Check out the pre-print of our #ancientDNA paper on postglacial recolonization of the Southern Ocean by elephant seals occurred from multiple glacial refugia biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Photo by Brenda Hall.

Amethyst Christmas tree 😍❤🎄 #Geology #GeologyPage #christmas2024

Just travelled through the fire ground of the Bridge Hill/Craigieburn fire. Travelling under escort still so snapshots through a the windows of moving vehicle. So sad to see beautiful places I have walked in since a teenager looking so damaged.

Hello kererū (NZ native wood pigeon). Can't get out into the Southern Alps, so hang out with the relatives in the NZ forest bit of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Walk around the corner and what do we see...

Curious Kererū Good shot, it's nice to see them up close isn't it:)

These @niwa_nz maps, comparing the past 15 days of 🌧️ and ☀️ to historical averages, highlight why it hasn't really felt like summer holiday weather across much of 🇳🇿. Not ideal for visitors to Wellington or Canterbury, in particular 🥶.

Moorpark Apricots can look a bit odd & we're having to pick our rather tortured tree a bit early, before birds get them, BUT, A Tree ripened Moorpark is a taste sensation...is a definite understatement!😋😋

Introducing our #OceanAnimalOfTheMonth for February: the wandering albatross! With the largest wingspan of any bird – nearly 3.5m – they glide effortlessly across the ocean, landing only to breed and feed 🌊🐦🪽

#FOTW Leiopelma markhami - As part of our project 'Pepeketua of Aotearoa' NZFrogs commissioned paleoart of New Zealand's extinct frogs! Markham's frog likely became extinct after human arrival in New Zealand. Their large body size likely made it hard it to take refuge from kiore!

Apricot and cardamon jam

Drop by the bookshop tomorrow 12.30 pm for a lunchtime talk by the amazing Anna Yeoman on Geckos and Skinks! Unlike your coworkers, these little guys can actually detach and leave when things get uncomfortable. #lifegoals .

The loss of megafauna over the last 50,000 years has caused ecological theories to be based on already-degraded ecosystems. doi.org/10.1111/oik.11… Skjold Alsted Søndergaard Rasmus Ejrnæs Camilla Fløjgaard Jens Svenning Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Head stabilisation of a kestrel

Our leafless Pohuehue, Muehlenbeckia ephedroides makes a perfect scaffolding for our Sheet Web spiders, as you can see on a Foggy morning! #biodiversity #nzecology

Our wonderful Te Tai Poutini - West Coast. Love the way when you look due west, south of Tasmania, there is really just ocean all the way round the globe to Argentina! #ecology #biodiversity

LAE Herbarium is packed with gems! Day 1 of some Primulaceae/Myrsinaceae taxonomy (traditional fam used here). How it slowly started, progressed (piles of unnamed specimens) and how it ended (piles with names or to be named). Till tomorrow… #taxonomy #NewGuinea

Principal Scientist Dr Simon Cox’s innovative research into the impact of sea-level rise on groundwater and related hazards in South Dunedin is informing risk assessments and adaptation planning for the city. Great to see this important work featured in Earth's Future!

If you are like us and have an abundance of feijoas - here's some amazing sounding recipes! ❤️ rnz.co.nz/stories/201888…

Exciting collaboration with Department of Conservation Wilderlab shows the value of targeted eDNA for biodiversity management and population genetics Graham McCulloch McCulloch - 2025 - Ecology and Evolution - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

🦎Wildlife trafficking is pushing New Caledonian geckos, the world's largest, toward extinction 75% of the region's endemic geckos are threatened, per IUCN, yet 90% of reptile species lack legal protection🌏 #WildlifeTrafficking #Conservation karmactive.com/unprotected-tr…