Animals

American author, and staff writer for The New Yorker, whose new book is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Audio

Remote cameras in city gardens and 'kitty cams' worn by domestic cats are revealing what they catch and where they wander Audio

Kevin Healy's studying how 34 different animals, including the tuatara, perceive time. Audio

Even following the dog-related murder of young South Londoner Seyi Ogunyemi in 2010, there has still been a rise in the ownership and trade of dangerous dogs - with Dr Simon Harding, Lecturer in… Audio

Rocky is the much-loved pet at the Tainui Village Rest Home in New Plymouth. That is until about seven months ago. Then Rocky just disappeared. For seven months the residents would ask, "Where's… Audio

New Zealand scientist Professor David Raubenheimer has studied a huge range of species, from humans to snow leopards, gannets and gorillas, to help inform the public debate about the causes of… Audio

New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Masson on why dogs are not only our best friend but also how they make us better people. Audio

Every summer thousands of animals are put into boarding kennels - or pet motels as they're also known. Occupancy rates can hit 100 per cent at this time of year. Audio

Christopher Neff is an American PhD student at the University of Sydney conducting the first doctoral thesis on the "politics of shark attacks." Audio

Liana Joy Christensen is the author of Deadly Beautiful, a book which features creatures like spiders, snakes and sharks Audio

Dr Patterson is the President, Director of Research and co-founder of the Gorilla Foundation. Koko the gorilla can communicate with her human carers using sign language. Penny has worked with Koko for… Audio

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