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Six new species and three new subspecies of alpine cave wētā from the southern regions of the South Island have been identified.

New research indicates anthropogenic climate change will result in a quarter of Aotearoa New Zealand's alpine grasshopper species becoming extinct.

New research indicates anthropogenic climate change will result in a quarter of Aotearoa New Zealand's alpine grasshopper species becoming extinct.

'Striking' new wētā species named after Jacinda Ardern Newshub 13/03/2021 © File Image / Twitter @Zootaxa The new species is Labour Party-red. A scientist is naming a new species of wētā after Jacinda Ardern, an insect he says "reflected traits of the Prime Minister". The new species is Labour-red in colour, glossy, long-limbed, and officially named Hemiandrus jacinda. Steven Trewick, professor in evolutionary ecology at Massey University, and the scientist behind the naming honour says the new species, which reminded him of Ardern, was "striking".  © Provided by Newshub Zootaxa, ...

New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has received what may be her greatest accolade yet: a large insect named in her honour. A new species of wētā – a giant flightless cricket that is endemic to New Zealand – has been named Hemiandrus jacinda for being Labour-party red in colour and “long-limbed”. Steven Trewick, a professor in evolutionary ecology at Massey University in New Zealand and the scientist who named and formally described...