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Antipodes Island and the Successful Million Dollar Mouse Project

Watch the transformation of Antipodes Island as the New Zealand Department of Conservation shares the complexities and successes of the Million Dollar Mouse Project. On the Sub-antarctic Island of Antipodes, invasive mice were the only introduced predators and their presence was considered by conservationists and researchers to be a threat to native and endemic species. […]

Written by on September 12, 2018

Million Dollar Mouse Trailer Live Now

Watch the challenges and the success of the Million Dollar Mouse project unfold in the upcoming film produced by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The Antipodes Islands are home to a wide variety of sea and land bird species including the Antipodes Snipe, Antipodes Parakeet, and the Antipodean Wandering Albatross, one of the largest flying […]

Written by on September 6, 2018

South Island Kōkako: Wanted Alive

New Zealand offers $10,000 prize for photographic evidence of the Possibly Extinct South Island Kōkako, also known as the “Grey Ghost.” There may be a ghost on New Zealand’s South Island and the South Island Kōkako Charitable Trust recently doubled the reward for photographic evidence to $10,000. The last confirmed sightings of the South Island […]

Written by on May 4, 2017