Big bird: Kererū crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year
Humble kererū beats out the kākāpō and kakī to win Bird of the Year competition.
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Shocking pictures show how endangered sharks are being impaled to protect tourists.
DiCaprio's beach is closed indefinitely
One of Thailand's most famous beaches has been closed indefinitely to prevent damage.
Scotland: Local sentiment stacks up against tourist stone piles
Cleanup to remove pyramids of stones on Unesco-listed beaches and on the Isle of Skye.
40 per cent of young turtles killed by ocean plastic
Plastic pollution threatens sea turtle population, who mistake rubbish for food.
Yellow-eyed penguin chick euthanised after suffering severe flipper injury
The chick attracted attention for its speedy trek up the coast of the South Island.
World-famous kākāpō Sirocco reappears
New Zealand's "spokesbird for conservation" has been found after being lost for two years.
Major conservation blow: Kakapo dies from heat stress
The unseasonably dry weather claims its first casualty.
Farmers to fence off waterways - Greens
A Green Party policy would require all farmers to fence off rivers, lakes, waterways and wetlands from stock with a buffer zone for vegetation by mid-2017.
Dolphin adopts new calf
A bottlenose dolphin thought to have lost its calf has adopted a baby of another species.
Greens focus on cleaning up rivers
The Green Party is aiming to make every river in New Zealand clean enough to swim in.
Whalers turn to conservation
A group of former whalers are lending their hand to humpback conservation efforts in the Cook Strait.
Protest banners at party conference
Anti-oil exploration protesters have put up banners in Wellington ahead of the National Party's Annual Conference.
Iconic elephant killed by poachers
Satao, one of Kenya’s largest elephants, has died after being shot by poachers using poisoned arrows.
DoC accord will fund new projects
An accord committing the Department of Conservation to maintaining the gains made by a privately backed environmental group has been signed in Nelson today.