AMAZING PHOTO: Whatever you do, don't open that door!

It's doggy dental time and the results of a unique trial have pointed strongly to a way to achieve good dental health - raw bones.

Thinking your pets should join you in your vegetarianism? Think again.

A curious cat has taken centre stage in a family photo.

Woman mauled by three Irish wolfhounds on the terrifying moment she thought she was going to die.

Auckland is on the brink of "explosion" in red-eared slider turtles. A pest regarded as one of the world's 100 most-invasive species.

Auckland Airport is giving away $120,000 to Kiwi charities as part of its 12 Days of Christmas initiative.

Despite appearing in countless wildlife documentaries about the continent, it appears the cheetah is not really African at all.

Approximately 90 per cent of seabirds have been found to have plastic in their stomachs, and the worst-hit locations are right in our back yard, writes Sam Judd.

We really love our pets, we Kiwis - most of us give presents to our cats at Christmas and even more make sure Santa looks after the dog.

Eight lions from a pride that featured in the BBC TV series Big Cat Diary have been poisoned in the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

The final moments of a much loved police horse comforted by an officer were captured in this photo.

Polo match in Buenos Aires. Video by Michael Craig

A study reveals improved sleep for those who share their bed with their pet.

Four dogs are still waiting for homes after being with Auckland's SPCA for more than six months - equating to a seven-year sentence for humans.

A graphic advertisement aimed at shaming New Zealand's dairy industry for its treatment of calves has been put in a leading British newspaper.

Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal has come up with a very cute way to protect cats by dressing them as convicts.

A seal has made itself at home outside the Westfield Centre in Henderson

A kiwi destroying a robin nest and causing the death of the chicks in it has been caught on camera by a Victoria University of Wellington researcher. The footage, taken at Zealandia over two consecutive nights, shows a little spotted kiwi pushing the robin nest down a slope, pecking the chicks, and returning the next night to tear the nest apart. Supplied/Victoria University

Ministry for Primary Industries compliance director Dean Baigent said the new animal welfare rules would now prevent farmers from keeping pregnant sows in stalls.

Currents are shifting, temperatures are climbing and the availability and dynamics of nutrient upwelling is changing.

Scientists investigating the rising spread of drug-resistant bugs in our homes have thrown up a hairy potential culprit: our pet pooches and moggies.

A Scottish climber has been seriously injured in a "terrifying" attack by a grizzly bear in Canada.

Photos reveal prince's heartbreak at the suffering of animals in South Africa.

A shark at least 1 metre long shocked and fascinated beach-goers when it cruised through the shallows of a popular Tauranga beach.

A midweek reminder that uphill battles can be overcome.

That fossil also happened to come from the same deposits as the world's oldest penguin, Waimanu

Traffic mayhem ensued when the pod of about six or seven orcas were spotted between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki, north of Wellington this afternoon.