Animals

It's Guy Fawkes night and time to spare a thought for our furry friends. Dr Alex Melrose from VetCare Grey Lynn Animal Hospital is with us to share some tips about how to keep your animals safe… Audio

While the public supplied funds for motorcars and motorcycles to be bought for the Main Body, the army relied on horses for transport. Percy Lowndes and another veteran recall the shipping of the… Audio

Conservationists are putting renewed energy into saving the giraffe, whose population has plummeted by 40 percent in just 16 years... there are just 80 thousand left. This rapid loss has prompted the… Audio

A New Zealand woman, Amirah William, helped to set up an animal rescue centre with two volunteers last year to rehome the growing number of stray dogs found in the United Arab Emirates, but she now… Audio

Spotting penguins in Antarctica - another citizen science project that needs your help. Audio

High country sheep have been saved from being eaten alive by kea. Kea strikes - which happen when the native bird digs its beak into the wool, eating it, the fat and the flesh - have long been a… Audio

Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains the new research that looks at animal communication and the link to human language - at the moment no one knows how language has evolved. Audio

Lobster tourism, drunk elks and the 20 year wait list for an apartment with Maddy Savage. Audio

John Vidal, environment editor of The Guardian explains the big business of pandas. Audio

Southland vet, Mark Bryan on connecting a variety of swede to the deaths of hundreds of cows, and where this leaves Southland farmers. Audio

Gut instinct, intuition, and accessing the belly of creativity may sound a bit abstract, but according to Dutch contemporary jeweller Ruudt Peters it is here that the creative process begins. He has… Audio

Bennett's Wallabies were first brought to the Waimate district in the 1870s and their descendants have been successfully breeding ever since. They are now considered a pest and shot by hunters who… Audio

Is there enough global support to conserve orangutans in their natural habitat? With Dr Ian Singleton, director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) in Sumatra. Audio

Ellie Laks is the owner of more than 170 rescued animals and author of a new book My Gentle Barn. Audio

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

With Hugh Robertson on the hunt for the white-faced heron. Audio

Concerns that AgResearch will continue to lose vital scientific minds as it pushes ahead with a major relocation of staff to two large hubs, despite stiff opposition from scientists and farmers… Audio

Concerns that AgResearch will continue to lose vital scientific minds as it pushes ahead with a major relocation of staff to two large hubs, despite stiff opposition from scientists and farmers… Audio

Reader in Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington whose main research interests are in the ethics of the new genetics and biotechnology. His new book is Truly Human Enhancement: A… Audio