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The ocean is getting noisier

11 February 2021

Human activity is making the world’s oceans noisier and not enough is being done to mitigate the effect on marine life, scientists say.
A new discovery in an ancient galaxy

4 February 2021

Opinion: The discovery of nine stars in an ancient galaxy opens new prospects to study the early universe and giant dark matter, explains Heloise Stevance.
Fireworks dangerous in more ways than one

28 January 2021

Playing with a fireworks sparkler for just eight minutes is the equivalent of breathing a day’s air pollution and breaches safe levels, new research shows.
NZ species a finalist in ‘Mollusc of the Year’

27 January 2021

A New Zealand mollusc has beaten off more than a hundred competitors in a global competition to be named as ‘Mollusc of the Year” and is now up against just four rivals for the top title.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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