Doing the sums – what are the best predator control options?
Research and innovation mean that the options for helping out our native species are increasing all the time. First, there were small, predator-free island sanctuaries,…
North Island robins are taking off at Puketoki
Puketoki Reserve is virgin low-altitude podocarp forest in the Whakamarama area (between Katikati and Tauranga). It was set aside for the people of the Tauranga…
Possums and more possums – is a fur trade the answer?
Possums – those cute Aussie furballs are decimating New Zealand forests – so why don’t we just develop our fur industry and make money from…
Weta, wrens and other rare beasties
It’s not easy counting weta on a steep mountainside in the middle of the night. One of Colin O’Donnell’s main research interests is alpine fauna…
Research takes the long view on native species
Scientific research often involves painstaking, meticulous measurement, sometimes repeated over a period of years before the work is completed – then it has to be…
Batty behaviour intrigues scientists
Many of New Zealand’s native wildlife species are not only unique, they’re downright weird. Take our singing short-tailed bats for example. Auckland University researchers Cory…
Phil Seddon – profiling predators in revealing detail
Professor Phil Seddon is Director of Otago University’s Postgraduate Wildlife Management Programme and has been involved in species restoration programmes around the world. He currently…
Trojan Possums – are they the next step?
It’s called the Trojan Female Technique and it’s involves a mutation in females that makes all their male offspring infertile. Because it is a gene,…
Detecting predators – can you count on chew-track-cards and WaxTags?
Fundamental to a well-managed pest control programme is detecting what predators you have and monitoring the changes in abundance as your trapping regime progresses. Leg…
Advocacy and active predator control on the Coromandel
When a small group of Coromandel locals got together in 2000, wanting to do something for the environment, they could little have imagined the sheer…
Learn how to get the most out of your Goodnature traps (webinar)
Robbie Van Dam from Goodnature discusses their automatic self resetting traps. You will learn: how to use the traps in the most effective way (for different…
Learn how to get the most out of your DOC trapping series (webinar)
Darren Peters from the Department of Conservation discusses the DOC series of traps (150, 200 and 250). You can expect to learn: how to use…
New ways to combat possums
Rest assured, New Zealand’s scientific community are beavering away to find new and better ways to combat possums. These are just a few of the…
Secrets of Mangarakau Wetlands revealed
There’s something rather special about wetlands – and not just because they’re becoming increasingly rare. There is an air of secrets and mystery, of strangeness…
Friday afternoon reads… island recovery
For thousands of New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic mice, their sojourn on the Antipodes is almost over. Endemic beetle and moth populations will finally get a chance…
