Conservation
Our Changing World's Claire Concannon
Emile Donovan is joined by the brain behind RNZ's premiere science podcast. Audio
Our Changing World: Smart traps
On Our Changing World, Claire Concannon heads to the Wye Valley just outside Queenstown.
The Southern Lakes Sanctuary project is setting up a new smart trap network there, the fourth they’ve built… Audio
A return to Wasps an expert view
On yesterday's show we were overrun with wasp chat. Tons of you texted in with your techniques for hunting down their nests. From the bizarre like "My grandfather used to throw flour at the wasp so he… Audio
Monarch butterflies not getting the royal treatment in NZ
A new survey shows monarch butterfly populations are dwindling, and advocates are reintroducing a tagging system (yes, you can tag a butterfly) to keep track of numbers. Audio
Millions feast eyes on world's smelliest flower
The Amorphophallus titanum, nicknamed Putricia, attracted over 20,000 physical visitors keen to lay their noses on its infamous smell before wilting and collapsing a few days later - while over one… Audio
Teen's attack on octopus probably would have killed it - advocate
The octopus was a small animal that would have suffered greatly from being punched and kicked, an animal charity says. Audio
An egg-cellent trap
As we work towards becoming predator free by 2050, it's been pointed out that we need some better tools in our toolkit. Marcus King is a conservationist and former engineer who turned his hand to pest… Audio
Dozens of rare hihi chicks hatch in Auckland park
The chicks were born in Shakespear Regional Park's Open Sanctuary this summer following a major translocation project last year.
Could this festival replace Homegrown in Wellington?
While it is not a music festival, there'll be a sea shanty sing-along at New Zealand's first-ever Seaweed Festival.
Fandom grows for rare stinky plant
Almost 20,000 disgusted fans have lined up to catch a putrid whiff of Putricia, the rare stinky corpse flower which unfurled in the Sydney Botanic Garden this week and bloomed in the hearts of… Video
Fears world's largest iceberg could hit South Atlantic island
Iceberg A23a spans an area twice the size of London and has been carefully tracked by scientists since 1986. Audio
Home detention, community work and fines for offenders who lit fire in wetlands
The fire burnt had environmental and financial consequences in an internationally recognised conservation area.
SS5 - OCW - Country Life Hinewai Reserve
Hugh Wilson, a renowned botanist and conservationist, had long held a dream of managing a bit of land where he could just "let nature re-assert herself". The 79-year-old has certainly found that in… Audio
'A bit of a standoff': Pesky kangaroos test Burma's patience
Former Auckland Zoo resident Burma the elephant has often found herself in "a standoff" as she tries to defend her space from kangaroos arriving suddenly to graze as she adjusts to life across the… Audio
Elephant Burma's new home in Australia
It's now been several weeks since former Auckland Zoo resident Burma came out of quarantine in Australia and her long time keeper, Andrew Coers joins us for an update. Audio
New Zealand's first 'bat dog'
Fredrik Hjelm is the handler for Hawke, New Zealand's first dog trained to sniff out dead native bats in an effort to find out more about what has killed them. Audio
One whale dies, 10 refloated in Golden Bay stranding - DOC
One of a group of 11 whales stranded in Golden Bay has died, but the remaining 10 have been re-floated, according to the Department of Conservation. Audio
Rescuers work to keep remaining stranded whales alive
One of two pods of pilot whales stranded over the weekend remain on Puponga Beach near Pakawau, as rescuers await high tide at 3:30pm today. Audio
Concern over multiple whales stranded near Farewell Spit
Some have re-stranded while others are swimming in shallow waters.
More whales die as pod re-strands 'very high on beach' for second night
Project Jonah had called for help in a post on Facebook to keep the whales "cool and calm" until high tide.
