It’s dead. Very dead, judging by the stench and the smooshed appearance of the remains – all fur, bones and black-brown gloopy stuff. A possum, maybe?

If we knock back ferrets and feral cats will rabbit numbers soar? It is a concern that’s frequently raised, particularly in farming areas where rabbit control is already an issue.

Alexandra-based Landcare Research scientist Grant Norbury found himself in the middle of Mackenzie country, syringe in hand, squirting Vaseline onto rocks. He had to laugh.

Reuben Lane enjoys the staunch, feisty characters of the seabirds he’s helping to keep safe on the South Island’s West Coast – blue penguins, Fiordland crested penguins, petrels and fairy prions.

The magnolias aren’t looking too good at Arthur Hinds’ place. His wife Diane used to complain about the damage possums were doing. But that’s not the problem nowadays.

Recently published research by Matthew Harms looks at the Maori perspective in a community-based conservation project and the role that indigenous Maori knowledge played in that project.

How do you change public behaviour - for example, persuade cat owner's to bring their pets inside? Is education the answer? Is education enough?

Scientific research often involves painstaking, meticulous measurement, sometimes repeated over a period of years before the work is completed.

Professor Phil Seddon is Director of Otago University’s Postgraduate Wildlife Management Programme and has been involved in species restoration programmes around the world.

In 2010 a proposed new wastewater system got people worried in the small, remote East Coast settlement of Mahia, located on the Mahia Peninsula, between Napier and Gisborne.

Braided river systems are rare throughout the world, but we have some superb examples in New Zealand, particularly in the Canterbury and Southland regions.

When it comes to clever, New Zealand’s alpine parrots are up there with the smartest crows, African Grey Parrots and even monkeys.

A guest editorial by Northland conservationist and author, Wade Doak. From the minute Jan and I, with our two teen kids, landed on a forest hilltop...

This week’s Friday afternoon reads looks at predator research relating to two key habitats in New Zealand – wetlands and off-shore islands.

Stoats are efficient predators. What can recent NZ research tell us about the best ways to tackle stoats?