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Life through a burrowscope lens (Part 6) – subterranean Paparoa National Park

On: 30 Jul 2015

Te Papa vertebrate curator Dr Colin Miskelly recently spent 10 days at Punakaiki (on the West Coast of the South Island) as part of a Te Papa seabird research team. This blog reports on what the team found underground within a specially protected area of Paparoa National Park. As describedRead more

Happy Feet getting the logger glued to his back. Photograph by Susan Waugh. © Te Papa.

The global penguin – Part 7. The wandering emperor penguin enters the technological age

By: Te Papa

On: 29 Aug 2011

The celebrity Emperor Penguin at Wellington Zoo had a satellite tracking device fitted yesterday in preparation for his trip towards colder climes during the coming week. The bird will be transported to south of 50 degrees on the NIWA research vessel Tangaroa this week. Sirtrack Ltd had developed one of their lineRead more