For palaeontologists, the dark diatomite layers of Foulden Maar are like the shelves of a great library. Outside that library, bulldozers wait.


	What lies beneath Foulden Maar? For palaeontologists, the dark diatomite layers of Foulden Maar are like the shelves of a great library. Outside that library, bulldozers wait.

Seven steps

An Otago man out for a walk made a significant palaeontological discovery.

I spy for science

A citizen-science project to spot Otago skinks will help a Dunedin PhD student collect valuable data about the weather conditions that they prefer.

City trees struggle, too

Trees give us a better life: they keep us cool, provide habitat, improve our mental health, increase house prices and reduce car crashes. But trees can also be a marker of inequality.


	What's the point of museums? Most people don’t understand what a museum is for. Unfortunately, nor do some of the people managing them.