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.

Warmer weather could make us prone to more foreign, disease-carrying mosquitos.

The green algae, used in fish tanks and terrariums, is a threat to our waterways.

Britain's top privacy watchdog gets a warrant to search the offices of Cambridge Analytica

A million sterile codling moths are opening export doors. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Officials are intercepting more brown marmorated stink bugs and we should all be worried.

Fungus can adversely affect myrtle species, including pohutukawa, manuka and kanuka.

Harri the galah has left New Zealand and will be reunited with her family on Sunday.

For the first time in NZ, hundreds of Japan’s Honshu white admiral butterflies have been successfully reared as a biocontrol agent for Japanese honeysuckle. Credit: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

Forest and Bird say Auckland Council's part closure of Waitakeres is confusing people.

Following a string of major incursions, Professor Travis Glare discusses NZ's biosecurity.

Virus will be pitted against pathogen in a new effort to help our hard-working honeybees.

"I'm standing here like 'Why am I the nominated one here, it's not even my bag'," she said

EDITORIAL: Valuable primary sector requires protection, at border and inside farm gate.

COMMENT: Government should develop a new, properly funded incentives programme.

Minister will consider a Controlled Area Notice that could restrict access to Waitakeres

It may be impossible to defeat a pathogen threatening several cherished native species.

Myrtle rust detected in Hutt Valley, days after fungal plant disease found in Auckland.

Groups are at odds over whether visitors should be shut out of the Waitakere Ranges.

Council to consider closing the Waitakere Ranges to visitors over kauri-killing disease.

More air passengers are trying to sneak through items that could bring disease into NZ.

A scientist discusses mosquito-borne diseases that could come here with climate change.

We look at 10 of the most exciting new science projects just awarded Marsden Fund grants.

Not so fast, Ministry of Primary Industries warns amateur gardeners over banned seeds..

New lineages of kiwifruit-killing disease Psa could emerge in the future, researcher says.

MPI will display 3D holograms of known biosecurity risks to NZ at Auckland Airport.

A tiny, hard-to-detect, worm-like pest can survive in dry soil for at least three years.

Where do political parties stand on conservation, biosecurity and genetic engineering?