Atmospheric analysis

Although it boasts a pretty nice pair of antlers, you won’t be seeing today’s critter pulling Santa’s sled anytime soon, being a small crab that lives at great depths.

The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir series comprises comprehensive, definitive, illustrated reference works that capture the rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific study of New Zealand’s distinctive marine fauna and flora.

On this page you will find useful information and resources on New Zealand's marine flora and invertebrate fauna.

This week we re-visit a recent blog featuring some new nematode worm species discovered at Hataitai beach in Wellington.

New Zealand economists and NIWA have counted the economic benefits from investing in environmental research.

Where in New Zealand might you find a witchy finger sponge or a pie-crust crab? The answer will be found in New Zealand’s first series of electronic identification guides for marine invertebrates.

NIWA scientists are to undertake a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change.

The 2015 NIWA Regional Science & Technology Fairs have been a resounding success with over 1800 students competing from more than 130 schools.

Some of our colleagues have just published an article on a new species of tanaid from New Zealand that was found living inside tiny gastropod shells!

An interactive guide to the common coastal crabs of New Zealand.

Cyclone Pam’s furious flight path across the South Pacific in March this year illustrated the danger natural hazards pose to life, livelihoods and infrastructural development in the region.

The 2015 NIWA Regional Science and Technology Fairs have again been a resounding success.