wildlife

A wayward sooty shearwater was given a lift home aloft man-made wings from Queenstown to Milford Sound so it can have another attempt at its epic migration to North America.

The New Zealand fur seal which visited a Taieri farm this week has decided country life is not for it, after all.

The mystery of the sockeye salmon in Lakes Benmore and Ohau has taken another twist.

International reptile thieves may have again targeted Otago Peninsula. Two Germans have been arrested and charged with being involved in the illegal trade of jewelled geckos from the area.

Life, like its predecessor Planet Earth, is the reason flat screens, Blu-ray and high-definition TV were invented.

This immature elephant seal which has made a temporary home in the Waihao River, near Waimate, is now making forays up to 1.5km upstream, prompting a warning from the Department of Conservation for the public to take care around the rare visitor.

While many people were enjoying a day in the sun at the beach yesterday, a New Zealand fur seal decided to head to a rather unlikely spot - the middle of Dunedin's Portsmouth Dr.

"A pretty sad day for all" is how the manager of Queenstown's Kiwi Birdlife Park described the death of their "miracle" kiwi chick yesterday.

The eight kiwi released at Orokonui Ecosanctuary at the weekend have begun moving around their new home.