Boa constrictor

Position: Scholarships Manager, University of Waikato. Previously a postdoctoral researcher, University of Otago.

New Zealand has a very small number of poisonous and venomous animals. The grey side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) is...

New Zealand’s native species evolved in isolation from other regions for millions of years after the last land bridge to...

All of our reptiles and amphibians are fully protected by law. It is illegal to collect skinks and geckos, and...