking differences in the names that we bestow....

The photographic duo who dive by night

When the forecast is just right, Irene and Crispin Middleton wake up in the middle...

Caught empty handed

Only one person in New Zealand has ever been charged with spying for the Russians....

To the Mountains

An anthology of mountaineering writing....

Sport and the New Zealanders

A new book traces the history of sport in New Zealand....

The reptile smugglers

There’s a dark side to herpetoculture—the hobby of keeping reptiles. Attempts to bring exotic reptiles...

Allergic to the moon

Astronauts from the Apollo missions reported that breathing in the moon dust on their suits...

Deep space

By night, a menagerie of species rises to the surface of the ocean—rarely glimpsed, and...

Greener pastures?

There is a quiet revolution taking place in rural New Zealand. Over the past decade,...

Wayfinders

The Paparoa Track, set to open in September 2019, is the first new Great Walk...

The origin of sickness

For virologist Robert Webster, it all started with diseased birds....

Spare parts

Evolution means we are perfectly adapted to our environment. Yeah, right....

Spare genes

While sequencing the genome of the English oak, a tree that can live for hundreds...

The riches of Croesus

A track that pays tribute to optimism and folly on the West Coast....

African boxthorn

First introduced in the 1870s for hedges, African boxthorn soon went rogue. It thrives in...

How spiders use electricity to fly

Small spiders have been found up to four kilometres high in the atmosphere and more...

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Mar - Apr 2026

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