Animals

Bringing your furry friend to work appears to be a trend in libraries across Tamaki Makaurau.koko_dog_v pkg The reading to dogs initiative has recently been set up at Warkworth Library, while Mangere… Video, Audio

Lily Duval, has drawn 50 of the critters we've talked about over the years and put them in a book that's being released next week. It's called Critters of Aoteaora. Lily speaks to Jesse. Audio

For a while now we've been looking at insects as a menu item for not only it's high protein value to our diets. But that doesn't  appear to be enough to convince people to put more crickets on their… Audio

Things have hit a bum note with Queenstown's famous singing sheep dog. Happy and his owner have been busking together in the resort for more than two and half decades. But an alleged gnarl up has led… Video, Audio

Australian researchers have found thousands of endangered bats roosting in a cave on a remote Fijian island. Experts previously believed the bats' population was only in the hundreds. Siteri Tikoca is… Audio

A new pair of takahē have been released into Wellington's predator free wildlife sanctuary.

Three-year-old female, Waitaa and six-year-old male Bendigo join two takahē already living in Zealandia, Te… Audio

The octopus is a highly intelligent and deeply mysterious creature. It changes colour as quickly as it can move, and it thinks with its tentacles. Marine biologist David Scheel has had a life-long… Audio

Students at the Unitec vet school are heading to Tonga to de-sex hundreds of dogs and provide care to the animal population on the island. Laura Harvey, Head of Environmental and Animal Sciences at… Audio

A wildlife carer hopes the Tawaki penguin she found washed up on an Australian beach, will survive its journey back to New Zealand.

Tracey Wilson, who manages Victoria's Mosswood Wildlife Rescue and… Audio

For over 40 years, Rhys Buckingham has been in search of the bird that doesn't want to be found. The orange-wattled South Island kokako, also dubbed the 'grey ghost' is assumed to be extinct by the… Audio

By Kate Evans: With each generation, predators and prey refine their aggressive weapons and defensive armour. Audio

Bryozoans have been called 'the world's best-kept secret'; that might be why we don't know much about this week's critter. The cyclostome bryozoan Spiritopora perplexa is only found off the coast of… Audio

A fugitive pig known for blocking lanes on Auckland's North-Western motorway and evading armed police will be taken to a new home in Taranaki today.

The naughty porker known as Kevin Bacon was on the… Audio

Patting a dog is well known to lower stress hormone levels. For many victims, appearing in court can be a very stressful experience so having some canine comfort makes sense. Audio

Rats, stoats, and possums, you have been warned, deadly AI may be becoming more of a reality than science fiction. In a ground-breaking evolution in pest control, a new device being developed here in… Audio

Storm surges and cyclones have made it a hard year for many, and Auckland's wildlife is no exception.

The Dotterel - Tūturiwhatu - usually nests in coastal areas for breeding, but the wild weather… Audio

A group of Canterbury students and the National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua have joined forces to develop a new tool that discourages dogs from attacking and killing our national bird.

"Robo Kiwi" is… Audio

Do you need to move overseas, but can't bear putting your furry family member in the cargo hold? That was the predicament for the people behind Pet Transfurs - a pet-friendly charter flight service… Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Anna Dean and Phil O'Reilly discuss rates bills causing financial woes for the elderly, the nutritional pros and cons of meat alternatives, and the benefits of allowing… Audio

Residents of Wellington are being warned to keep an eye out if they're tackling the city's western walkways - you might stumble across a Kiwi.

Yes, for the first time in more than a century wild Kiwi… Audio