Seal puppy born inland
Special visitor on the Clutha River A week ago, something very unusual happened in Central Otago: a sea lion has swum 60km inland to give birth to her pup. The mother and pup were found up the Clutha River near…
Penguin on a mission to New Zealand!
Rare Adélie penguin A penguin that turned up on a Dunedin beach last month is getting ready to head back home to Antarctica. The Dunedin Wildlife Hospital and the Department of Conservation are currently working on a release plan for…
Our glaciers are shrinking
The decline The most frightening news has come from our Franz Josef Glacier which has dramatically shrunk 500m in the past five years due to the rise in ocean temperatures. In the past 30 years, 200 glaciers in the Southern…