When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...

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 ...

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 ...

If some of those animals were unfamiliar to you, you're not alone. I had never heard of a kagu before, and I had to look up a bit more information about the blue grey bird native ...

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 ...

The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered in velvety blue colouration and orange spots, is estimated to have been ...

If you love scales, spiders and sharks, good news: following a year of work and renovations, one of the biggest museums in ...