It's well-known that Aotearoa New Zealand's native ecosystems are under threat from introduced pest predators such as rats, cats, possums and stoats. Trapping efforts, such as those undertaken by ...

Natural predators like birds, beetles and bugs might be an effective alternative to pesticides, keeping crop-devouring pests populations down while boosting crop yields, researchers said Wednesday.

In a Puerto Rican coffee farm, researchers uncovered a web of chaotic interactions between three ant species and a predator fly, revealing how shifting dominance patterns make pest management ...

Anticoagulant rodenticides used to kill rats and mice can move up the food chain when predators eat poisoned prey. Small wild ...

Potaka said the government is strengthening predator control measures to reduce those threats and help protect species that ...

I've long been interested in ways in which humans can peacefully coexist with so-called "problem" animals, including predators. In most cases, conservation protocols that call for killing these ...