The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...

The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

From the soil to supper, Menoken Farm is all about enhancing our crops, sharing their findings, and educating the public.

If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If the Wooly Bear caterpillar has a narrow orange ...

The results are in, and New Zealanders have crowned the ngāokeoke (New Zealand velvet worm, Peripatoides novaezealandiae) the 2025 Bug of the Year. The whē (New Zealand praying mantis) came second, ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

One Maidu and Wintun woman discovered what happens when floating tule on water. The growth of life might be able to limit ...

The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment hauled up from a record 8km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

Time-lapse video shows how a mushroom coral polyp pulses and inflates, flinging its soft body into micro-hops to slowly move itself to a new location.