Six rangers and 472 feral cat traps stand between the pukunui (southern NZ dotterel) and oblivion.

The Kea Conservation Trust is urging people carrying out ground-based predator control in kea habitat to take extra precautions to avoid injury or death.

Rowan Nicholson has been there for moments few have witnessed: nocturnal mating of ruru (morepork) and the wide-eyed wonder of newly hatched chicks.

What comes to mind when you think of a gull? Noisy seaside neighbours? Picnic scavengers? How about declining species?

With 33 chicks fledging, 2024 is a record equalling breeding season for northern royal albatross at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula.

You might not know of matuku-hūrepo (Australasian bittern) – with fewer than 1,000 living in New Zealand, they’re rarer than whio or hoiho.

With golden beaches and emerald forests, Rakiura (Stewart Island) has been called “a piece of the primeval world” and is home to many wildlife wonders.

From looking for love to international adventures, here are five fascinating ways New Zealand wildlife spend their winter months.

All kiwi are not the same. There are five distinct species, each with quirks, characteristics… and threats. Erin Reilly from Save the Kiwi explains.

What if the solution to restore our native forests more effectively, efficiently, and cheaply has been flying around us all along?

No matter how small, you can always make your backyard more attractive to native birdlife by providing food, water, shelter, and nesting places/materials. 

When the sun goes down, a whole new world wakes up in the native forest subdivision of Mahakirau.

Predator control in New Zealand is one of the ways we can bring birds and many other species back from the threat of extinction.

Research suggests our friendly and curious kakaruwai (South Island robin) might be losing their bold personalities in the presence of introduced predators.

Comic from illustrator Andrew James, explains the difference predator control makes for geckos and skinks inside a sanctuary.