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Male praying mantis fights to avoid being eaten
20 January 2021
Sexual reproduction in the insect world is often a risky business and never more so than when the risk of being eaten is high.
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Biggest-ever animals' special link to New Zealand revealed
13 January 2021
New Zealand waters provide an important migratory route for the biggest animal to ever exist, the Antarctic blue whale.
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Here's how giant dinosaurs may have spread seeds in prehistoric world
6 January 2021
It’s an insight into ecosystems that existed more than 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
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Dementia Prevention Research Clinics send blood samples to Sweden for biomarker analysis
22 December 2020
University researchers involved with Brain Research New Zealand's Dementia Prevention Research Clinics are celebrating an exciting success.
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Whales may be struggling as climate change impacts feeding grounds
16 December 2020
A new study has found that even a change in eating habits may not be enough for southern right whales to keep up their population recovery from whaling.
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Scientists exploring gene variations in humans ... and goats
1 December 2020
The work being done by a pair of geneticists and the team in the School of Biological Sciences is vital for health and the economy – everything from disease to goats' milk.
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Low-lying Pacific island has more land above sea level than in 1943
30 November 2020
An inhabited island in the low-lying Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands, which are thought to be at risk of being inundated by rising sea levels, has actually increased in size since 1943, scientists say.
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Rhodes Scholar puts the mahi in to combat social inequality
26 November 2020
University of Auckland student Rhieve Grey has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to carry out postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.
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The business of making business greener
25 November 2020
Geography alumna Rachel Brown has been a leader in sustainable business for almost two decades.
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The psychology of sustainability
25 November 2020
Professor Niki Harré examines the psychology of sustainability, how we can start making changes and keep ourselves motivated.
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Detecting plastic in our diets
25 November 2020
Forensic science has been a passion for Liam Philip since childhood. During his masters research project, he used his forensic skills to investigate an emerging problem – the microplastics in our food.
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The show must go on
25 November 2020
In a time of COVID-19, many on-campus events in 2020 had to be postponed or held online as we exercised physical distancing requirements under the various Levels set by the Government. But adapt we did.
