Animals

Jade, one of about 12,000 New Zealand sealions listed as nationally vulnerable, travelled 60 kilometres from the coast up the fast flowing Clutha River to give birth.

DOC rangers have been to check… Audio

Chief Scientist at the world's biggest museum, wildlife forensic scientist and conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson is a leading researcher in koala conservation. The iconic Aussie marsupial is… Audio

Hundreds of fur seals have starved to death along the Kaikōura coast - and scientists suspect warmer sea temperatures and depleted fish stocks could be to blame. They're now doing further research to… Video, Audio

An aussie school girl went into "full beast mode" to save a beloved pet from a slippery intruder. Twelve year Rosie Wightman has reached hero status after a video of her snake wrangling skills hit the… Video, Audio

A group of scientists on an expedition to the Bounty Islands has been fitting satellite tags to penguins, and screening albatrosses and penguins for diseases.

The Bounty Islands lie about 670… Audio

It's feared there may have been a mass poisoning of birds at a reserve on Auckland's North Shore. Up to 100 pigeons, ducks, sparrows and pukeko were found in varying stages of paralysis at Sherwood… Video, Audio

A new species of Gecko discovered on the Auckland's West Coast at last has its own official name: the Korowai.

The species was first found in 2014 and after a decade of research the reptile can… Video, Audio

A baby tiger cub has been put down after he suffered a head injury when he took a tumble in an enclosure at Auckland Zoo on the weekend. The cub born along with his sister almost a month ago, was… Video, Audio

In Mexico City, animal rights activists are protesting against the return of bullfighting, years after it was outlawed.

The Mexican Supreme Court repealed its decision last month, citing a lack of… Audio

A recovery operation has been underway in Christchurch for a large whale that died after becoming stranded in Christchurch Sunday night.

The eight-metre juvenile Finn whale got stuck on a sandbar in… Audio

The whale that got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow estuary at Moncks Bay in Christchurch on Sunday has died.

Reporter Anna Sergeant spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A project led by Cook Islands environmentalist Alanna Smith, is taking advantage of an anatomical quirk to track turtles' movements around her home country of Rarotonga. The director of NGO Ipukarea… Audio

The cat's finally out of the bag, when it comes to the gender of Hamilton Zoo's three week old sumatran tiger cubs. Not to be outdone, the zoo staged a reveal for the pair this afternoon, with the… Video, Audio

There have been more escapes at a Waikato Sanctuary by a number of wily kākāpō. 

As a result several birds at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, which are part of an historic habitat trial, are being… Audio

In the Tuatapere bush, a hunter thought they saw "a large grey bird" making a "distinct sound" on New Year's Day. Audio

Key players in the agriculture industry have begun a one-million dollar lobbying campaign to persuade the government to restart live animal exports.

A ban by the previous Labour government began in… Audio

Animal welfare advocates say its ruthless that greyhounds are being raced and transported in blistering hot temperatures this summer. Greyhound Racing New Zealand chief operating officer, Liz Whelan… Video, Audio

A Clutha River punt operator says locals were 'flabbergasted' to find a seal swimming 50 kilometres upstream from the coast Saturday morning.

Tom Jones, from Tuapeka Mouth, has seen strange things… Audio

Why do flies want to get inside our houses so bad? Why do mosquitoes bite some people and not others? And why oh why is New Zealand home to so many creepy crawlies? Audio