A new study has confirmed a whale research method has negligible impact on the majestic marine mammals – just as an exciting whale sighting off the Otago coast emphasises why this work matters.

The 2024–25 tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern breeding season has ended, marking another successful and exciting chapter in efforts to protect one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most endangered birds.

The Milford Opportunities Project (2017 to 2024) explored ways to do tourism differently at Piopiotahi and along the Milford Road corridor for the benefit of people and place.

DOC has reopened more of the popular Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, as work starts on a spectacular new suspension bridge.

A takahē and a tuatara have been filmed engaging in a bush-floor stoush in a new video captured by a quick-thinking DOC Ranger.

Planning is underway to get Hahei Beach Walk rerouted and open in time for next summer.

Improvements to the Wildlife Act passed through Parliament today ensure important development projects, such as building new solar and wind farms, continue supporting our growing economy while ...

A DOC ranger caring for a population of Powelliphanta augusta snails has for the first time caught a snail laying an egg on video.

After heavy rainfall over Easter weekend, a bridge on the Hooker Valley Track, one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations, has been closed by the Department of Conservation.

$9.2 million from DOC’s Community Fund has been awarded to 20 groups protecting threatened species and ecosystems across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Two geckos living on a predator free island off the North Canterbury coast are thought to be the oldest in the world at around 60 and 64 years.

DOC has announced that bookings for the 2025/26 season for New Zealand’s Great Walks and other huts and campsites will open in May.