The New Zealand Government has a vision of becoming predator-free by 2050. The Department of Conservation (DOC) and other organisations are working together to realise this...

The green worm is greenish brown in colour. The colouration works as camouflage, helping to protect the earthworm from predators. The green worm coils stiffly when...

This unit plan shows how teacher Carol Brieseman used the online citizen science (OCS) project Identify New Zealand Animals to offer her students another way of...

Teacher Carol Brieseman incorporated the online citizen science (OCS) project Identify New Zealand Animals as part of a year 5/6 unit on ecosystems and conservation, particularly...

New Zealand’s streams, lakes, rivers and wetlands support around 54 species of native fish and around 20 species of exotic fish. Many of our native fish...

In this activity, students take on the role of a native frog, native bird or introduced mammalian predator and participate in a physically active simulation. The...

New Zealand’s native freshwater fish are unique – 51 of the 54 species are only found here in New Zealand. However, when asked to name a...

The reefs of New Zealand are noisy places, not the silent world that many of us imagine. The animals that live on reefs, such as shrimp,...

The Leigh Marine Laboratory is located 100 km north of Auckland on the edge of the Cape Rodney-Ōkakari Point Marine Reserve (commonly known as the Goat...

Scientists used ‘fake news’ to stop predators killing endangered shorebirds — and the result was remarkable. This article has been republished from The Conversation under Creative...

Predator Free 2050 is an ambitious goal to rid New Zealand of the most damaging introduced predators that threaten our nation’s natural taonga, our economy and...

Aotearoa New Zealand has a lot of cats! Forest & Bird reports we have: 1,134,000 companion cats 196,000 stray cats millions of feral cats – there’s...

New Zealand ecosystems have very high numbers of endemic species. These are species that are found in New Zealand and nowhere else. Aotearoa New Zealand separated...

Feeding relationships are often shown as simple food chains – in reality, these relationships are much more complex, and the term ‘food web’ more accurately shows...

The free Find-A-Pest app makes it easy to report and identify possible pest species. Wherever you are, you can help protect Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary industries...

Professor Alison Cree is a reproductive biologist, working in the Department of Zoology at the University of Otago. A key focus of her research is the...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Lesson 5: Evaluate: So what? Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive teaching resource...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Lesson 4: Instigate: What’s the solution? Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive teaching...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Lesson 2 and 3: Investigate: What is present? Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Inspire – overview of the resource Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive teaching...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Lesson 1: Investigate: Why do we need to help? Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? He tikanga – te reo Māori and English terms Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced...

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? Mathematics and statistics in a real context Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive...

An adult pirate bug (Orius vicinus) feeding on a psyllid nymph. Pirate bugs predate on a large variety of prey, including thrips, aphids, whiteflies, mites (including...