Search starts for "Citizen Scientists" to tackle environmental threat posed by plastic.

DOC is hiking prices for overseas tourists, with visitors paying double on Great Walks.

COMMENT: Kiwi trampers will now bludge off their overseas fellow travellers.

They've dominated our forests for 20 million years. Now kauri are officially threatened.

They're the wiliest of our bird-killing pests. How can we possibly hope to beat the stoat?

50 years on from the Manapouri saga, NZ's laws have failed its environment, writer argues.

Nearly two years into the war, are we any closer to being rid of predators by 2050?

A 20-year DoC project in the South Island valley shows the value of pest control.

Up to 12 sperm whales have now stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

Tourism to our national parks continues to grow. Is it sustainable for our environment?

Eight sperm whales have died after becoming stranded on a South Taranaki beach.

Irresponsible dog owners responsible for deaths of two penguins at wildlife reserve.

Wiping out our predators is good for our threatened species - yet some more than others.

Scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the first Polynesian settlements in Aotearoa.

NZ has its very own population of the largest animal in the world: the blue whale.

Greens counted around $610m in Budget wins, compared to $2.8b for NZ First.

Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed

The $80 million 4-year package is part of an expected big Budget boost for conservation

Brent Thomas says he is "horrified" and is working to reach a collaborative solution.

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

More trips permitted to remote glacier than were allowed, Ombudsman finds.

Western Bay Wildlife Trust has had nearly 60 calls about dead penguins in two weeks.

Forestry companies want foreign help to reach the Govt's 1 billion trees target.

Two trampers and their rescuers have been successfully evacuated.

New guidelines to help remove barriers to fish migrating through our rivers and streams.

Hundreds of Little Blue Penguins being found dead or dying are causing great concern.

Stewart Island just declared an official breeding colony for our treasured NZ sea lion.

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

The majority of the 38 whales had stranded on a difficult sandbar.

Forest and Bird questions whether new stations will do much to stop spread of the disease.