How a dolphin saved a southern right whale

On December 10, 2024, a juvenile bottlenose dolphin was reported tangled in fishing line near...

Revenge of the worms: a “hectic” new species invades the mouths of kōtare

For several years, kōtare, our native kingfishers, have been turning up at West Auckland rehab...

Stone-cold killers

In the world of academic publishing, there has been no more enjoyable read this year...

Heads up, Earthlings

Something strange is happening inside the Sun. In the last 40 years, the pattern of...

The great robin bounce-back

Fifteen years after kakaruwai were brought to Dunedin’s Orokonui Ecosanctuary, a new study shows the...

City slickers

Derek Morrison photographs Dunedin’s most celebrated citizens: the dozens of sea lions making themselves at...

No pressure—but there are only four of these plants left in the wild

To shoot the feature on our rarest native forget-me-not, Brennan Thomas had clambered around Hawke’s...

From BikeLife to HoofLife

When Louis Macalister first met the Huntly crew in our story on page 52, they...

Robin song

When a male South Island robin is in want of a mate, he sings. It’s...

After the slaughter, a singing in the deep

A century ago, in a human frenzy for oil, hundreds of thousands of blue whales...

A flicker of red

Decades ago, red admiral butterflies all but abandoned Auckland city. Now, united by two retirees...

Forget me not

The exquisitely rare native flower that refuses to disappear....

West side story

When life’s gone off the rails and the road home is hard, it helps to...

Snaring the sun

The age of fossil fuels is ending, and the world is entering the era of...

A good cup of tea

Pity the parched train passenger of the early 1900s....

Bird Land: Te Kāhui Manu

Ken Hall, with Helena Walker, Christchurch Art Gallery, $60, August 14...

Scuttling towards destiny

Some traits are so nice that evolution made them twice. Or thrice. Complex intelligence, for...

Boy wonder

A night in the garden with entomologist Luca Nikkel....

Big blue comeback

After being hunted to less than three per cent of their original population by commercial...

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