Atmospheric analysis

The giant sea slater Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is an abundant isopod species of massive size from the family Cirolanidae.

Moderate La Niña or neutral tropical conditions expected to produce near average activity across most islands.

The winning photos of the 2016 NIWA Staff Photographic Competition. Read more about the winning photos

From one pole to the other, NIWA scientists work in some of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes.

The NIWA Invertebrate Collection mainly consists of samples collected in the deepsea, but occasionally we find shallow exceptions like this stunning sea urchin.

NIWA scientists are this week making the final preparations for one of the organisation’s busiest summers at Antarctica.

Do you know where in New Zealand to find Neptune’s necklace or rimurapa? Or how to tell apart Carpophyllum from Cystophora?

An interactive guide to the large brown seaweeds of New Zealand.

Otago Multibeam 2: Great South Basin and Southern Canterbury Shelf.

This Habitat Mapping module will show you how to collect useful information to describe and monitor habitats in estuaries.

Our latest 131 page NIWA Biodiversity Memoir is an initiative of the US/NZ Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) Marine and Ocean Theme.

New Zealand is lucky to have its own sea lion. They were nearly driven to extinction more than 150 years ago by the first human settlers and then by commercial sealing—a story shared with nearly all seals.