These insects, which include exotic disease-carrying mosquitoes, were intercepted at sea and air ports around New Zealand as part of a surveillance programme to protect New Zealand’s health. Data from ...

Is the financially stretched Department of Conservation best to lead the country’s cooperative mission to eradicate pests by 2050?

A US bee health group is working on a "varroacide" to defeat the pest A New Zealand beekeeper says the worst effects of varroa mite were over in two years Beekeepers losing hives to euthanasia ...

On a hilltop overlooking New Zealand's lush Whanganui River, Dan Steele is thinking about the future. Not just his future or ...

Leghold traps, commonly used in the fur trade but also sometimes in pest control, don’t kill animals outright. New Zealand law requires they be checked every 12 hours so the animal can be ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the ...