Guest Work • Jan 23, 2017 •
From a tiny caddsifly to a frolicking dusky dolohin, NIWA staff have captured some beautiful images of insects, birds, fish – and a particularly handsome frog. These up close and personal images have required enormous patience, great skills and a little bit of luck to pull off. They have all been taken by NIWA scientists and staff in the course … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Apr 02, 2015 •
Thanks to Heather Hendrickson for the photos! Last weekend the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab took part in this year’s Science Street Fair at MOTAT in Auckland. We had the GlowBooth up and running again (at least until the camera’s battery died!) and 262 people joined us to make some bioluminescent art. There were lots of smiley faces drawn … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Mar 27, 2015 •
Glow Booth at thinkScience day. Read More
Grant Jacobs • Mar 30, 2013 •
Alison Campbell and I occasionally challenge eachother to outdo wildlife photos we’ve found on-line. Seeing as I haven’t written in a bit, let me start with this pair of side-by-side photos from the Wildlife and Nature Pictures Page. You’re welcome to suggest a caption. My first … Read More
David Winter • Feb 03, 2013 •
The most common jumping spider in our garden, Trite auricoma, with the remains of it most recent meal... a smaller T. auricoma: Cannibalism, animals eating members of their own species, is a pretty common and widespread behavio... Read More
David Winter • Jan 27, 2013 •
Last year, at about this time, I wrote a little about our native bees. Though I'm glad to have done my little bit to promote the existence of these all too anonymous members of our natural heritage I've always felt a little embarrassed&... Read More
David Winter • Jan 13, 2013 •
Just a photo today, but a pretty awesome one I reckon. An inbound bumble bee from my parents' garden in the Wairarapa: (~50 out of focus shots from same session not shown!) … Read More
David Winter • Nov 25, 2012 •
OK, here's a chance for the bug nerds to show off. A photo of a strange-looking beast I recently ran into: The challenge to readers is to answer the two questions that went through my head when I first uncovered the creature (1) What... Read More
David Winter • Nov 18, 2012 •
Regular readers will know that I've been pretty slack in posting here in recent weeks. Just the same old boring reason - lots of "real" work to get done and, as much as I enjoy it, blogging necessarily floats to the bottom of TODO lists. But I was sho... Read More
Grant Jacobs • Oct 24, 2012 •
The Annual Nikon Small World competition is one of my favourite events. Wonderful shots of tiny things you don’t see in daily life. I’ve included a couple of favourites below. Readers should go to the Nikon site to find their own favourites. First is these three black mastiff bat embryos: [caption id="attachment_10063" align="aligncenter" … Read More