Traveller declared a bat's head at Auckland Airport, saying his family had eaten the rest.

Farmers to be told of infected neighbouring properties

An algae species that creates mucus-like lake snot has likely now spread to Lake Taupo.

COMMENT: When it comes to biosecurity it's in national interest to stay calm and clinical.

Border patrol dogs' plush new kennels include pool, toilets. / Greg Bowker

New Zealand's biosecurity detector dogs have a plush new 80-kennel home

What has emerged from debate over M. Bovis is that NZ has been let down by authorities.

Aggressive invaders will eat native crabs' food. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

To put the proposed M.Bovis cattle cull in context, we killed 4.2 million cattle in 2017.

EDITORIAL: The Cabinet faced an invidious decision on the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

Cabinet today to decide on the weapon for cattle disease fight but army is divided.

Will culling continue? Government decision tomorrow on M. Bovis cattle disease

M. Bovis will not stop the annual movement of farmers and their cattle

Government won't reveal how much of the M. bovis costs farmers will cover.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be answering media questions from 4.15pm.

The Govt has not yet given up hope of eradicating M. Bovis from farms.

COMMENT: Eradicating disease is a costly exercise but it's certainly worth trying.

Comment: Ministry has been open and honest on efforts to halt or control serious disease.

EDITORIAL: A rethink of the way cows are managed is required to deal with outbreak.

COMMENT: Taxpayer bailout undeserved after rural misuse of the Nait scheme.

COMMENT: Farmers should have acted sooner but MPI should have too.

Following EU's ban on neonicotinoid pesticides would cause headaches for NZ, experts say.

Fly-overs reveal hundreds of new sites possibly infected with kauri dieback disease.

Sir David Attenborough wants NZ and Oz to document all species before it's too late.

More than 8000 vehicles have been sent back from Auckland's port due to a stinky problem

A report from the front line in campaign to keep the brown marmorated stink bug out of NZ.

COMMENT: Council has made a brave decision on kauri dieback. Now it has to make it work.

Myrtle rust has spread south and an ecologist says its incursion is a hard lesson for NZ.

They bother us, sting us and plague our environment. Is there hope in wiping out the wasp?

DOC is working to find out if there is a stoat on Motutapu, Rangitoto or Motuihe.