Category: penguins!

Penguin Detective

Rachel Hickcox, Penguin Detective. By Amy Archer, University of Otago, Masters of Science Communication student “Something is happening, we just don’t know what.”  This is the mystery behind unexplained mortalities in the South Island...

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Published Paper

A few months ago, my very first, first-author paper was published in Biodiversity and Conservation. This is a culmination of my Masters research exploring the terrestrial protection of all 18 penguin species. I would...

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Little Blues

This past weekend I was lucky enough to go on an adventure with some good friends from Abbey College. It all started around 6 pm. The wind was howling, the sky turned a dark...

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Fieldwork week 1 day 5

Location: Hina Hina Cove, Catlins Date: 10/19/2018 What a place! Besides the very long and a bit challenging walk through private paddocks and over a bumpy, not greatly maintained dirt road, it was a...

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Otapahi

Also known as Alfred and Cicily Beach, Otapahi is a Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Reserve. It is a private reserve near Allan’s Beach that is surrounded by towering hills of grazing sheep and cattle. Dirt...

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