Most Australians have heard of 1080 bait. Many of us know that it's a dangerous and toxic substance used as a poison, but not ...

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Some of those cats died.

Cats have long been a problem in the coastal town but volunteers are seeing a spike in deaths of tarāpunga and other birds.