Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...

New Zealand’s Bug of the Year competition has crowned an ancient, bizarre, and surprisingly savage predator as its 2024 ...

New Zealand is well known for its Bird of the Year competition, which has seen winners ranging from a delightfully round, ...

A worm-like creature that shoots jets of fluid to capture its prey has been named New Zealand's Bug of the Year.The peripatus ...

The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

Tūhura Otago Museum has done it again, leading another beloved wildlife creature to victory! By the narrowest of margins, ...

The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered in velvety blue colouration and orange spots, is estimated to have been ...

New Zealand made an unexpected decision of choosing an ancient worm as the winner for an international competition.As ...

The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the Year competition, a less than scientific social experiment held every year by the Entomological Society of New Zealand to test the ...

(CNN) — Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New ...