Conservation

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.

At the Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin, conservation staff have been running around the bush covered in mud on a kiwi harvest. Audio

The Environmental Protection Authority has pledged to publish previously redacted information about a major mining project on its website as soon as it can.

Activists have won the right to see hundreds of blacked-out pages of information about a proposed seabed mining operation in Taranaki.

A south Auckland stream riddled with rubbish just six months ago has won the title of the country's most improved stream.

A proposed expansion of the country's biggest goldmine would kill thousands of protected lizards, DOC says.

A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media.

Insight - In India, some villagers pay a high price for living next to protected wildlife. Is conflict inevitable and is it getting worse? Lynn Freeman reports. Audio

Hundreds of snow leopards are being killed by poachers every year across the high mountain ranges of Asia, according to a new report.

A scientific survey of Māui's dolphin numbers has found only 63 adults remained in New Zealand waters.

A kiwi chick has hatched from a badly damaged egg with the help of masking tape and a number eight wire mentality.

A giant panda believed to have been the oldest ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38.