In 2019, scientists asked the public to catch and freeze mosquitoes, then post them to Te Papa. Over three years almost 900 tiny packages turned up. About a third of the insects weren’t mosquitoes at ...

Last year, they were hit with a deadly virus. The year before that, starvation. What will this breeding season bring for the thousands of fur seals hauled up on our coasts? Along the rocky Ōhau coast, ...

I had been eyeing the end of 2025 with trepidation—thousands of subscriptions were set to expire. In the last magazine I asked for help. The message: we still need subscription income to power our ...

All around you, animals are building, burrowing or stealing dwellings for themselves and their families. For others, home is a state of mind. What do wasps, book publishing and bureaucracy have in ...

Scientists who spent nine years birdwatching in Wellington ecosanctuary Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne report that birds visit the flowers of kōtukutuku, our native tree fuchsia, 16.4 times an hour. That ...

Fifty-nine Christmases ago, 10-year-old Andrew Penniket unwrapped a snorkel, mask and flippers. It was a transformative gift. Now, in a memoir, Penniket recounts his adventure-filled career of ...