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The bugs are back. Canterbury Museum’s much-loved insect drawers, which have fascinated and entertained children for decades, will be briefly back on display for Bugs at the Museum, a creepy crawly Summer treat opening on 17 January. Dr Morgane Merien, ...
Dolphin expert Gemma McGrath. Photo: Supplied/ Jono More The data was analysed by Otago University's Gemma McGrath for her masters thesis. She said conducting a survey was valuable as it gave a picture of the dolphins' "baseline state" compared to the population now, and the pattern of decline could offer clues as to how they could recover. "It's actually quite amazing; they were the most abundant of all our dolphin species that we see in close, once upon a time. It's hard for us to imagine what it was like, but there are scientists quoting that you wouldn't go anywhere around Aotearoa on a ...