These rare Italian bears have evolved to be surprisingly chill
Friend shaped AND friend! Credit: Wikimedia Commons Bears are one of the big victims of deforestation. As more…
Forest & Bird warns ‘herds of special interest’ deer plan a backward step
“They eat vegetation, multiply and pose a threat to habitat of native birds. Deer have done and still…
Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia
A pair of takahē birds believed to be infertile have thrilled staff at Zealandia wildlife sanctuary by unexpectedly…
Rare tara iti chicks hatch at Auckland Zoo — NZ’s rarest breeding bird
At least five tara iti chicks have hatched at Auckland Zoo, after staff successfully incubated and cared for…
Ambitious Rewilding Project for Koala and Platypus Undertaken by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo
Supplied – Taronga Conservation Society An Australian zoo credited with saving 7 native species from extinction aims to…
Their Husbands Were Killed by Tigers. Now These Women Are Restoring the Big Cat’s Threatened Habitat
Mangrove planting in the Sundarbans – credit, I-Behind-the-Ink, supplied to CNN They are called “swami khejos,” translated to…
Footage of River Otter Scurrying Through Lincoln–a Delightful Reward for Decades of Conservation Work
credit – Lincoln Council, screengrab In the dreamy old city center of Lincoln, where Tudor and Victorian buildings…
DoC tracks Muriwai gannets to map potential bird flu spread
In October, 15 gannets from the colony in West Auckland had a small tag carefully taped to their…
Rotorua’s 780-tonne lake weed disaster lays bare funding gap
A funding battle is brewing over lake weed control in Rotorua as the three-week, 780-tonne clean-up of the…
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the scientist who saved the elephants
FEW ANIMALS scare full-grown African elephants. But bees are among them. So it was to bees that Iain…
‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding
credit – Saharan Conservation Even as the final scimitar-horned oryx was felled for meat and leather on the…
Govt’s feral cat changes ‘validate’ Nelson Tasman rules
Nelson Tasman’s approach to cat control is well aligned with the Government’s move to add feral cats to…