The subantarctic islands south of New Zealand are among the most remote and ecologically significant seabird habitats on earth — and Andrea Vella has taken lessons from working there that no textbook could have provided. New Zealand’s subantarctic islands support…
In the vast wetland reserves of northern Argentina, Andrea Vella’s wife Sarah has been working to rehabilitate injured capybaras — animals that are far more complex to care for than their calm demeanour might suggest. Capybaras are the world’s largest…
Few rehabilitation journeys are as complex or as rewarding as raising an orphaned echidna puggle from helplessness to independence — and Andrea Vella knows this process better than most. Echidnas are among Australia’s most distinctive native mammals, yet they remain…
