Biology

NIWA has been called in to investigate increasing evidence of Snapper suffering from milky white flesh syndrome in the Hauraki Gulf.

A report from Biosecurity New Zealand, obtained by Newshub, says… Audio

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Ali Mau and Simon Pound discuss the decision by Immigration New Zealand to allow the controversial British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as… Audio

Thousands of dead birds are washing up along the edges of a Waikato wetland as a disease spreads through populations.

Poor water quality has seen a deadly bacteria grow and infect birds, which become… Audio

Peripatus (aka velvet worms or ngaokeoke) are an ancient and fascinating native nocturnal crawling creature. This week in an Otago University fridge a group of peripatus had babies. Celebrating the… Audio

Fungi botanists, local health professionals, rongoa practitioners and medical researchers are planning a clinical trial this year into the therapeutic benefits of psychadelics. Project coordinator is… Audio

This week's critter is the sleek and powerful ngaro wiwi or large black hunting wasp (Priocnemis monachus) that specialises in hunting some of our largest spiders. Audio

Dr Douglas Seals is a professor of integrative physiology who's studied the biological and lifestyle factors that can cause cardiovascular aging and the interventions that can improve it. He's based… Audio

What are we going to look like in the future? Humans are already living longer and it's likely - we'll be taller, more lightly built and less aggressive. But how well are we adapting to this modern… Audio

Migraine is a common neurological disorder, affecting over one billion people worldwide. Audio

Coming up there's a chance to have a nosey around the manicured gardens of Akaroa. Jill Simpson talks to Jesse about the chance to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the South Island. Audio

Weddell seals have returned to breed near Scott Base in Antarctica after a decades-long absence. On land, they're blubbery lumps. But underwater, they're graceful dancers and ethereal singers. A team… Audio

A team of NIWA scientists eagerly awaits the return of 19 emperor penguins carrying high-tech data loggers and video cameras. What will the data captured reveal about the penguins' secret lives at… Audio

In a room in the Manaaki Whenua building in Auckland are rows and rows of shelves, with cardboard boxes containing an array of weird and wonderful dried fungi. Claire Concannon visits to learn how and… Audio

While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out… Audio

Claire Concannon speaks to University of Otago researchers investigating virus diversity, how viruses evolve, and what might be causing some diseases affecting our native wildlife. Audio

Efforts are being made to bring a rare native orchid back from the brink of extinction. The swamp helmet orchid is the smallest and rarest of 22 'Corybas' species in New Zealand. Curator of Plants at… Audio