New research shows that tuatara could be at risk from the same rodenticides that are used to protect them from […]
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Genomic research and Indigenous data sovereignty – Expert Reaction
A Northland Iwi has partnered with an international research team working to sequence the tuatara genome. Ngātiwai hold kaitiakitanga (guardianship) […]
Continue readingScientists sequencing DNA of endangered tuatara – Dominion Post
The Dominion Post‘s Olivia Wannan looks at how sequencing DNA from the tuatara could help conservationists develop a better way to bring […]
Continue readingTuatara’s distant relative also survived asteroid
New fossils from South America overturn the current thinking that the tuatara was the only species of its kind to […]
Continue readingShould we move species threatened by climate change?
From the Conversation. Republished here under creative commons licence. By Tracy Rout, University of Melbourne; Doug Armstrong, Massey University; Eve […]
Continue readingTuatara teeth ‘saw’ food apart
The tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet […]
Continue readingDom Post: Tuatara babies keep hatchers guessing
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about 8 tuatara eggs, the first found at Wellington Zoo in over 20 […]
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