Wildlife

In this episode of Voices, producer Karthic SS talks to Siddharth Nambiar, a wildlife filmmaker based in Dunedin. 

Pacific nations are being targeted in the black market for butterflies. Audio

DOC is warning dog owners to be wary of their furry friends along the coastline this winter to curb an increase in attacks on wildlife.

In the last six months alone several yellow eyed and little… Video, Audio

Claire Concannon meets the latest addition to the Zealandia ecosanctuary family - toitoi, or common bully. Zealandia CEO Dr Danielle Shanahan explains why these little fish will be an important part… Audio

More than 100 toitoi, or common bullies, have been reintroduced to Zealandia Ecosanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious vision to restore the mauri of the freshwater catchment.  Audio

News of the sudden liquidation of the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary - and possible euthanasia of 15 big cats - is causing upset.

The park houses lions, tigers and a leopard. Sam Olley reports from Te Tai… Video, Audio

Aucklanders are being called on to keep an eye out for sick birds. BirdCare Aotearoa wild bird hospital says avian botulism is affecting birdlife earlier than usual this year, due to unseasonably warm… Audio

While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out… Audio

Claire Concannon speaks to University of Otago researchers investigating virus diversity, how viruses evolve, and what might be causing some diseases affecting our native wildlife. Audio

Gillian Bremner was looking for something different when she retired from her role as CEO at Presbyterian Support Otago. Little did she know she would soon be running a multi-tiered tourism company in… Audio

Alison Ballance joins the kākāpō recovery team on Pukenui Anchor Island to hear how the 2021/2022 kākāpō breeding season is going. Audio

Amanda Gore is a forensic accountant and the founder of the Centre for Global Advancement, normally based in Nairobi, Kenya but is home in New Zealand for a visit. She joins us to tqalk about… Audio

Sebastian Kennerknecht is a wildlife photographer and conservationist. He takes award-winning photographs of wild cats in their natural habitat and has twenty different species on his camera roll. Audio

A group of farmers near Palmerston North are taking the lab into the paddock and learning to understand and measure what's running off their land into streams and creeks and eventually the Manawatu… Video, Audio

Bears looking for brunch in the rubbish bins, monkeys mugging tourists in India; wildlife and human encounters do not always go well. Science journalist Mary Roach looks at the inevitable clashes… Audio

Erna Walraven is an Australia-based wildlife specialist and consultant who spent 12 years as a keeper at Sydney's Taronga Zoo before moving on to be a senior curator for the next two decades where she… Audio

Luke Buda will release his third solo album 'Buda' in October, with the new album coming more than 12 years after his last offering. The first single 'Here Comes The Wind' was released last month. He… Audio

Christchurch native Rowan Bashford is living his best life in Iceland, where he runs a guiding company with his partner, Guðný Diljá Helgadóttir, and lives on a farm called Malarás in the Öræfi… Audio

Some ideas on how to attract more insects and wildlife into your garden - no matter what the size of your plot. Annie Burdick is the US author of Bring the Wild into your Garden, which is all about… Audio