Introduced pests

Biological control or biocontrol is the use of one organism to control the numbers of another.

The New Zealand Government has a vision of becoming predator-free by 2050. The Department of Conservation (DOC) and other organisations...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Lesson 2 and 3: Investigate: What is present?

Aotearoa New Zealand faces a wicked problem – do we kill introduced pests or do we allow them to kill...

New Zealand has a very small number of poisonous and venomous animals. The grey side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) is...

Predator Free 2050 is an ambitious goal to rid New Zealand of the most damaging introduced predators that threaten our...

Some of those opposed to the use of 1080 poison to control pests say it’s ‘un-Māori’. Tame Malcolm unpacks these...