Why did hundreds of dead kororā—little blue penguins—wash up on beaches around the country two summers ago? Has their fate got anything to do with the weather? Or has it got something to do with us?


	The wreck of the penguins Why did hundreds of dead kororā—little blue penguins—wash up on beaches around the country two summers ago? Has their fate got anything to do with the weather? Or has it got something to do with us?

Quakes on the moon...

It seems like an ancient, static hunk of old rock, but the moon does seem to be tectonically active, according to new research based on four seisometers left on its surface during NASA’s Apollo programme.

Learning to speak

Eating grains may have given rise to human speech, say Swiss researchers. The change from hunter-gathering to milled-grain consumption is correlated with a change in human tooth structure, where the upper teeth were pushed slightly in front of the lower teeth.

Born this way

Three fathers, two mothers, one father and two mothers—all are naturally occurring parent combinations for honeybees.


	Dive among kingfish from your armchair Director of photography Richie Robinson expertly pilots a dive scooter alongside a school of kingfish, thronging in the shallows at Meyer Islets. Tropical waters are typically less rich in nutrients than the temperate water around New Zealand, meaning less baitfish are available. As a result the kingis can be more slender, and often turn to eating juvenile petrels. Check out all the NZ-VR experiences here.