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...
27 Feb 2023
Departmental Seminars
Seminars...
23 Feb 2023
Postgraduate Workshops
Postgraduate Workshops...
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...