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On tree bark, a vast new army of climate allies

Up to six trillion climate change-fighting microbes inhabit each square metre of tree bark, according to a new study by...

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“Bup, squeek, brumm, drr”

Anyone who’s camped in pūkeko country knows they make a heck of a lot of noise. Now, researchers led by...

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A delicious crayfish circle of life

“A dead fish is a dead fish.” That’s the key finding of a recent study on the scavenging habits of...

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A whole year of tourists giving glow-worms little frights

Timelapse photography shows the tiny superstars of the world’s most famous glow-worm cave system, Waitomo, flickering in response to us...

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Fur seals on the rocks

In our cover story last issue, we outlined the many threats facing our fur seal colonies. While most populations are...

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They Poisoned the World

Mariah Blake, Penguin Random House...

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The rock eaters

First came the kina, hordes of them taking down kelp forests in shallow waters. But they were a warm-up act....

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Pushing it uphill

In the battle against this country’s rivers of poo, the dung beetle is a potentially powerful weapon and Shaun Forgie...

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Every breath you take

Oxygen shaped the world as we know it. It’s why we hiccup and why frogs croak. It’s so good that...

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Ten thousand thank yous

We have secured the future of New Zealand Geographic. Again....

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