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Island Conservation
After three weeks on Antipodes Island, the monitoring team heads back to the mainland as Island Conservation, Million Dollar Mouse, and partners patiently await the outcome of our conservation efforts. By: Finlay Cox After 23 days on the Antipodes Island the final days of the outcome monitoring trip are here. We are packing up the hut […]
Pest control is saving more than just the Kiwi: species that haven’t been seen for years are reappearing in New Zealand’s forests. Ann Graeme shares inspiring stories of native birds, plants, and insects that have returned after community conservation for a different species – “The Lazarus Effect.” By: Ann Graeme It rained in the night. My pack […]
The Million Dollar Mouse confirmation team, including three detection dogs, heads off to Antipodes in hopes of finding a mouse-free island. The monitoring team met at the Southern Island Quarantine Store, where our gear including personal gear, monitoring equipment and food, was quarantined by DOC staff. The team comprises 7 staff monitoring for mice and […]
WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually […]
The result of one of the most complex island mouse eradication projects ever undertaken will be known in a few short weeks. Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is accompanying a Department of Conservation-led Million Dollar Mouse monitoring team heading to Antipodes Island group in the New Zealand subantarctic. The monitoring team will begin the month-long assessment […]
After 18 long months, the wait is finally over. A team is heading back to Antipodes Island to discover the outcome of the Million Dollar Mouse project. Million Dollar Mouse is one of the largest-ever attempts to eradicate mice anywhere in the world. Mice can be voracious predators, and with Antipodes Island being internationally recognised […]
Nigel, the world’s loneliest seabird has passed away, but conservationists are hopeful that his legacy will live on as the Gannet colony on Mana Island grows. Two miles off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island lies Mana Island, which, for the past three years, was home to a lonely bird named Nigel. Nigel spent […]
Uninhabited islands in New Zealand, such as Tiritiri Matangi, are offering wildlife the protection they need to thrive. Just hop on a 75-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland, New Zealand and you will end up on an unspoiled island home to 87 different species of birds. Tiritiri Matangi is one of several of New Zealand’s […]
Evidence of an invasive rat on wildlife sanctuary Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand has conservationists, dogs, and scientists working together to remove the threat to native species. Can a single rat on an island really be that bad? When the island is home to at-risk species, the answer is YES. Tiritiri Matangi is an island […]
First-of-its-kind seabird survey in Auckland, New Zealand has been published, offering insight into seabird conservation needs. Native wildlife of New Zealand have been coping with invasive species ever since humans first arrived on the island nation’s shores. While it is people that are responsible for the presence of invasive species in New Zealand, it is […]