A 6-year-old Bay of Plenty boy who received life-threatening injuries when he was viciously attacked by a relative's dog is now in a stable condition.

A heartwarming post from popular blog Humans of New York has prompted thousands of followers to share their pet rescue stories.

Gareth Morgan has nothing on this man.

How Toffee the cat got from New Zealand to Australia to end up as a stray remains unclear.

It's been called the "Genghis Khan" of the ant world, and for good reason.

A Kiwi-designed smart water bowl is proving a big hit in the US pet market.

Two dogs, from a pack that attacked people in two separate incidents at Whirinaki Beach last Saturday, have been put down.

After the cat's disappearance, Quah launched a desperate campaign to find her pet.

A team of researchers discovered the hog-nosed rat during a expedition in a remote and mountainous area of Indonesia two years ago.

Hamilton Zoo keeper had near-miss while giving tiger talk two years ago, sparking new questions about mauling death last month.

Michael James Whitelock, 28, shot one cow in the leg, dumped another cow still alive in an offal pit, and broke the tails of hundreds of others.

A charity group has recreated iconic magazine covers with homeless dogs in the hope of attracting new homes for the animals.

Videos of tiny food tutorials, often featuring tiny animals, are taking over YouTube. Here we've handpicked five of our favourites for your Thursday afternoon.

A group of guys out on the Gulf had some visitors come along for the ride.

The teeth of a dog may provide new insight into how humans migrated across the world's largest ocean to New Zealand, and where they came from.

The folks at Swift Plumbing sent nzherald.co.nz this video of Orca visiting them in the Gulf, they make some great use of Go-pro cameras to film them underwater.

200 new species have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the past five years.

It is notoriously difficult to get pandas to mate, so cloning might be the next best option.

Every time the Prime Minister tries to advance something that does not address one of the country's more pressing problems, he is harangued.

Rhys Jones, a springer spaniel, has learned to sniff out Argentine ants which are unwelcome invaders in the Hauraki Gulf.

Another visit to Chengdu, the giant panda breeding research base. We had a nice cuddle. She's really taken a shine to me.

The Department of Conservation is grossly under-funded and is expected to seek sponsors and volunteers to assist it in its vital work, writes Brian Rudman.

Despite expressing her love for animals, a British princess has come under fire for her stance on animal rights. Photo / iStock

Barrister suing after he was bitten by a deadly spider during flight.

Prime Minister says he is unaware Gerry Brownlee is hand-delivering proposal to bring giant pandas to New Zealand to a breeding facility in China.

Anthony McPhail, head of Southern Cross Pet Insurance, said the business had paid out more than $3 million on 10,000 claims over the past year.

Rugby league manager told an SPCA inspector he was "too busy" with his team to deal with his dog after it was found unconscious on the road.

The waters around the Kermadec Islands to the north of New Zealand will become one of the largest ocean sanctuaries in the world, John Key announced.

As the week-long nationwide survey closed last night, a total 8,743 Kereru were spotted and recorded, topping last year's total 7,101.