Backyard bird-feeding isn't so helpful for one of our popular tiny natives, the grey warbler, new research warns.

Tourism official comes up with novel way of entertaining visitors, by creating show featuring "flying" pigs. But not everyone is entertained. Warning: Photos may be upsetting.

The Dunedin woman straddled by a dribbling pig was nursing bad bruises yesterday but holds no grudge against the stinky swine.

The Government says sharks should benefit from a proposed ban on wire traces and shark lines in two commercial fisheries.

A rescue dog has provided a dog's-eye view of the destruction in Nepal as he helps with the rescue efforts.

A hungry pig trapped a terrified motorist in her car in an attempted food raid yesterday.

A Westport man who lost control during an incident with animal control has been ordered to pay for the damage he caused.

When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises, and the latest dinosaur discovery is no exception.

A visiting conservationist and molecular biologist has joined calls to save our national bird.

They may be hated pests that love eating our cherished native birds, but pesky introduced stoats have just become a little more interesting to scientists overseas.

A creature from the past that would have looked like strange mix of unrelated dinosaurs has been discovered.

Pet owners are inspired by the names given to newborn royals, new research has found.

It's true that TradeMe lacks enforceable rules for animal sellers. However this isn't just a TradeMe issue, it's a nationwide animal welfare loophole.

A new review calling for bold and urgent measures to control roaming cats - including compulsory microchipping - has been criticised as flawed.

Footage has emerged of the terrifying moment a 6m great white shark lunged at a dinghy carrying an international film crew off Stewart Island.

A judge has granted the legal right of habeas corpus to two chimpanzees being held at a biomedical research facility in the US - a decision that animal rights activists hailed as the first time chimps that had been afforded the status of legal "persons".

Puppy farms and dog fighting were topics Labour's animal welfare spokesman Trevor Mallard sank his teeth into at the SPCA Otago in Dunedin yesterday.

They came out of Africa and into Matamata, and brought some exotic friends with them - including Bassoon the American bison and Mr and Mrs Ostrich.

Otago Peninsula jewelled geckos smuggled to Germany are the first to return to New Zealand under strengthened rules to crack down on poaching.

Angel wings proved to be the winning ingredient for a pup at a West Auckland dog show yesterday.

Five little hihi - mostly juveniles - were found "sort of paralysed or spasming" at a wildlife park.

Four zebras caused chaos in the Belgian capital today as they ran through the streets, dodging traffic and startling passing pedestrians.

Dog owners love their pets in the same way as they do their children, and the feeling is mutual, scientists have found.

New University of Otago research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the nearly 40million-year-long evolutionary history of baleen whales.

Solutions are critical in their own way for the challenge that is turning the tide on the loss of nature in New Zealand, writes Marie Brown.