Published 21 June 2011 Studying something that his children’s children may never see adds a certain urgency and poignancy to Simon Davy’s daily routine. The United Kingdom-born associate professor in Victoria’s School of Biological Sciences is New Zealand’s only active coral symbiosis physiologist. His research focus is on the symbiotic relationship between algae and invertebrates, [...]
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Keeping corals alive
Posted in climate change, conservation, environment, estuary, new zealand, nz, Victoria University, tagged (PARC), algae, coral reefs, Lord Howe Island, Marsden Fund grant, new zealand, Pacific, Victoria research team, Victoria University on June 27, 2011 |
Stephen Fry: ‘You are being shagged by a rare parrot’
Posted in bbc, bird, Codfish Island, Department of Conservation, doc, Inspiration, kakapo, new zealand, parrot, stephen fry, video, tagged BBC, extinction, kakapo, last Chance to See, parrot, shagged by a rare parrot, Sirocco, Stephen Fry, utube, youtube, zoologist on June 24, 2011 |
The right time for southern right whales
Posted in Department of Conservation, doc, new zealand, southern right whales, whale, tagged Auckland University, Dog Islands, Gisborne, migration, Otago University, Ruapuke Island, southern right whales, Southland, Subantarctic Islands, whales, Whareongaonga, Will Rayment, Young Nick's Head on June 24, 2011 |
Press Release: Department of Conservation The Department of Conservation is calling on the public to take photos and report any sightings of southern right whales along the New Zealand coastline. Photos collected through public sightings are being used to support the Otago University research looking at photo identification and the movement patterns of these whales. [...]
Zealandia no sanctuary for kakariki
Posted in Falcon, island, kakariki, Kapiti Island, Karearea, sanctuary, wellington, Zealandia, tagged Falcon, kakariki, Kapiti Island, Karearea, new zealand, predator, red crowned kakariki, sanctuary, wellington, Zealandia on June 24, 2011 |
Rare kakariki have fallen prey to falcons at wildlife sanctuary Zealandia. Conservation manager Raewyn Empson said staff believed there was just one pair of native falcons at the sanctuary, but they were believed to be responsible for attacks on two kakariki. New Zealand falcons are rarer than kiwi, and can catch prey while flying – [...]
Emperor penguin visits the Kapiti Coast
Posted in bird, Department of Conservation, doc, Kapiti Island, new zealand, Penguin, video, wellington, tagged Antarctic, Antarctica, Conservation Department, Department of Conservation, doc, emperor penguin, Gareth Morgan, Happy Feet, Kapiti, Massey University, Peka Peka beach, Te Papa, Wellington Zoo on June 23, 2011 |
Large version of photograph Press Release: Department of Conservation Kapiti Coast residents have been treated to a rare visit by an emperor penguin. There is only one other recording of an emperor penguin in New Zealand, at Southland’s Oreti Beach in the 1967. The Department of Conservation advises that people should not disturb the penguin [...]
The Nature Collection
Posted in Aotearoa, bbc, birds, botanical, conservation, ecological, extinction, National Park, nature, new zealand, nz, stephen fry, tvnz, Uncategorized, video, tagged Aotearoa, David Bellamy, Discovery Channel, NHNZ, nz on screen, NZONSCREEN, Peter Hayden, taonga on June 7, 2011 |
NZ ON SCREEN To celebrate NZ’s unique natural taonga, Peter Hayden has curated a highlights collection from three decades of NHNZ productions. Aotearoa’s landforms and its magnificent menagerie of natural oddities – birds, insects, trees like nowhere else on the planet – are showcased in 15 award-winning titles. From Discovery Channel and David Bellamy, to [...]
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