Not another COVID eviction story – contested spaces in Christchurch Central City
Since 2019, a colony of Tarāpuka|black-billed gulls – not only critically endangered, but the most endangered gulls in the world - have taken up...
Vote for Bringing Back the Birds in Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve
Click here to visit eocaconservation.org and vote for Bringing Back the Birds
Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, an important bird area, sits on the Nigerian/Cameroon border...
New Zealand’s native conifers
One of my favourite groups of New Zealand plants are our native conifers. Most people don’t realise that we have 21 described species and...
Surviving on the edge: why do penguins matter anyway?
Emperor penguins depend on sea ice for their survival. Arek Aspinwall describes the impact of global warming on this sensitive Antarctic habitat.
Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River – (Re)connecting catchment communities
The Ōpāwaho (or Heathcote River) is one of two main rivers that weaves its way through Ōtautahi (Christchurch) on its way to the Avon...
The seals of Antarctica – a Twitter story
Public science communication is fundamental to science today. I believe that as scientists we have a duty to communicate our research to the public....
A celebration of spiders
Happy Arachtober, the month of spiders! Dr Fiona Cross, or "Doctor Spider", introduces us to some cute jumping spiders commonly found in New Zealand.
What crawls beneath the surface?
Invertebrate life in New Zealand’s rivers and streams
We all know about the kiwi and the kākāpō,
but what iconic species are lurking beneath the surface...
CAREX: a collaborative approach to waterway rehabilitation
Currently,
there is considerable interest around the impacts that agriculture is having on
water quality. Nationwide the focus has been on highlighting the issues but
little attention...
Botany of the bizarre: the biology of the world’s strangest parasitic plant
The strange parasitic plant genus Rafflesia faces a number of conservation challenges, including habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation. Learning more about these rare species is a crucial step in informing the conservation management of Rafflesia.
