Animals

The Goliath Bird Eater Tarantula is the largest tarantula in the world and can grow to be bigger than two human hands. So we sent our reporter Logan Church, who we later found out is absolutely… Video, Audio

A Marton man is calling for calm after the disappearance of a popular local moggy has angered locals.

Rodney the cat was adopted by the local ITM building supplies store a few years back and was a… Video, Audio

Hundreds of unwanted pets are getting the chance to find new homes under level 3 lockdown, with the SPCA now offering "contactless adoptions".

The SPCA currently has 2,411 animals in foster homes… Audio

Researchers at the University of New South Wales have found that having two copies of the same sex chromosome is associated with having a longer lifespan. Co-author of the research Zoe Xirocostas… Audio

Forget thinking big. Behaviour scientist Dr. BJ Fogg says we should instead be thinking small and introducing tiny behaviours.  Video, Audio

Veterinarians are classified as an essential service during this escalated response to containing Covid-19. Indeed walking the dog features as one of the reasons people are allowed to leave the home -… Audio

Cats are known to be pretty stoic creatures but there's now a new clinical tool to help diagnose feline pain. It is called the Grimace Scale and was recently developed in Canada by a professor of… Audio

What is it that you need to snap that perfect wildlife image and how is that determined in the judging room? Wildlife photographer of the year judge of nearly four decades, and chair of the jury Roz… Audio

It's estimated half a billion animals have perished in the Australian wildfires with volunteers scrambling to rescue those left behind. New South Wales woman Lucy Hoy has been setting up food and… Audio

Warm fuzzy news for dog lovers in Auckland - dogs of all sizes are now allowed on trains. ed. Audio

What if plants are smarter than we think - a lot smarter? That's the central premise for an essay, published in The Paris Review by New York-based writer and editor Cody Delistraty.  Audio

Shepherding is more a lifestyle than a job for Kate White, Lesley Pollock and Kacey Johnson. They're among the youngest all women team of shepherds tin the country. Audio, Gallery

Dilip Jeste is a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at UC San Diego and director of the UCSD Center for Healthy Aging, and he's challenging people to take another look at their perceptions of… Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks with one of Canada's leading animal rights lawyers, who has worked to protect animals for over a decade, exposing hidden animal suffering and affecting policy changes. Camille… Audio

Catherine van der Meulen is about to appear on a panel at the New Zealand Fashion Week, where she will outline what she sees as some of the problems with the fast fashion world. Audio

Two seriously overweight kune kune pigs, Jenny and Craig, are in SPCA foster care after a report of concern about their size. They are both on a strict no carb, herbivorous diet. Craig (pictured… Audio

Sir Michael Morpurgo's best known book, War Horse, comes to life on the stage for the first time in New Zealand this month. Audio

Researchers have found that there's inadequate protection for some of the most vulnerable members of society - animals. It's because of a lack of funding. Only 1.6 per cent of the Ministry for Primary… Audio