Conservation

Leisa Elliott's property may look "derelict" but it still brings her joy, she says.

After a mammoth rescue effort, inquiries are being made into how the animals ended up roaming free in the Scottish Highlands.

It is an offence under the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 to disturb, harass, harm, injure or kill a sperm whale.

Many seabirds are classified as absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.

Dead pilot whales found this morning were from an earlier stranding, and not part of the pod of eight refloated this week, DOC says. Audio

Conservationists are bringing endangered skinks back to the dryland wilderness of Central Otago.

Two of the 10 whales have died but rescuers have managed to refloat the rest. Audio

From cliff-scaling skinks to takahē on tramping tracks.

Parts of Papatoetoe and Māngare will have movement restrictions in place for at least a fortnight as the search for more oriental fruit flies continues.

The little birds have been largely absent for 30 years - but seem to be making a comeback.

Thousands of leaflets and 300 special response bins have gone out as the agency works to eradicate the insect.

Biosecurity NZ says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland.

The push is part of the groups wider project that aims to make the entire Wellington region pest free.

A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska's common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found.

From the puzzles of our mind to the deep sea and the far-flung subantarctic islands, these podcast episodes have explored our changing world in 2024.