Conservation

The endangered sparrow-sized mohua appears to be gaining a foothold on Blumine Island.

Holiday-makers are being asked to help control a pest ant that can kill native insects, lizards and newborn chicks.

The Japanese organisation overseeing whaling operations in the Southern Ocean says it stands by a deal to avoid confrontation with Sea Shepherd.

One of the calves born at Auckland Zoo on New Year's Eve survived, but the other had to be euthanised.

Conservation group Sea Shepherd has found four Japanese whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, but is still looking for the Nisshin Maru.

China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, its government has announced.

The sleek, speedy cheetah is rapidly heading towards extinction according to a new study into declining numbers.

A new campaign is under way to combat the heavy wasp population in Nelson-Tasman.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal on whether the Ruataniwha irrigation project can go ahead in Hawke's Bay.

The reintroduction of kōkako into pristine NorthTaranaki bush is being jeopardised by a proposed upgrade to State Highway 3, conservationists say.

The Marshall Islands has announced a plan to put some of its income from tuna towards conservation and climate adaptation.

Four tourism leaders have put forward the possibility of privatising New Zealand's Great Walks, which lost more than $3 million last year. Audio

A rare native gecko has been returned to Otago after being smuggled out of the country three years ago.

Alastair Judkins is a penguin hunter - and his secret weapon is a 'super nose', a dog called Mena. Alison Ballance joins them on a little penguin search in Wellington.

Avian diptheria has killed one in three yellow-eyed penguin chicks in the two colonies on the Moeraki Peninsula.