From wild nests to the Auckland Zoo, the rarest bird in New Zealand just wrapped up its breeding season — and it was a ...

The announcement was made during Mr. Potaka’s visit to the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust near Christchurch, a ...

Lisa Flanagan / New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP The video was taken at a facility on the South Island's West Coast, where conservation rangers ...

New Zealand has recorded more than 5,000 whale strandings since 1840. The largest pilot whale stranding was of an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the Department ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ... In 2011, some 800 of the snails accidentally died in a Department of Conservation refrigerator with faulty temperature control.

Malcolm Pullman New Zealand Department of Conservation “Post-breeding season monitoring recorded 50 individual tara iti (up from 33 individuals last season), including 28 adults, nine sub-adults ...

A total of 40 tīeke, or saddlebacks, were reintroduced to Rakitū Island on Aotearoa (New Zealand)’s northeast coast, according to a June 11 news release from the Department of Conservation.

The “unusual” Nelson cave spider is an ancient species and New Zealand’s largest native spider with legs over 5 inches long, according to officials.

Rakitū Island, New Zealand, sees tīeke return after 60 years. Saddleback conservation efforts succeed as native habitats recover from invasive species.

A total of 40 tīeke, or saddlebacks, were reintroduced to Rakitū Island on Aotearoa (New Zealand)’s northeast coast, according to a June 11 news release from the Department of Conservation.

One of the organisations partnering with DOC to do something about this decline is the New Zealand Nature Fund. It has ...