The Latest Breaking News from Department of Conservation

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say

No attempts made to refloat the beached whales due to danger of shark attacks and so few people on islands.

A government agency has been instructed to crack down on an out-of-control rabbit population that is decimating lakeside land.

There were thought to be as few as 5000 of NZ's tiny Archey's frogs, but new eyebrow-raising research published by multinational minerals company OceanaGold says there are more than 50 mill

A resident of Cable Bay, in the far north of New Zealand, had initially brushed off the smell of the penguins as being attributable to a dead possum but it was actually a huge pile of dead birds

Official documents reveal the Conservation Department’s new boss walked straight into a budget crisis

An environmental criminologist tapes off Transmission Gully as a crime scene

Glimpsing Bambi through the trees might be a thrill for townie and deerstalker alike, but as hungry deer multiply, native flora and fauna suffer - and Covid is partly to blame.