An average of 33 Nelson cave spiders were counted in “Crazy Paving Cave” in 2025, up from eight in 2022, according to officials. Photo by Sebastian Doak shared by New Zealand's Department of ...

Here's what you need to know as the countries seal population grows and fur pups turn up in all sorts of odd places.

Victoria University students and new Department of Conservation scholarship recipients Amy Norris, left, and Jennifer Alderton-Moss, talk with Conservation Minister Kiri Allan via video link ...

A fire that destroyed nearly 600ha of native bush in Canterbury’s Craigieburn Forest Park was deliberately lit by youths on a ...

DOC workers are making a stand - saying they will "work to rule" in the future.Garry Holz / Not-For-Syndication OPINION: This week is conservation week, a week to celebrate our successes in ...

In a Cabinet paper, the Government indicated it may minimise legal fees it will pay to support survivors to seek redress.

Two international ocean science and policy meetings this month have called on nations to be more ambitious in their efforts to protect and restore marine ecosystems.

To protect the Auckland icons unique nature, 1,012 wilding pines have been removed from the island in a five-week, ground ...

This steep New Zealand hike has you meandering through forests, climbing a mountain and watching dolphins glide by.

Foster Park will play host to HIIT for Hope in November this year - a mass-participation workout that aims to break the ...

A new study has confirmed a whale research method has negligible impact on the majestic marine mammals - just as an exciting whale sighting off the ...

Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...