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24 Jan 2024
Zoology Academic joins International Science Council
Evolutionary biologist distinguished Professor Hamish Spencer has received inter...
12 Dec 2023
Extremely rare bird captured on film
A striking and extremely rare half female, half male bird has been spotted by a...
04 Dec 2023
Evolution of takahē mapped for benefit of species
Seventy-five years after they were rediscovered in Aotearoa, University of Otago...
16 Nov 2023
eDNA reveals impacts of deforestation
Deforestation of Aotearoa New Zealand resulted in dramatic biological shifts in...
12 Sep 2023
Reflections from a career studying Aotearoa New Zealand’s reptiles
Emeritus Professor Alison Cree’s move to Dunedin in 1991 was to fill a temporary...
10 Aug 2023
Understanding environment use key to protection of hoiho
Researchers hope a study into how hoiho foraging grounds overlap with commercial...
01 Aug 2023
When cheating pays – survival strategy of insect uncovered
Researchers have revealed the unique ‘cheating’ strategy a New Zealand insect ha...
25 Jul 2023
Holly becomes Aotearoa NZ’s first native frog detection dog
Holly, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, is New Zealand’s first native frog-...
11 Jul 2023
Whale of a debate put to rest
Researchers have finally settled a decades-long dispute about the evolutionary o...
10 Jul 2023
From zombi fungi to kororā with Henry the Paleoguy
Otago undergrad Henry Scott things to say about everything from Zombi fungi to D...
17 May 2023
Wednesday 17 May 2023, Otago researchers reveal impact of ancient earthquake
By combining the scientific powerhouses of genetics and geology, University of O...
01 Nov 2017
Otago zoologist honoured by national scientific peers through 2017 Marsden Medal
A leading University of Otago zoology researcher, Emeritus Professor Carolyn Bur...