Appreciating the (really) little things

December 2023

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​Naturalist Robert Vennell loves the outdoors so much that even trying to pin him down for an interview is like trying to glimpse an elusive forest-dwelling species. When he is not ‘outdoors’, Vennell can be found at Auckland Museum passing on his knowledge of natural history. He has also written the lavishly illustrated The Forgotten Forest: […]

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