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

New Zealand has a problem with animal species that were introduced to the country by European settlers hundreds of years ago ...

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 ...

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 ...

12/11/2024 December 11, 2024 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 ...

New Zealand was isolated for more than 80 million years, and ended up with a strange crew of castaway creatures. It never originally had mammals like rodents or stoats, so evolution was able to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images / Photography by Linda Lyon Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native mammals have wreaked havoc on ...