Kim Rangiaonui Logan, Ugly Hill Press, $50, November 3...
Because of Willy Marsh, hundreds of dogs are choosing not to chase kiwi and penguins....
From fossils to boulders, heritage precincts to glacial moraines, the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark rocks....
A year ago, we reported on preparations for the arrival of the highly pathogenic avian flu that has ripped through poultry, sea birds, mammals and a host of other species overseas (see ‘Skyfall’, Issue 190). At that time, the Department of Conservation was trialling vaccinations in five of our most endangered birds: kākāpō, kākāriki, takahē, […]...
Across the world, light pollution such as streetlights, signage and lit-up windows is prompting hundreds of species of birds to sing for longer—on average, each bird is putting in an extra 50 minutes per day. US ecologists analysed a year’s worth of data from an app called BirdWeather, which maps birdsong picked up all over […]...
In 1889, Thomas Ward proposed something unique for the capital city: a really, really, really good map....
Split open a chunk of agate and a broiling world of ancient colour emerges. Collecting the stuff is addictive. But with the old rockhounds fading, what will become of the last great hoards?...
Every autumn, hundreds of newly fledged Cook’s petrel chicks emerge from their burrows in the dark of the Hauraki Gulf and launch into their first big flight—a night trip across Auckland, heading to the rich feeding grounds of the Tasman. The tiny birds fly for 50 kilometres, 60, 70. Then they hit the city lights....
