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2016 News

  • Putting the ‘P’ in pest control

    Animal urine will be used to make more effective traps for problematic pests like rats and brushtail possum in a research project from Victoria University of Wellington.

  • VUCEL Open Day brings in the crowds

    Saturday’s wild weather didn’t dampen the Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory (VUCEL) Open Day, with more than 1,000 visitors flooding through the doors. The state-of-the-art marine laboratory in Island Bay held its annual opening day, entertaining visitors of all ages with various interactive activities and displays.

  • World’s wildlife—a critical economy

    Wildlife is critical to the economies of nations. New Zealand’s wildlife – whales, dolphins, red deer, thar, albatross, kiwi, tuatara, fish and kauri – attract tourists. And the tourists who come to see or hunt our wildlife stay for longer and spend more, especially in our provinces and small towns, than those who come for our casinos and high-end hotels.

  • Survey reveals signs of tuatara recovery

    The tuatara population on Hauturu ō Toi/Little Barrier Island may be recovering, according to results from a recent survey carried out with help from Victoria University of Wellington researchers.

  • Kiwis help with lab-grown retina

    In what sounds like a gruesome sci-fi plot, Victoria University researcher David Ackerley is preparing to grow an artificial retina.

  • US funding to research retinal disease

    Dr David Ackerley from Victoria University’s School of Biological Science is part of a team awarded a US$500,000 Falk Medical Research Trust grant to develop new models of retinal degenerative disease—–a major cause of human blindness.