Move aside Fortnite: can games teach us to care for native species?
Games aren’t just entertainment – it turns out the right ones can also teach us about conservation and looking after nature. Gaming and play specialist…
What if there were giant sponges that could mop up carbon, floods, and house native species?
Muggy, boggy and waiting to be drained – our past opinions on wetlands have not aged well. Wetland restoration could be vital to tackling biodiversity…
Day in the life: installing a trap network in an ancient forest
Come behind the scenes with predator free apprentices Aidan and Jamie at Mammalian Corrections Unit (MCU) as they help establish an intensive trap network in…
As native birds flee to high ground to escape predators, will they have enough food to survive?
As climate change and introduced mammals push native birds into higher mountain forests researchers at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research wondered if there was enough…
5 insights from women in conservation
The gender gap in conservation is no secret — fewer than 30 percent of the world’s researchers are women. In celebration of International Women’s Day, we…
Who invented DOC traps?
How did an oil painter, bird-lover, and rock drummer come to invent one of the most well-known and widely used humane kill traps in Aotearoa…
Cracking into a career in conservation
Experienced predator control specialists are in hot demand, and we’ll need even more to successfully achieve the Predator Free NZ vision. The Predator Free Apprentice…
Naked & Afraid: help birds during moulting season
As birds lose their old feathers to make way for new healthy ones, they are stressed, vulnerable and grumpy. What can you do about it?…
A day in the life of a predator ecologist
Out in the field traversing rugged rocky slopes or in the research lab analysing data, no day is the same for Maggie Nichols, a predator…
A cupful of water reveals native and pest species
Scientists are using genetic material sampled from waterways to discover populations of rare species, indicate river health and solve environmental mysteries. You’ve heard of forensic…
Step, cycle and swing your way to predator free
Every weekend, thousands of us find our fun by trudging up mountains or hurtling down them on bikes. Others play a round of golf or…
Protecting fluffballs: what it takes to save nesting ōi
Tucked into cliff burrows vulnerable little fluff-balls are living alone, visited once a week by their parents for feeding. These ōi (grey-faced petrel) babies won’t…
Most read posts of 2022
From possum nightclubs to garden transformations, these were the most popular stories published by Predator Free New Zealand Trust this year. 1. It’s business time:…
Cat catastrophe: The final frontier – managing feral cats
Part 3 of our series Cat catastrophe: Why are we behind Australia in managing cats? Cats are the eighth-most populous species in the world and…
Top backyard wildlife encounters of 2022
We present a completely subjective, non-exhaustive, contestable list of the top backyard wildlife encounters of 2022. Predator control, responsible pet ownership and native planting are…
