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Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Poseidon?

No, dear neighbour, this is not an unkempt and unloved lawn. It is a meadow. And I love it so much more than those detestable ecological deserts of manicured monoculture that everyone seems to obsess over

Royal spoonbill catching a little flounder in the Long Bay - Okura Marine Reserve. #birds #NewZealand

Kōtare (sacred kingfisher) caught a small crab - their main diet in estuarine habitats. She’ll swallow the crab whole, then later spit out a pellet of the indigestible bits. #birds #NewZealand

These tauhou really hate each other. #birds #NewZealand @AlbanyBiology

Reconstruction of Kaiika maxwelli, one of the many early penguins from new zealand.

Nice work by our PhD student! James Dale @AlbanyBiology Massey University (you should see the chick…)

Female hummingbirds tend to have muted feathers. But researchers found that about 20% of female White-necked Jacobins have bright feathers like their male counterparts, which saves them from being socially harassed, according to a new study. cnn.it/3sRRMNj

NZ lockdown 5 - Day 11 Hope the tauhou are enjoying all their lockdown oranges. 😃 #birds #NewZealand

This tūī is a bloody legend. #birds #NewZealand #Auckland

Tūī executing the sideways twist getaway. #birds #NewZealand

The only adult godwit with an operating transmitter has now left Alaska and is making good progress on his journey directly to NZ, he should arrive back at Miranda next weekend, hopefully he can negotiate the storms in the pacific

Discovery of a new fossil penguin species: amazing artwork and science!

Fascinating details about the famous GPS-tagged bar-tailed godwit 4BWRB from Massey University ornithologist Phil Battley. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Do I know you? I recently participated to the italian paleoart contest putting together two extinct flightless birds from New Zealand, the Chatham penguin and the north Island moa. #paleoart

Looking to recruit a part-time research fellow and two PhD students interested in population genomics of Aotearoa’s marine species and related initiatives in data stewardship, macrogenetics, restoration. Get in touch for more info about the projects and joining the crew!

Claire Massey Natural Sciences at Massey are all geared up and excited for Open Day at our Auckland Albany Campus on Saturday! Please come along, explore our courses in Ecology/Zoology/Plants; Molecular/Microbiology; Chemistry/Physics - share our passion for Science! 🙂 massey.ac.nz/about/events/a…

A lifetime ago, began an excellent collaboration with @666brunno999 Brett Scheffers James Dale FLORIDA. Now at CEG Durham Durham BioSciences & our paper is finally out in Current Biology. Distribution of songbird plumage colour & its association w wildlife trade: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…

Super excited that we will move into this new building tomorrow after three years of planning and construction. A new home for Natural Sciences at Massey Auckland.