Bird flu barrier

A particularly virulent strain of avian influenza called H5N1 has spread to more than 60...

Slow-motion earthquakes

While normal earthquakes release energy suddenly and catastrophically, the slow-motion variety can last from days...

They told us this would happen…

Virologists have been issuing warnings about pandemics for years; human history is blighted with them....

Decoding enemy secrets

The ship rat genome has been sequenced for the first time—in the hope that this...

The private lives of cats

Where do cats go—and how lethal are they? Researchers put trackers on 925 pet cats...

The doom of the world

The return of Halley’s Comet in 1910 prompted a deluge of fake news....

Burning the midnight oil

Shaun Hendy stays up late predicting the future....

Lake destruction

Storms upend lake ecosystems, causing confusion in their microscopic communities, according to a new study...

History as it’s happening

Brett Phibbs takes on the essential service of documenting an unprecedented month in New Zealand...

The sea lions next door

Sea lions are coming home to the coasts of southern New Zealand, returning to their...

The 147th year at Castlepoint

Freelance jockeys, keen spectators, farming families with station hacks and horse trainers with thoroughbreds descend...

To the rescue

You’ve hurt yourself in the mountains, and you’ll never make it out on your own....

How to fix the Hauraki Gulf

The once abundant Hauraki Gulf is on the brink of collapse, and while science is...

Our slimy relatives

Palaeontologists have discovered our earliest ancestor—a tiny, bug-like creature that burrowed in the mud half...

Light conversation

Out in the deep ocean, where it’s darker than a moonless night all day long,...

Our new future

There’s no going back. New Zealand has been irreversibly changed since COVID-19 first arrived here...

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Issue 198

Mar - Apr 2026

Black-Backed Gulls
Meth & HIV in Fiji
Dung beetles
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Issue 198 Mar - Apr 2026

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