Trapping is being stepped up on Adele Island to protect its native wildlife after a stoat was found dead in a trap on the Abel Tasman National Park island sanctuary. A Department of Conservation stoat ...

It's well-known that Aotearoa New Zealand's native ecosystems are under threat from introduced pest predators such as rats, cats, possums and stoats. Trapping efforts, such as those undertaken by ...

Prefer us on Google A stoat is believed to have swum to a predator free sanctuary in the Marlborough Sounds. Department of Conservation said a trail camera captured an image of a stoat in July and ...

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native mammals have wreaked havoc on indigenous birds and voles since their arrival on the ...

Brad Windust is co-founder, trustee and volunteer for Bay Bush Action trust doing pest control in the Opua State Forest. Recently, photos emerged of a kiwi caught in a DoC200 stoat trap. It prompted ...

Wildlife officials in New Zealand are breathing a sigh of relief after capturing a stoat — a small but deadly predator — on Blumine Island, a sanctuary long maintained as predator-free. According to ...

New research offers hope for saving orange-fronted parakeets (kakariki), whio (blue duck) and mohua (yellowhead) from extinction. Operation Ark, an emergency response plan to stoat and rat plagues, ...

Stoats have been an existential threat to Orkney’s rare birds but technology is helping to eradicate them At first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its ...

Imagine a murderous sausage with legs. Give it a heartbeat up to 300 beats per minute and a need to consume a third of its weight daily just to survive. What have you got? A weasel. Lesser known than ...