For decades, New Zealand has tried to reduce the populations of destructive, non-native predators. Now the country has a more ambitious goal: eliminating invasive rats, stoats and possums by 2050.

New Zealand has long waged war against invasive species, a mantle vigorously embraced by the hunting contest, held in the tiny town of Rotherham in June.

But modern members of New Zealand's largest invasive species (that's humans) are woke enough to see the havoc their ancestors wrought. On July 25, ...

Major Push Against Pests. New Zealand is waging a battle against invasive pests that the country says is costing the local economy around NZ$3.3 billion ($2.3 billion) annually.

The venomous noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) has officially established itself in New Zealand, with confirmed sightings across multiple regions. Originating from the Canary Islands, this ...

Not all invasive species must be fought back using electrified barriers, natural enemies imported from afar, campaigns to turn them into food, or other, often pricey means. IE 11 is not supported.

Since the 1990s, New Zealand has steadily made progress on clearing invasive species from its subantarctic islands – including the removal of rats, mice, rabbits, cats goats and stoats (a small ...

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The invasive New Zealand mud snail has been discovered in Lake Tahoe. It’s unclear how this Kiwi species wound up in the cobalt blue waters of the Sierra Nevada.

The Invasive Species Council said deer had doubled their range in Australia since 2002 and were now found in every state and territory, trampling and overgrazing vegetation.

The Antipodes had a mouse problem. But no more. New Zealand, which owns the subantarctic archipelago, says its years-long effort to rid the rodents has finally paid off. "This is huge news for ...