Ecology Programme, University of Otago

29/05/2026

Huge congratulations to Grace Fortune-Kelly for submitting her PhD thesis today. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe Grace, for all that you've contributed to the Ecology Programme as a student, demonstrator and board member over the years.

27/05/2026

Feel like you should be able to recycle more items than can go into the kerbside collections?

Check out this handy poster 👇♻

19/05/2026

It's not all studying for Ecology students, Ivan and Mason! Check out their band Ammonita 🎤🎸

LIVE TO AIR: Another NZ Music Month special, we’ve got going live on radio one 91.0fm at 4:05PM! 📡

An alt-grunge 5 piece from Ōtepoti, who having killed it last year winning OUSA’s Bring The Noise just recently finished up recording at Sublime Studio - they’re stoked to bring you their delightful, angry sound live from the R1 office —

📲 Playing out via FM / r1.co.nz
💚 Made happen thanks to

15/05/2026

Congratulations to Nina, Jack, Natasha, and the rest of our Ecology students graduating today. Ka rawe!

09/05/2026

Congratulations to Hannah and the rest of our Ecology graduates this weekend! Ka rawe, kia pai tō koutou rā whakapōtae!

04/05/2026

Listen to Ecology PhD student, Jacqui, on the Rewilding in Action podcast talking about how urban green spaces, created and maintained by Dunedin City Council, can act as stepping stones for biodiversity through the city. 🌿🦋

A great example of how ecology in action enhances urban nature, city beauty, and human wellbeing.

👂 👉 https://accessmedia.nz/player?EID=f9a3b8b5-6aaa-4fe1-8e20-d41986a4da2f&audioOnlyMode=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawRg95NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZOEJjR0N0TTNINEpINzdlc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpuAGrFaQVCgHxHi-2Ze6BGIdU2t_bHTltp1f4jamBs3leq_HNnwdeTGDWbU_aem_vwxiINgkH7zcJE4WxnLUpg

30/04/2026

More amazing mahi from our Ecology alums - ka pai Rāwinia!

An international crew of 10 women, including one New Zealander, have set off on a sailing expedition to trace plastic in the ocean in the South Pacific.

30/04/2026

Great mahi from BSc Ecology graduate Max! 🐬

30/04/2026

Vote for your favourite fun guy! No wait, I mean fungi 🍄‍🟫🍄

Fungi are a very large and often overlooked part of Aotearoa’s unique biodiversity, coming in fascinating shapes, colours and forms. Did you know that AoNZ is the only country in the world to have fungus on its banknotes?
Learn more about these very special organisms and vote for your favourite fabulous fungus: https://interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/

23/04/2026

Our ECOL111 field trip to Portobello Peninsula was a great day for finding rare spiders! 🕸

📷 Giant goblin spider, a rare species with just six eyes, making it especially unusual. 👀

These spiders are highly vulnerable to disturbance, and their presence suggests populations that pre‑date human arrival in Aotearoa.

Ngā mihi to James Croft-Bennett for the find, ID and photo.

22/04/2026

👏 He mihi nui to Ecology PhD student Jacqueline Theis, recently featured in the local news for her mahi supporting the BioBlitz during the New Zealand Festival of Nature.

The event aimed to bring people together to discover, celebrate and record local biodiversity to help conserve our local fauna and flora.

Read the story and see community science at its best 👉 https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/snapping-species-science

Keen to try a BioBlitz? The inaugural University of Otago campus Bioblitz is this Friday from 9 am - 4 pm, starting from the University Lawn 🌿🦋