Animals

Gallagher Animal Management have been providing fencing for animals on farms since1938, and now they're catering to a new demand: domestic pets. Audio

A new study has found bottlenose dolphins in New Zealand have distinct regional accents.

When Massey and Otago University researchers compared the whistling patterns of dolphins from Doubtful Sound… Audio

Summer is officially over and Autumn has begun. It's a time of year that fungi lovers across the country get excited about as all sorts of weird and wonderful fruiting bodies emerge out of the dark… Audio

The Department of Conservation has completed its annual ariel survey of Kaimanawa Wild horses and theres a large excess of horses that will need new homes. Applications will be closing in 4 to 6… Audio

The Government's Fast Track Approval bill will put New Zealand's threatened species on a fast track to extinction and leave a mess for future governments to clean up.

That's the assessment of… Audio

Animal Management is warning residents of an Auckland suburb that a pair of dangerous dogs is on the loose and to keep an eye on their cats.

The council says they have had two complaints in Mt… Audio

The country's largest equestrian event - Horse of the Year - starts at the showgrounds in Hastings Tuesday morning.

It's been cancelled three years on the trot due to Covid and Cyclone Gabrielle, but… Audio

The long tailed pekapeka, believed to be Aotearoa's oldest, was recorded this summer as part of a Department of Conservation monitoring programme in Fiordland. Known as T7787, she is at least 26 years… Audio

We all know that in the world of dogs, greyhounds are fast. But speed-dating?

That's what happened at the inaugural Greyhound Speed Dating event in Auckland on Sunday.

Three older, former racing… Audio

Despite strong opposition from conservation groups, the government has given final approval for the country's first open ocean salmon farm in the Cook Strait.

New Zealand King Salmon confirmed the… Audio

Stolen from the Dannevirke Gallery of History and returned legless, the lucky stuffed huia now has a new lease on life thanks to Wētā Workshops. Audio

The rat plagued Dunedin South Countdown finally thrown open its doors again to humans. It's been battling rodents since last year, but things escalated after a rat was photographed happily perched in… Audio

Customers are returning to Dunedin South's Countdown store for the first time in more than two weeks after a rodent issue forced its closure. There have been 24 rats captured since the10th of… Audio

The population of the North Island brown kiwi has increased by at least 7000 birds in the last four years, through the work of 25 conservation projects.

That's according to a survey by the umbrella… Audio

Rat free and open for business.

The rodent-plagued Woolworths store in South Dunedin has reopened on Thursday after it was forced to close almost three weeks ago to deal with a rat infestation.

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A study published on Thursday has revealed a fossil discovered in New Zealand belonged to one of the largest crabs to have ever lived.

The massive, fossilised crab claw was found on Waitoetoe beach… Audio

Countdown Dunedin South has just reopened after being closed for days because of a rat problem.

In a statement out Wednesday morning Woolworth stores director Jason Stockill thanked customers of the… Audio

If a wasp nest the size of a double bed is what your nightmares are made of then I've got bad news for you.

Researchers are studying a massive German Wasps nest found in Martinborough farmland - it's… Audio