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Understanding your garden birds: who is ahead of the trend this year?
8 May 2024
There’s good news for South Islanders who feel they have been missing out on seeing the boisterous, honey-eating tūī in their gardens. Results from the 2023 State of NZ Garden Birds | Te Āhua o ngā Manu o te Kāri Aotearoa have just been released and the regional long-term trend shows a rapid increas...
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First natural enemy for an invasive weed to be released in Tuvalu
30 April 2024
Tuvalu has welcomed its first ever natural enemy to control the invasive weed tamalini or leucaena (Leucaena leucocephela).
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Weed biocontrol
ANZAC gall fly release promises natural solution to weed threat
25 April 2024
A Kiwi-Australian collaboration with a difference is underway this ANZAC Day week on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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Weed biocontrol
More results from the sixth Survey of Rural Decision Makers
22 April 2024
What is the perceived relevance and trustworthiness of potential sources of advice?
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Bee informed: all the results from the 2023 Colony Loss Survey
3 April 2024
Run each year since 2015, the New Zealand Colony Loss Survey asks beekeepers across the country about how their hives have fared over the previous winter.
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Impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on ecosanctuaries
30 January 2024
Cyclone Gabrielle struck the upper North Island in February 2023 with devastating consequences for the environment. As well as impacting ecosystems and species directly, the cyclone also affected conservation infrastructure and activities.
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The naming of cats
23 November 2023
Fans of the musical [Cats] will know that the naming of cats is a difficult matter, and that cats have three different names. The same is true of cats in New Zealand – there are three types: companion or pet cats that live with people and rely on them for their welfare, stray cats that may rely only...
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LiDAR reveals real risk to wetlands
18 May 2023
For the first time in New Zealand, research has shown how remote sensing, using LiDAR, could aid improved conservation management of wetlands through better drain detection.
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Ancient diets revealed by kākāpō scats
4 April 2023
Researchers have just published the most comprehensive analysis of prehistoric kākāpō diet ever performed.
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Restoring biodiversity, beating invasive species
Historic newspaper articles shine new light on the near-extinction of kākāpo
31 March 2023
Kākāpō, the world’s only flightless parrot, once ranged throughout the forests of Aotearoa New Zealand. However, early European observers noted the bird population declining rapidly within their own lifetimes and speculated this was due to packs of feral European dogs and other mammal predators.
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