WARNING: [stomach] contents may disturb sensitive readers. When Jamie McAulay opens his mail in the morning he often finds “a lovely, delightful, maggoty mess!” Jamie is a Masters student in the University of Otago’s Zoology Department and lately conservation … [Read More...] about Stoat research is not for the squeamish
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Wind beneath their wings
New Zealand is the albatross capital of the world, with more than a dozen varieties. So where do they all live and why are so many of them classed as vulnerable? It can be difficult to imagine how big an albatross is until you’re standing next to … [Read More...] about Wind beneath their wings
Open Source is key to bringing back the cacophony
Early New Zealand was noisy. Cook and his crew experienced a ‘cacophony of sound’ on their first voyage. It’s that loud, raucous, exuberance which Banks Peninsula engineer and inventor Grant Ryan is aiming to restore through an open source technology … [Read More...] about Open Source is key to bringing back the cacophony
Icy beginning for Mapua Dawn Chorus
Mapua Dawn Chorus held an open day recently to kick off their backyard trapping. There’s already an extensive trapping network around the nearby Waimea estuary, but with funding from the Kiwibank Predator Free Communities programme the Mapua Dawn … [Read More...] about Icy beginning for Mapua Dawn Chorus
Whiteheads rejoin Bream Head dawn chorus
There’s a new song being sung in the Bream Head dawn chorus and it’s being sung by a 100-strong choir of ‘bush canaries’. In May this year a hundred popokatea or whiteheads (also known as bush canaries) were translocated from Tiritiri Matangi Island … [Read More...] about Whiteheads rejoin Bream Head dawn chorus
Kiwibank funding inspires Karaka Bay community spirit
The small Auckland community of Karaka Bay is only just getting started on their backyard trapping programme but they’re already noticing a difference in their community. It’s a difference in themselves. “I’ve lived here 15 years,” says trapping … [Read More...] about Kiwibank funding inspires Karaka Bay community spirit