Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Annie Kraehe (pictured) collected and analysed the poo pellets of greater stick-nest rats on a remote island to see what they ate.

Until recently, the African boxthorn weed flourished in Australia without natural predators. The CSIRO has introduced a fungus in the hope it will effectively reduce the weed's growth and reproduction ...

Boxthorn hedges are a common sight in Taranaki. Photo / Jock Phillips, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand Kem Ormond looks into Lycium ferocissimum, aka the boxthorn, which she considers a ...