Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an “extraordinary” way. Published in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and ...

A team of Dunedin scientists is keen to drill two 500m-deep exploration wells into the 11 million-year-old Dunedin Volcano in a hunt for crucial geothermal energy. Dr Mike Palin, of the University of ...

Dr Felix Marx (left) and Prof Ewan Fordyce, of the University of Otago geology department, look at marine fossils used by Dr Marx in his wide-ranging study. Photo / Ewan Fordyce New University of ...

THE Southern Province of New Zealand is one of great interest from the variety of its physical features which faithfully indicate the wide range of geological formations of which it is built up. The ...

University of Otago palaeontology researchers are continuing to rewrite the history of New Zealand's ancient whales by describing two further genera and three species of fossil baleen whales. All are ...

Marco Brenna (left) and Mike Palin, of the University of Otago geology department, with a map indicating Dunedin's ancient volcanic past. Photo / ODT A team of Dunedin scientists is keen to drill two ...