Elephants
Wildlife vs humans: India's elephant in the room
Insight - In India, some villagers pay a high price for living next to protected wildlife. Is conflict inevitable and is it getting worse? Lynn Freeman reports. Audio
Beth Shapiro: mammoths, genetics and de-extinction
Kim Hill talks to molecular palaeontologist Professor Beth Shapiro, who is Director for Conservation at the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Research Associate of the Denver… Audio
NZ and Sri Lanka beef up diplomatic ties
New Zealand and Sri Lanka have agreed to set up diplomatic posts in each other's countries, the Prime Minister John Key has announced.
Thomas Thwaites: acting the goat
Kim Hill talks to designer Thomas Thwaites, whose new book, GoatMan, tells about how he took a holiday from being human by becoming a goat in Switzerland, using special prostheses and attempting to… Audio, Gallery
Attempt to block elephant's transfer to Auckland
A legal bid - thought to be the first of its kind - is under way to stop the transfer of an elephant from Sri Lanka to New Zealand.
Philip Armstrong: sheep
Kim Hill talks to the Head of the Department of English at the University of Canterbury, and co-director of New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies about his new book, Sheep. Audio
The shocking results of the latest census of elephants in Tanzania
Tanzania has lost two thirds of its elephant population in just four years. Audio, Gallery
Auckland Zoo's new elephant touches down
It took five years to organise, 3-million dollars and 11-thousand kilometres of flying, but Auckland Zoo's newest elephant is finally here. Audio
Spectrum: Anjalee the elephant
Anjalee the elephant is on her way to Auckland - via a 90 day stopover in Niue. The eight-year-old female is from a Sri Lankan elephant orphanage and is passing her quarantine period on the island… Video, Audio, Gallery
An elephant's sense of smell
Training African elephants to sniff out TNT and landmines. The US military's even interested in Sean Hensman's studies in South Africa. Audio
Raju the Elephant - Nikki Sharpe
For some people the elephant in the room is that animals can suffer very deeply and show their emotions openly, as witnessed with the rescue of enslaved Indian elephant, Raju, who appeared to cry when… Audio
A passion for elephants
12-year-old Jack Lanting from Te Awamutu won't be spending his holidays relaxing at the beach. He'll be learning how to speak Thai and coming up with ways to raise money to help his beloved elephants… Audio
Targeting poachers to save Africa's elephants
The Mara Elephant Project (MEP) is engaging a new strategy to save the continent's largest behemoth. The Project's manager, Marc Goss, talks about targeting poachers directly through Rapid Response… Audio
Our Own Odysseys : Teaching Elephants
Kath Danaher volunteered in Thailand earlier this year to repatriate "working" elephants back to a more natural elephant lifestyle. Audio
Beehive fences
Dr Lucy King is setting up a network of beehive fences to protect Kenyan farmers and their crops from hungry elephants. Audio
Richard Lair - the Elephant Man
Richard Lair runs the Elephant Conservation Centre in the Lampang province,Thailand where he also founded the world famous Thai Elephant Orchestra. He was among the first to sell art painted by… Audio
