New Zealand’s unique wildlife faces a serious threat from an unexpected source ... emphasize that addressing the cat issue is crucial if New Zealand hopes to achieve its Predator Free 2050 goals.

New Zealand has a land area of 100,000 square miles, with invasive predators spread across not just mountains and forests but also glaciers, dunelands, wetlands, and hundreds of urban areas.

But from the 2000s, wildlife enthusiasts were able to show what small mammals were up to at night. ... Others regard the very idea of a predator-free New Zealand as fanciful.

The announcement was made during Mr. Potaka’s visit to the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust near Christchurch, a ...

Predator Free NZ warns funding shortfalls are straining volunteer-led conservation efforts as Jobs for Nature ends and demand ...

Predator Free 2050 Ltd, the Crown-owned company established to drive and fund large-scale eradication and breakthrough science, is now being disestablished, as announced as part of Budget 2025.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

A remote island home to some of New Zealand's most threatened species has been officially declared predator free. Antipodes Island, in the Subantarctic, was the target of a years-long effort ...

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

New Zealand plans to wipe out every last rat, ... On a bright Sunday morning the wildlife-lovers gather in Miramar, ... Others regard the very idea of a predator-free New Zealand as fanciful.

New Zealand plans to wipe out every last rat, ... New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds. Henri Astier - BBC News, New Zealand. June 27, 2023 at 3:53 AM ...