Animals

Ethologist, author and scientist, Dr Jonathan Balcombe is in the country to speak at the New Zealand Companion Animal Conference in his capacity as Chair of the Animal Studies Department of the Humane… Audio

Is it a Geep? Or a Shoat? Taieri Plains farmer Graeme Wallace has discovered what appears to be a cross between a sheep and a goat when getting his mob in for tailing recently. Audio

Tired of the rumblings in the concrete jungle, Sage Forest heads out to Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch for a close encounter with the King of the Jungle. Audio

John Bradshaw, author of 'In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding' and the foundation director of the Anthrozoology Institute at the University of Bristol in England. He has devoted the… Audio

Massey University Nutritional ecologist David Raubenheimer talks about his adventure-filled field trips to study the eating habits of animals, and what this can tell us about the human obesity… Audio

Nadine Bott, DOC marine ecologist in charge of the annual whale count. Audio

Anne Russon is a psychology professor and an expert on orangutans. Some of her findings about the great ape have shed new light on theories about human evolution. For the last 23 years Anne's being… Audio

Nigel French and his team are identifying and tracing zoonoses - human diseases that come from animals Audio

Dr Ian Singleton, director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Project, is in New Zealand to highlight the plight of the oragutan. Audio