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Oldest case of conserved gene order discovered
18 May 2021
Scientists are reporting the oldest known case of conserved gene order.
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Exploring why seabirds become bycatch
11 May 2021
Seabirds with a larger wingspan and bills or which have larger eyes and nostrils are more likely to end up as bycatch from the fishing industry, a new study has found.
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Kiwi students share views on life in CensusAtSchool 2021
10 May 2021
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their tenth biennial survey today to once again comprehensively chart children’s views of their own lives.
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New Zealander becomes Fellow of the Royal Society
7 May 2021
An Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland has been elected to the Royal Society of London.
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Existing reserves too small to protect crayfish
4 May 2021
Even inside fully-protected marine reserves crayfish numbers have plummeted and numbers outside reserves are likely much lower than official estimates, a new University of Auckland study shows.
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Myna information: study tracks history of pesky birds in New Zealand
30 April 2021
Student Annika Beesley is digging into the history of myna birds in New Zealand.
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Astrophysicist Heloise Stevance: space junkie on wheels
30 April 2021
Dr Heloise Stevance is a coder, gamer and an astrophysicist who’s smashing down gender stereotype walls, as well as smashing people in roller derby.
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The 150-year-old mystery disease killing two New Zealanders a week
29 April 2021
New Zealand has one of the world’s worst rates of a fatal brain disease. Now, scientists hunting rogue genes hope to unravel the 150-year-old mystery of what triggers the disease and how to find a cure.
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Crowdfunding hard work for campaigners
28 April 2021
Crowdfunded campaigns are stressful and uncertain for the people running them who must ‘marketise’ their campaign in order to be successful, a new study shows.
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Everything to play for in new health reforms
22 April 2021
Opinion: Peter Davis takes a look at the Government’s newly-announced health system reforms and how they might affect different sectors of our society.
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Why animal culture matters for conservation
21 April 2021
Researchers say conservation of some of the world’s most endangered species needs to take cultural knowledge of the animals into account when working out how best to protect them.
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Students involved in virus experiment
21 April 2021
Hundreds of students at the University of Auckland are about to get involved in an experiment that could help better understand how viruses like Covid-19 spread.
