Tag: New Zealand

Curiosity may sometimes kill the kea in New Zealand, but researchers are hoping memory retention may keep them away from poisoned baits. Kea (Nestor notabilis), a parrot species, were once...

Data from helicopter surveys of invasive Himalayan tahr that have spread through New Zealand’s Southern Alps are helping the country’s conservation agencies better manage the ungulates. Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)...

Conservationists can attract threatened terns to nesting habitat safe from invasive predators in New Zealand by deploying fake bird models and using speaker systems to play bird sounds. Black-fronted terns...

At night, in the dark forest of New Zealand’s mainland Bushy Park reserve, you might look up and see a splash of bright yellow in the trees. Pay close attention...