penguins

A planting afternoon will be held at Brighton Domain this weekend to improve habitat for the region's penguins.

To protect nesting yellow-eyed penguins, the Boulder Beach Conservation Area will again be closed to the public for three months.

Oamaru woman Sue Downton has returned home from a fortnight in the Bay of Plenty spent caring for little blue penguins fouled or threatened by oil spilling from the shipwrecked Rena.

It has been third time lucky for University of Otago zoologist Prof Jonathan Waters as he starts investigating whether some of our native coastal species, including the yellow-eyed penguin, really are native.

An initiative to keep both people and penguins happy around Oamaru Harbour is being set up by the Waitaki Tourism Association.

Some of the rarest penguins in the world have been spotted in Milford Sound, having arrived for the nesting season.

Sunday is World Ranger Day and to celebrate, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust is giving people the opportunity to experience a day in the life of its ranger Leith Thomson.

A popular breeding ground in the Catlins for endangered yellow-eyed penguins has received more than $2500 to control predators.

A $713,000 redevelopment of the Oamaru blue penguin colony has been suggested to maintain its status in the nature heritage industry.

Another All Black is to champion the cause of the endangered yellow-eyed penguin.