New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

Fallout from the scarab beetles' invasion into urban Honolulu remains unknown, but the damage so far is "pretty bad," ...

A huge increase in critically endangered Archey's frog numbers has been confirmed, as the Department of Conservation updates ...

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

Some animals are beautiful to look at, but terrifying to encounter. From relentless predators like the saltwater crocodile to ...

Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons.

Greater monitoring of the risk of diseases spread by insects is needed in environments where animals and people coexist, say ...

“Today’s announcement is a good start. Conservation is in desperate need of more money and this funding will help slow the ...

The Department of Conservation is defending its trapping methods after images of a dead kiwi in a pest trap raised questions ...

Environment Southland has warned against backyard nurseries selling pest plants on social media. In the past three years the ...

A major study concludes that pesticides are overwhelmingly harming hundreds of species they aren't meant to affect. The ...