Disturbing footage shared by farmers in several parts of Australia showed swarms of the vermin scurrying around silos and across crops.
World
Tuesday 1:56pm
1:57
Elbie, a two-year-old Jack Russell terrier, disappeared on Saturday after squeezing through a gap on the balcony of her home in Dee Why.
Tuesday 1:23pm
2:04
An arachnologist says the gossamer threads coating homes and reserves across the region are harmless — and a sign the season is changing.
Environment
Tuesday 6:00am
They were linked to three frogs that had escaped captivity during a flood in the 1970s.
New Zealand
Mon, Apr 27
Sheep subject to "punching, kicking, stomping" in 32 instances, one SPCA representative said there were thousands more sheds to consider.
Crime and Justice
Sun, Apr 26
Authorities said the animals involved would be exterminated if possible.
Fri, Apr 24
At first glance, it seems an act of compassion. But beneath the surface lies a more difficult truth, writes Karen Stockin.
Thu, Apr 23
Cocaine and benzoylecgonine end up in waterways when the drug is ingested and broken down by humans and then released into wastewater through urine.
Tue, Apr 21
The goats were killed last week and their carcasses left at the property in Pōkeno, north Waikato.
Four decades on, Chernobyl — which is transliterated as "Chornobyl" in Ukraine — remains too dangerous for humans. But the wildlife has moved back in.
Mon, Apr 20
The Anchorage base where the incident occurred hosts up to 350 black bears and 75 brown bears which roam freely.
Sat, Apr 18
The as-yet unnamed female was born in the early hours of Good Friday to first-time mum Malika.
Thu, Apr 16
Fatou celebrated her birthday with a feast, munching on cherry tomatoes, beets, leeks and lettuce at the Berlin Zoo.
Wed, Apr 15
Police tracked the vehicle with Otis the border collie inside from Ponsonby to Onehunga – where a 31-year-old was arrested.
The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by the notorious drug lord for his private zoo.
Tue, Apr 14
Albert the alligator lived in an indoor swimming pool where his owner let people pat and swim with him.
Fri, Apr 10
A Hastings mechanic worked with vets to extract the swamp harrier hawk that had crashed through the front of an MG.
A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after scientists found evidence that it’s not an octopus at all.
The image was so confronting some people thought it was AI - it's not.
Thu, Apr 9
The same park made headlines last summer when a lost boy was found wandering on a monorail line.
Wed, Apr 8
The 36-year-old swimmer told Breakfast it was "really tough" knowing he would be battling hypothermia, sharks and jellyfish every time he entered the water.
Tue, Apr 7
The greyhound racing industry says the Government’s deadline leaves workers, owners and re‑homing groups in limbo — with no clarity on compensation and hundreds of dogs still needing new homes.
Politics
Sat, Apr 4
"The pain is real. I’ve got no movement. It’s awful," said Today reporter Taylor Haynes after the incident.
Fri, Apr 3
Experts believe that animal is a young wolf searching for a territory of its own that accidentally wandered into the city.
Wed, Apr 1
Police have caught two males who allegedly filmed themselves throwing puppies into the Whakatāne River – where the animals later drowned.
Tue, Mar 31
