Animals
Female dolphins enjoy sex, and their clitorises aren’t that different from ours
Do female dolphins enjoy having sex? American researchers decided to find out by looking at the clitorises of female dolphins.
Scientists know that dolphins are highly social.…
Climate change splitting up albatross couples
New research shows climate change is making it more likely for the usually monogamous albatross to leave their lifelong partners.
Led by Dr Francesco Ventura, the…
Police help woman ‘held hostage’ by possum
The woman called Dunedin police late Sunday night when the possum kept charging at her
Bat wins Bird of the Year 2021 by a landslide
Pekapeka-tou-roa, the long-tailed bat, has taken the title of Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau 2021
Made My Day: Bats swoop in to disrupt NZ’s Bird of the Year race
A bat is now a candidate in this year’s Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau/Bird of the Year race
Our dairy industry kills 2 million calves a year, but they don’t have to
These calves are killed within days or weeks of being born.
Tuatara may have the fastest sperm ever seen in reptiles, a study suggests.
Tuatara may have the fastest sperm ever seen in a reptile...
Toa the orca’s prolonged separation causing concerns among animal experts
It’s been 10 days since Toa was separated from his pod in Plimmerton, near Wellington.
Google searches for cat and dog adoptions spiked during Covid-19
Did you finish lockdown and get a new puppy?
Stop fkn tapping on the glass of kiwi enclosures, you're making them stressed
Surprise, surprise: new research has found visitor noise outside kiwi enclosures is no good.
You could probably outwalk a T-rex
A study found the T. rex’ preferred walking speed is estimated at 4.6 km per hour - similar to the natural walking speed of humans, horses,…
The government has banned exports of live animals by sea
The government has banned the export of live animals by sea, but there's a two year phase out period
Mystery continues over how female eagle rays got pregnant without any males
When Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox said “sisters are doin’ it for themselves,” perhaps they were imagining two female eagle rays at a New Zealand aquarium…
Yes, Tiger King is misogynist, but there’s more to it.
The men in Tiger King couldn’t hate women more if they tried, argues Jean Sergent. But our obsession with whether Carol Baskin killed her husband is…
The World Press Photo exhibition
Their journey to the USA was over, along with the hopes that her daughter Yanela Sanchez might grow up to see a brighter future in the…