Search results for: "rodents"
Zeroing in – toxic rodents lure last stoats
While 1080 operations and trapping networks remove most introduced predators from an area, getting the remaining animals is a challenge. The last stoats can be particularly elusive as they avoid traps and toxins.
Detecting rodents during a food glut
If there are only a few remaining rats or mice in a plentiful habitat, are they really going to be interested in your detection apparatus?
Would summer eradication of rodents work for Auckland Island?
Approximately one-third of New Zealand’s islands are now free of all invasive mammals. Could the pigs, cats and mice on Auckland Island be next?
Beyond birds: 5 things that benefit from predator control
Predator control in New Zealand is one of the ways we can bring birds and many other species back from the threat of extinction.
Buzz off: 7 facts about wasps
When you think of “introduced predators”, what comes to mind? Probably feral cats, rats and stoats. Wasps are introduced predators too.
5 super cool backyard wildlife encounters of 2023
An entirely subjective and contestable compilation of wonderful wildlife encounters in 2023 — all unfolding right in people's gardens.
A glimmer of hope for Archey’s frog survival in Waikato
Archey’s frogs survived the comet that decimated the dinosaurs - but this walnut-sized pekeketua (frog) is close to extinction on our watch. Could rat control be its saving grace?
What’s on the menu? 5 lures that aren’t peanut butter
Peanut butter not attracting predators like it used to? Let's shake things up with five lures that’ll make your trap the hottest dining spot.
A dreamy new takahē book hits the shelves
Conservation success stories don’t get much more dramatic than the takahē. Takahē: Bird of Dreams covers 75 years of takahē conservation.
Tackling Fiordland: DOC calls in apprentice backup
In a daring expedition on the high seas, predator free apprentice duo Aidan Braid and Jamie Hickling tackled coastal trapping head-on in Fiordland.
All go in the garden city: predator free groups rewild Ōtautahi
Imagine if you could redesign your town or city. Would you fill it with concrete and cars or native bush and birds?
Fenced sanctuaries
Fenced sanctuaries have made a significant contribution to conservation in New Zealand.
History of eradication
Predator Free Aotearoa history goes back further than the 2050 goal announced in 2016 with eradication efforts starting as early as 1964.
Communities unite to rebuild predator control efforts after cyclone
Communities from cyclone-hit areas are amongst those receiving funding to rebuild their predator control efforts.
A day in the life of a predator ecologist
Traversing rugged rocky slopes or in the research lab analysing data, no day is the same for Maggie Nichols, a predator ecologist.
