The Great Lakes-St Lawrence River basin is the world's most invaded freshwater system. Ballast water release from transoceanic shipping is deemed responsible for 65% of invasions in the basin since t....

Invasive gold clams found near NZ Steel’s Glenbrook mill spark iwi fears for the mauri of ancestral waters. Authorities probe pipelines, await eDNA results, and assess spread risks

The introduction of invasive species can have profound impacts on ecosystems, especially where endemic species have evolved in isolation. However, determining the influence of invasive species on nati...

Rotifers perform key functions in aquatic food webs and respond to environmental changes, thus providing sensitive indicators of water quality. However, rotifers are small, highly diverse, and diffic...

Hundreds of goldfish, turtles and other pests are being pulled from a popular park's lake to be euthanised.

You've probably all heard of Bird of the Year, but Bug of the Year might be new to you. Much like the name suggests, it is a competition pitting critters against each other. (Yes, we know the word "bu...

DoC has euthanised three mallards from Lake Alexandrina to stop copycat attacks.

Gold clams can form carpets of up to 10,000 clams per square metre.

Taranaki Regional Council said it was unknown how the clams got into the lake, but the focus now was making sure they did not spread to other Taranaki lakes or rivers.

Possums destroy native species. But what is unwanted here is a taonga across the Tasman. Help us gather and prepare possum pelts for Aboriginal communities to use, all while restoring biodiversity at ...