Muggy, boggy and waiting to be drained - our past opinions on wetlands have not aged well. Restoration could be vital to tackling biodiversity and climate change crises - here’s why.

Controlling introduced mammal predators can lead to an increase in native birds, lizards, and invertebrates - but could fewer predators also lead to an unwelcome increase in rabbits?

Kiwi are the most translocated bird species in New Zealand and the number of new projects and released birds are steadily increasing. We’ve been moving our kiwi around for over 100 years but could we be doing it better?

A seven-year Department of Conservation study into combined predator control methods has revealed great news for the survival of our native whio (blue ducks). 

Air travel could be with bird diseases to kakapo, takahe and other endangered species on their remote sanctuary islands.

Could moa have once lived on Rakiura/Stewart Island? Science has had little to say about moa living on Rakiura up until now.

It seems the Maud Island frog, our odd little endemic amphibian, might not be quite as dedicated to a ground-hugging life as experts have believed.

A recent study on the recovery of forest birds after longterm predator control and eradication shows that toutouwai benefitted hugely

Weka don’t tend to be the first bird chosen for reintroduction in recovering habitats.

Untangling the whakapapa of our kiwi can be more complicated than you might think – and appearances can sometimes be deceptive.

Kererū (kukupa) are big, beautiful and often unintentionally comic birds that are easily recognised, even when flying.

If you’ve ever found a longhaul airline flight gruelling, spare a thought for those expert longhaulers, bar-tailed godwits, currently departing for Alaska.

Short-tailed bats are the main pollinators of New Zealand’s only fully parasitic flowering plant – the wood rose (Dactylanthus taylorii).

The ancestors of Māori brought the kiore across the Pacific in their waka and early Māori developed several types of ingenious rat traps to catch them.

A common way to monitor what insects or lizards are around, is to use a live-capture pitfall trap which ground-based insects then fall into.