The blobfish has won New Zealand’s “fish of the year” award in the country’s annual competition. Once dubbed the “world’s ugliest animal”, the blobfish (known scientifically as Psychrolutes marcidus), ...

Live eels at a composting site following the excavation ... LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.

Hidden beneath the calm waters of New Zealand’s rivers and lakes lies one of the country’s most extraordinary creatures—the New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii). This ancient ...