Pests
Understanding NZ’s Rats to Better Combat Them
Rats pose a significant threat to New Zealand’s biodiversity due to their greedy appetites, rapid breeding rates, and destructive foraging behaviours. As invasive species, rats prey on native birds...
The History of Aotearoa New Zealand's Birdsong
Tectonic forces separated Aotearoa New Zealand from the supercontinent Gondwana about 80 million years ago. Since then, isolated from other plants and animals by ocean, New Zealand’s flora and faun...
Aotearoa New Zealand's Introduced Mammal Pests
The History of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Introduced Mammal Pests Rats Pacific rats (also known as Kiore and Rattus exulans) were brought to New Zealand by Polynesian settlers in the 13th century. The ...
