Auckland Zoo has welcomed its first kiwi chick of the season just as the zoo said goodbye to winter.

Wellington Zoo ape to have ground-breaking procedure in a last-ditch effort to save her remaining ear.

Over the weekend a nice lady in a small white car ran over my dog Colin. It was horrible for the little guy but he wasn't the only victim, writes Matt Heath.

A piece of the country came to Takapuna today when three spring lambs arrived at The Department Store.

Orang-utans are semi-socialised, semi-wild. They can be spooked easily. We shouldn't be surprised one attacked a Kiwi tourist.

Gone are the huia and the moa. Are we going to let kiwi go the same way? We can all do our bit, writes Peter Cullinane.

Following the appointment of the new station master cat Nitama at Kishi train station in Wakayama, Japan, it's all aboard for a cat-lover's tour of fancy.

An Aussie couple have shared photos of the newest member of their family on social media with one adorable difference - he's a puppy.

He was 2011 Rugby World Cup lucky charm, but the unofficial mascot's luck has run out after being sold to the meatworks last year.

A Queenstown couple have asked for a second chance for their pet schnauzer dogs after they were found responsible for killing three lambs on a neighbouring farm.

Since 2009 DoC staffing has been slashed by 323. Funding cuts continue, writes Brian Rudman. In the last Budget, operational funding was cut by $8.7 million and natural heritage management by $7 million.

DIY home-building fever has struck the gentoo penguins at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium on the Auckland waterfront.

Patrick, 30, Ballarat Wildlife Park - the world's oldest wombat has joined Tinder.

A paralysed rabbit is hopping for joy after being given the chance to walk again - with a bunny wheelchair.

Bubba the cat has attended high school for the last six years - so it's fitting that this learned feline has received his own ID card.

"It was like hooking a hook on an angus bull and slapping it on the backside."

An animal advocacy group says it had previously investigated the Waikato farm where 400 pigs burnt to death over the weekend.

We're a nation of dog-lovers - and a new book pays tribute to the canines who are our loyal companions.

Alan Perrott spends the day with Coers and his 1600kg new charge, Anjalee, and discovers what makes our zoo different from any other in the world.

Volunteers who spent decades restoring Motutapu are devastated and angry that hunters mistakenly shot four of their takahe "friends" on the island.

The people involved in the shooting of four critically endangered takahe are "very, very upset", the president of the Deerstalkers' Association says.

"The baby seal arrived sometime earlier this morning, and has been sunning itself on our pontoon ever since."- Museum worker

The cost of bringing Anjalee to New Zealand in June included $600,000 to build a quarantine facility in Niue.

Failed attempt off Monomoy, Cape Cod - filmed by Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries working with Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. www.atlanticwhiteshark.org. Source: Atlantic White Shark Conservancy/YouTube

Here are the ten best photos from the annual cat fashion show held at New York's Algonquin Hotel. This year's theme? Uniforms.

US dentist Walter Palmer went into hiding six weeks ago amid international furore over the slaying of famous lion.

Breaking News cameraman Geoff Mackley, had an exclusive ride along on the Eastbound Tranz Alpine train from Greymouth to Christchurch, filming from the locomotive cab. While filming he captured something pretty amazing, a Hawk was on the tracks and narrowly misses the camera/train by metres.

This is the comical moment when a bear stuck its head through a cat flap and cased the joint.