Nick Foster talks about his research on the movement and habitat use of hedgehogs in upland areas.

Hedgehogs were introduced to make British settlers feel at home. The impact they have on native species is now only just being understood. 

A 1080 operation in the Blue Mountains, West Otago, not only controlled rats, stoats and possums but also had an impact on mice and hedgehogs.

An entirely subjective and contestable compilation of wonderful wildlife encounters in 2023 — all unfolding right in people's gardens.

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To survive and succeed in the wild, every meal an introduced predator eats has to be worth the effort and energy it takes to obtain it.

Pests are more widespread and harder to remove than is commonly assumed. Absence of captures after an operation does not necessarily indicate success.

What do we know about New Zealand’s mangroves? Not nearly as much as we know about our forests and many other habitats.

Invertebrates have been found in 10-30% of cat guts and scats in the Mackenzie Basin, suggesting rare grasshoppers, could be vulnerable to mammal predators.

Last term Lynmore School in Rotorua took delivery of 10 rescue hens. “It was pretty cool,” says teacher Andrew Doyle.

When Sam Staley went to the Defence Force’s Tekapo Military Training Area to run the Military Camp and Training Area, one of the tasks at the time was pest control.

Not every species can be saved by moving it to a predator free island. It has helped the black robin - but it won’t help the black-fronted tern. Islands simply don’t have the habitat that the terns need to breed.

Rats are quick and nimble. Snails... not so much. So our native snails are very much at the mercy of introduced rats, should rats choose to eat them.

Calling all Cantabrians and Southlanders – and any other South Islanders living near or exploring the region’s many braided river systems.

Habitat modification – what’s good for native wildlife and what isn’t? Weta can thrive, living in the crevices provided by large introduced trees.