Department of Botany news
20 Sep 2024
Children’s book tackles plant literacy
Plant blindness is a growing concern, and one Otago academic has set out to do s...
13 Sep 2024
Trash gathering wins award
Winning an award that recognises her conservation efforts was a nice way for Kat...
27 Aug 2024
Mistletoes home to invertebrates
Researchers are calling for native leafy mistletoes to be protected, as they are...
11 Jun 2024
Botany students win state-of-the-art DNA machine
Two postgraduate students have won the Department of Botany “a very fancy incuba...
28 Jul 2023
Be a ‘good farmer’ or follow new regulations: The struggle for Otago farmers
A new national freshwater policy is causing tension for Otago farmers, as many o...
13 Jun 2023
Scholarships support vital conservation-based research
Aotearoa New Zealand’s wildlife and natural environment will benefit from three...
12 May 2022
Trees and tamariki benefit from Botany graduate
Taylor Davies-Colley has become a familiar face for many tamariki through his ro...
12 Apr 2022
Celebrating distinguished botanist Ann Wylie’s centenary
Celebrating distinguished botanist Ann Wylie’s centenary
10 Sep 2021
Sea ice history sheds light on future climate change impact on Antarctic plankton
A 170m-long record of marine sediment core from Antarctica is yielding new insig...