Department of Botany news
03 Apr 2025
Championing the ‘cute underdog’ of the plant world
There’s more to mosses than most might imagine, PhD candidate Jess Paull says.
20 Nov 2024
From Iran to New Zealand for Botany
Driven by a passion for agricultural research and sustainable practices, Dr Amirreza Zarekarizi arrived from Iran in 201...
01 Nov 2024
Supervisor of the Year 2024
Dr Jeff Foote, of the Department of Management, has won the Otago University Students’ Association Overall Supervisor of...
20 Sep 2024
Children’s book tackles plant literacy
Plant blindness is a growing concern, and one Otago academic has set out to do something about it.
13 Sep 2024
Trash gathering wins award
Winning an award that recognises her conservation efforts was a nice way for Kate Moss-Mason to wrap up several years of...
27 Aug 2024
Mistletoes home to invertebrates
Researchers are calling for native leafy mistletoes to be protected, as they are a haven for invertebrates in winter.
11 Jun 2024
Botany students win state-of-the-art DNA machine
Two postgraduate students have won the Department of Botany “a very fancy incubator” after entering an Australia and New...
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 of the new regulations oppose their perce...
13 Jun 2023
Scholarships support vital conservation-based research
Aotearoa New Zealand’s wildlife and natural environment will benefit from three conservation-based scholarships recently...
12 May 2022
Trees and tamariki benefit from Botany graduate
Taylor Davies-Colley has become a familiar face for many tamariki through his roles in conservation and environmental ed...
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 insights into the complex relationship betwee...