Conservation

Aotearoa's coastal waters are protected by more than 40 marine reserves, where it is illegal to fish, disturb or take any marine life.

Even after decades of protection, damage caused by overfishing… Audio

Jellyfish are thought to be the oldest multicellular animals on the planet! They swarm our coasts in summer and are an important part of a healthy marine ecosystem. This week's critter is the tiny but… Audio, Gallery

Old Man's Beard - it's a pest plant that grows quickly, and smothers trees to death. It's bad in Upper Hutt - but fortunately Chris Cosslett and the Upper Hutt Busters of Old Man's Beard are on the… Audio

Baby kiwis that hatched in Taupo and Rotorua are settling into their new lives on Rotoroa Island, after being granted travel exemptions to cross the South Auckland boundary.

Newborns Will, Nena… Audio

Well bird of the year is in full flight, but what about our native fish? Commercial photographer Terry Hann trades under the name The Artful Trout and he has embarked on an obsession with documenting… Audio

Hunters want to help protect the country's conservation estate, but say they need to be included in conversations about culling deer, pigs and goats.

Forest & Bird has created a series of maps from… Audio

Forest & Bird is calling for the government to urgently fund the largest deer, pig, and goat control programme New Zealand has ever seen.

Official data shows virtually all conservation land and large… Audio

Singapore's waters were once abundant with coral species, but coastal and land development have caused reefs to deplete over the years.

But a group of scientists from the National University of… Audio

If eco-warrior Jacques-Yves Cousteau was still alive today, he'd be alarmed by the state of the planet's oceans and the wild creatures in them, says Becoming Cousteau co-writer Pax Wasserman. And he'd… Audio

In 2020, in Aotearoa New Zealand, a Banks Peninsula family works to protect and survey the indigenous population of white-flippered penguins, through predator-trapping and citizen science. Video

A Bay of Plenty surfer is on a mission to encourage Kiwis to clean up their local environment when enjoying the outdoors. Audio

Ngāti Hei kaumatua Joe Davis is calling for urgent action to protect the pink maomao before it's too late. Audio

The Nature Conservancy is assessing six wetlands sites in New Zealand for their blue carbon potential. Audio

Bio-diversity is at a crossroads - can we not just stop things getting worse, but actually make them better?  Audio