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Critter of the Week: New Zealand hermit crab | kaunga
This week's critter is the kaunga (New Zealand hermit crab, Pagurus novizealandiae). Audio
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Critter of the Week - Shore skink or Mokomoko
The wee creature featured today is the Shore skink or Mokomoko. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Globular springtails
Behold! globular springtails (Dicyrtoma spp.). Audio
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If you have trypophobia (fear of closely packed holes like honeycomb), then it is best not to look at photos of this lichen. Jesse talks to RNZ 's Ellen Rykers about lace lichen or coral lichen. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Curt, the marine fluke
This week's critter is a trematode (also known as a fluke) that has chosen to parastitise not one, but three separate animals. Audio
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Critter of the Week
This week's critter is the piriwai or spiny gilled mayfly, Coloburiscus humeralis. They spend most of their lives as flat-bodied nymphs, clinging to rocks in swift, clear streams and rivers. Adult… Audio
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Good News: Stories that cheered us up this week
An ingenious invention, a pesky pest eradicated, and an unusual dinner guest were this week's good news stories from RNZ.
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Critter of the Week
This week's critter is large and hairy and grows in the remote and inclement Subantarctic Islands. Audio
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Stoat on predator-free Miramar Peninsula found dead
The male stoat, that had been evading capture since December, was found on Sunday. Audio
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Critter of the Week: the grey side-gilled sea slug
The grey side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) might look unassuming, but it holds the title of Aotearoa's New Zealand's most toxic creature. Audio
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Critter of the Week black eye grasshopper
Audio 21 Jun 2024This week's critter, found above the treeline in Ka Tiritiri o te Moana the Southern Alps, highlights the resilience and diversity of our alpine fauna. Audio
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Critter of the Week
Patangaroa or sun stars are a species of starfish found in the intertidal zones of Te Ika-a-Maui and the West Coast of the Te Waipounamu. Audio
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This week's critter is the ro, also known as the smooth stick insect, whe or Clitarchus hookeri - our most common native stick insect. Smooth stick insects have a range of superpowers: as well as… Audio
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Critter of the Week
International World Turtle Day was celebrated recently, a day to shellerbrate the magnificent turtles of the world and call attention to the many threats they face in our oceans. Turtles are… Audio
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Critter of the Week puteketeke
This week's critter isn't tiny, unloved or even unattractive, but it is bizarre. The puteketeke or Australasian crested grebe was crowned Bird of the Century last year thanks to an 'alarmingly… Audio
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Critter of the Week: putawa or bracket fungus
This week’s critter is the pūtawa or bracket fungus (also known as white punk, pangu or morepork bread). The fruiting body of this fungus looks a bit like a caramel-coloured flying saucer that crashed… Audio
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Dunedin Wildlife Hospital in need of more funding
Audio 14 May 2024Dunedin Wildlife Hospital has treated more than 3500 patients since it was established in 2018 including hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins, kakapo and northern royal albatross. The hospital gets council… Audio
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Audio 10 May 2024The ghost moths are an ancient group of moths that appeared over 100 million years ago. Named after a ghostly European moth, the ghost moths are often thought to be the souls of the departed come back… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The Great Giant Scale
This week's critter, the great giant scale, (Coelostomidia zealandica) is a native specie of scale bug. Females have pink wingless bodies and look like they have terrible dandruff, with a dusting of… Audio
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Critter of the Week
Is it a crab? Is it a spider? It's a crab spider! The common square-ended crab spider (Sidymella angularis) to be precise. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Ram's Horn Squid
You might have come across the creamy white spiral shells of this week's critter on the beach. The enigmatic ram's horn squid, Spirula spirula is a squid-like cephalopod mollusc. Audio
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Critter of the Week
This week's critter is found on sandy beaches throughout Aotearoa. The mowhiti, or New Zealand sandhopper, is a sand-burrowing, beach-loving amphipod with impressive jumping abilities. Audio
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Critter of the Week: the Otago Alpine Cockroach
The Otago alpine cockroach is only found on the Rock and Pillar Range in Otago and can survive being frozen. Audio
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Critter of the Week: weweia New Zealand dabchick
This week's critter is the weweia New Zealand dabchick, also known as the New Zealand grebe. If the word 'grebe' gives you flashbacks (positive or otherwise) to last year's Bird of the Century… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The ghost shrimp
This week's critter is the ghost shrimp (Filhollianassa filholi) - a type of mud or burrowing shrimp only found in Aotearoa. They dig themselves elaborate burrows in the sand between the high and low… Audio
