The night time world of the kiwi

The night time world of the kiwi

4 December 2023 A collaboration between wildlife biologist Isabel Castro and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Kiwi are a group of five extant species of birds endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. Their bodies are rounded, and they have a long bill...
Come on Barbie, let’s diversify

Come on Barbie, let’s diversify

3 October 2023 A collaboration between ecologist Will Godsoe, educational theorist Kirsten Locke, and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Anna Brown and Jonathan Burgess. One of the amazing things about nature is the sheer diversity of living things. There are...
A raindrop hits the ground

A raindrop hits the ground

4 September 2023 A collaboration between scientist Céline Cattoën-Gilbert and illustrator Jean Donaldson. It’s Sunday 14 August 2022, and I’m sitting in front of my computer. I feel a surge of numbing emotions and prickly memories gushing through me. My eyes scan the...
Everything is information

Everything is information

3 July 2023 A collaboration between scientist Markus Luczak-Roesch and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. In 1975, a student working in Japan made a mistake. They misunderstood some instructions in Japanese and added 1,000 times more of a...
An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

An egg the size of a fairy sprinkle

2 June 2023 A collaboration between scientist Chrissie Painting and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Anna Brown. “Found some!” I let out a sigh of relief and turn towards my colleague’s voice coming somewhere from among a tangle of logs and vines. Above me a kākā...