“For decades,” explained Worthy, “the extinction of New Zealand’s birds was viewed primarily through the lens of human arrival 750 years ago. This study proves that natural forces like super-volcanoes ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that ...

Starlings and blue tits, meanwhile, use scent to seek out aromatic plants such as yarrow, hogweed and elder, which they weave ...

The results, which also show significant feral deer reduction, demonstrate how predator and pest control can give hope for returning species that are reaching the limits of their current habitat, such ...

It’s been three years now, believe it or not, since James Gunn announced his big DCU slate of projects. One of the films that fans were most excited about when announced was Batman: The Brave and the ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the ...

Birds of prey are inspiring a new type of drone being developed as part of a research project by the University of Surrey. Dr Olaf Marxen, from the institutions mechanical engineering sciences, is ...

When we think about birds, we often picture their colourful plumage: the iridescence of a peacock's tail or the electric blue flash of a kingfisher ...

"[This] is not a solution — it's an illusion of action." Officials face backlash over aggressive plan to eradicate wild ...

Technology may be finally shifting the balance in preventing the extinction of some of NZ’s most vulnerable native species ...

Stoats, or Mustela erminea, are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern parts of North America. This puts ...

The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If ...