When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Under the new leadership, BirdCare Aotearoa is actively pursuing high-impact grants and collaborative conservation ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

In response to human-induced environmental changes, New Zealand’s stoneflies have changed color. It is the clearest evidence ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Spartina traps silt and sand, impacting the open mudflats needed by many migratory protected bird species such as the ...

A risk assessment by the Department of Conservation looked at 1145 species of birds, bats, lizards, and frogs, insects and plants and found almost a third would be highly vulnerable to climate change ...

Finding fossils of any species is an exciting discovery for science, but some are a little bit more special than others. In ...

But, before the arrival of humans, New Zealand did not have any mammals lumbering around and snacking on truffles—the island’s only native mammal species are bats and marine creatures.

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.