Meet the Tuatara: New Zealand’s Bizarre Ancient Reptile

Join ecologists as they search for tuatara — one of the world's most unique reptiles —in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary.

Justine E. Hausheer

Protecting the Plains-wanderer, Australia’s Odd Inland Shorebird

Grazing lands can help protect one of the most unique — and endangered — birds in the world: the Australian plains-wanderer.

Justine E. Hausheer

Meet the Kangaroos That Live in Trees

Tree-kangaroos are one of the world’s most bizarre and fascinating mammals.

Justine E. Hausheer

Tracking the Tiny Bats of Aotearoa 

Join scientists for a night of bat trapping in New Zealand, where predator control is helping to protect the country's only endemic land mammal.

Justine E. Hausheer

Meet Four Amazing Endemic Parrots from New Zealand

New Zealand is home to a small handful of endemic parrots, including the nocturnal, flightless kākāpō to the mischievous alpine kea.  

Justine E. Hausheer

These Carnivorous Snails Slurp Earthworms Like Spaghetti

Meet the powelliphanta snail, a weird and wonderful New Zealand endemic that slurps earthworms like pasta.

Justine E. Hausheer

Book Review: Australian Birds, Wild Science, & Drought

Three new reads from CSIRO Publishing, one of Australia’s leading science and nature publishers.

Justine E. Hausheer

Meet the Channel-billed Cuckoo, the World’s Largest Brood Parasite

Summer in eastern Australia means one thing: the arrival of the channel-billed cuckoos, the world’s largest brood parasite and one very cool bird.

Justine E. Hausheer

A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist: Cape York Edition

Follow TNC scientists for a day of fieldwork in Australia’s Cape York – searching for palm cockatoos, cuscus and crocodiles, while discovering a diversity of little things.

Thalie Partridge

Saving Dixie: 24 Hours Caring for a Wallaby Joey

Writer Justine Hausheer spends 24 hours caring for an orphaned wallaby.

Justine E. Hausheer

Swift Parrots and the Heartbreak of Rare Species

Is it wrong for wildlife watchers to seek out a species because we fear its extinction?

Justine E. Hausheer

Migration Data Helps Protect Leatherbacks Across Oceans

Data from a TNC-lead tagging study reveals the epic migrations of leatherback turtles.

Justine E. Hausheer