New Zealand has a problem with animal species that were introduced to the country by European settlers hundreds of years ago: feral cats, rats, stoats and possums. They are thriving and threatening ...

It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”— will it actually work?

New Zealand turns to traps and technology in an ambitious program to rid the country of furry predators threatening native birds and industry. Photo: AP and iStock ...

New Zealand makes predator-free by 2050 vow NZ's war on stoats, rats and possums Why New Zealand is releasing a rabbit-killing virus The task ahead appears truly Herculean, but Jessi Morgan from ...

A stoat that swam across Whangārei Harbour looking for love on predator-free island was no doubt disappointed when he got ...

Stoat dog Tikanga and handler Lo recently tried to track down a stoat on Matakohe-Limestone Island. A stoat that swam across Whangārei Harbour looking for love on predator-free island was no ...

Orkney has a stoat problem, and Macca the Fox Terrier has been flown in from New Zealand to help get rid of them. It is the first time in the UK a dog has been used for the task. Stoats are native ...

The Predator Free New Zealand Trust is bringing three free conservation events to the Bay of Plenty this month featuring ...

For the past quarter century, a remote corner of southwest New Zealand has provided a predator-free sanctuary for threatened species, including the world’s only flightless parrot and a lizard ...