Subterranean Biodiversity
Mapping New Zealand's Underground Ecology
We’ll be posting about what lives underground, new discoveries, the distribution of species and updates on biospeleology workshops!
Read this article by Anna about the biodiversity in NZ’s longest cave, Bulmer Cavern and Bohemia Cave and check out photos from the 2021 expedition. Thanks for the photos to Gavin Holden and to Marcus Thomas, who also edited the overall NZSS Bulletin (2023).
Have you ever wondered what critters dwell in the darkness of New Zealand caves? Some keen cavers are working hard to uncover the most cryptic creatures in New Zealand’s fauna. Read this publication by Anna, Annie Robertson and Julia Kasper (2023).
Interested what biospeleology is all about… read the booklet that Anna wrote for the 2021 Biospeleology Workshop in Waitomo.
You can also find out more in our blog posts about cave beetles and the difference between spiders and harvestmen.
Special Thanks
This project is supported by many volunteers and experts in New Zealand and overseas.