There is considered to be three resident populations of #orca in Aotearoa. One that lives around the North Island, one around the South, and one that moves around both. 🌏 #dolphins #nz

The jewelled gecko on Banks Peninsula display colour dimorphisim. While the females are the typical green pattern, males actually tend to be brown 🌏 #newzealand #gecko #lizards #ecology #conservation

I was fortunate enough to assist with the monitoring of Duvaucel's #geckos on an offshore island. I won't specify the location as we are weary of poachers but this was in #nz. This marked the 10th and final year of monitoring, which indicated that the translocation of this population was a success 🌏

This forest gecko was not stoked about moving homes. Check out the yellow/orange mouth. Forest geckos are arboreal and are usually found on the tree trunk/branches rather than the foliage. Great to be able to safely relocate it. 🌏 #gecko #nature #conservation #newzealand

A pair of Austrlasian gannets/tākapu at their nest. Fledglings typically fly to Australia and don't return for three years. #birds #newzealand #ecology 🐦🌏

Tātahi skink! A beautiful skink found living in sand dunes. Handled under a permit. #skink #nzwildlife #nature 🌏

My MSc focused on the behaviour and acoustics of bottlenose dolphins at Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. It was a fantastic opportunity, especially considering all but one of the groups there had calves!
It's considered that this area may be a nursery for the population.
#nz #wildlife #ecology

The long-tailed bat is one of three extant species of native bats in NZ, out only native land mammals.
#wildlife #nature #bats #ecology

Was stoked to get this big kingie to provide some fresh kai moana for the whānau. #nzwildlife #wildlife #fishing #nzfishing

This copper skink with suspected leucism was a cool find amongst the hundreds I have worked with.
#nzwildlife #nature #wildlife #animals #nz #newzealand

Kicking the account off with a cheeky Pacific gecko #nzwildlife #wildlife #gecko #nature