Satellite tracking of 21 southern right whales from New Zealand's Auckland Islands showed half swam straight west to feed south of Australia, while the rest took a month-longer L-shaped route. Both groups arrived at about the same time.
A University of Auckland engineer is trialling a smartphone tool that reads tiny pulse movements in the skin of the neck, one of eight heart projects sharing NZ$2.32 million from New Zealand's Heart Foundation.
Researchers in New Zealand and the US have shown a chip-based optical frequency comb, built from two lasers, that performs the key jobs needed for portable atomic clocks and GPS-free navigation.
A 15-year breeding program at Butterfly Creek and Auckland Zoo has put 11,000 wētāpunga into 10 new wild sites. The giant insect's status improved from Nationally Endangered in 2004 to Nationally Increasing in 2022.
