🐜 🐛 🐞 🦋 Bug Day! Is a hive of activity today for Wild Dunedin at Tūhura Tūhura Otago Museum Otago Entomology Society 🦋

Scientists find 26 new species of worm in Porirua rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Sunfish ☀️🐡 dissection day has finally come! Hardly anything is known about elusive Hoodwinker sunfish (Mola tecta) and we aim to change that with morphology and metabarcoding (if we can find some funding 😅 ) Hear Emma Burns talk about it- 11 min in: tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-sh…

Couple of big fish big days.

What if we introduced the equivalent of parental leave for people who want to look after their elders in their final months so they can stay at home as long as possible? Short time of paid carer's leave, followed by unpaid, with return to same job later. Better for all involved?

After a long time Tūhura Otago Museum (like, longer than this giant trematode from inside a sunfish), I'm moving on. Thanks to supporters of museum natural history collections, projects, adventures and care. Catch you up Department of Conservation Coastal Otago Office as Senior Ranger, Community.

At some point you get to know your neighbour. That goes for the feathery manu that visit your garden. Get ready for this year’s New Zealand Garden Bird Survey by learning the names of the different birds that come to your garden. buff.ly/3oxYzON

Just spied this. Speight’s refill bottles featuring a moa logo 100ish years back by Powely and Keast. Does this make it the original moa beer? haywards.co.nz/auctions/86/ca…

Meet Holly - Aotearoa's first native frog-certified dog from the Department of Conservation Dogs Programme! She's been training at Zoology_Otago with her owner Debbie Bishop to detect native frogs to improve population monitoring and conservation management plans. otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/…

Large stripe flatworm Many of our flatworms glow brightly under UV, in order to observed this correctly, you do need to have a good uv torch. Thabks to Russell Ingram-Seal for holding the uv torch. #UV #ultraviolet #glowing #canonnz #canonr5 #canoneosr5

The University of Otago Geology Department is facing a proposed cut of 1/3 of their staff. As a past student, this is very upsetting to hear. If you have a few seconds to sign this that would be greatly appreciated. chng.it/jrkTZzGQrr