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We’d like to congratulate Fionnuala (Finn) Bulman on handing in her PhD! She’ll be spending the winter working (and skiing!) before looking for ways to apply what she learned in…

You may have recently read about the Department of Conservation spending around $100,000 per year for the past 4 years to house and manage snails. Now, these aren’t just any…

Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu (Ngāti Uepōhatu, Ngāti Porou, Te Ātiawa, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāpuhi) has been with Bioprotection Aotearoa (BA) since before it was born. After initially completing her Master’s with BPRC (the…

We often think of braided rivers as physical matter and hydraulic force, with gravel-filled channels shifting their way downstream and across the braidplain, occasionally bursting their banks and washing bridges…

Beneath the beauty lies urgency. Coastlines, villages, and treasured waters of the Pacific face rising risks. The ICJ’s climate ruling is a call for global accountability to protect places like…

Li in the lab with a box of fruit flies. Photo: Zohar Marshall Li Wang is two years into his PhD exploring the eco-evolutionary dynamics of exotic fruit flies and…

Dr Sarah Inwood is building a biocontrol research empire using well-earned funding from a Marsden Fast Start Grant, awarded in November last year. But as with any big accomplishment, she…

Agricultural land use intensification is a major driver of soil carbon loss. Understanding the impacts of agricultural land use on soil carbon cycling is essential to develop sustainable land use…

Microbes, the tiny living things that are found all around us, play crucial roles in the development, health and interactions of humans, animals and plants alike. The microbial communities, or…

The communities of microbes living in and around plants play an important role in shaping plant growth, health, and resilience. Yet, we still know little about how these microbial communities…

Biological control, which uses natural enemies to manage pests, has been practised for over a century. Over this time, there have been improvements in establishment success and minimising off-target effects. However,…

NOHO MARAE 2024 A moment to connect and refocus The following story was originally written for our 2024 Annual Report. Given the relentless pace of research, it’s easy for scientists…