Using cameras, AI and a networking system, a team in Queenstown are trialling 'smart' traps to help them battle predators in difficult-to-reach areas.

“In the 1880s New Zealand farmers unleashed ferrets to curb the rising rabbit problem. That plan backfired. The ferrets had ...

The Department of Conservation is defending its trapping methods after images of a dead kiwi in a pest trap raised questions ...

Artificial intelligence is making conservation efforts faster and easier in the fight for total pest eradication, with new traps able to tell predator from protected species.

A bill to cut the funding for the state’s nest-predator bounty program was sent to the nonexistent 41st day on Tuesday by the House Agriculture and Natural ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting ...

More than 250 animals, including foxes, raccoons, wolf-dog hybrids and coyotes, were rescued from a Cleveland-area farm. Where are the animals now?

The sewer systems of Florida are teeming with an “abundance” of alligators, racoons, and a dozen other animals using the ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting ...

To err on the side of caution, Southern Lakes Sanctuary has set the traps to only arm once the inbuilt AI recognises a target species - possums or rodents - to a confidence level of 80 percent.