A shark sighting has led to Sydney's Manly beach becoming the latest to be declared a dangerzone, with lifeguards urging people to get out of the water on yesterday afternoon.

Beaches along the Newcastle coast are expected to remain closed as spotters continue to scour the sea for two sharks.

Stunned staff and some 100 swimmers watched in disbelief as a fun-loving sea lion waddled through reception and cafe to "swim laps" in a public pool yesterday.

Chances are you've probably never heard of Kid Rock. He's not the kind of character who appeals here.

Swimmers were this afternoon evacuated from a public pool after a sea lion "waddled through" reception and entered the water.

A broadcaster that begun with a mission to educate has gained a reputation for hype and fabrication. Time for a reality check.

"We gave him a clean-up and he gave us some cuddles." A cat's cry for help prompted a two-day rescue op involving firefighters, the SPCA and drain specialists.

The owner of a dog who was shot with an arrow by a police officer says she is disappointed no criminal charges will be laid against him.

Beaches in New South Wales have been closed for a record sixth day after repeated great white shark sightings.

Wondering how my local beach fared after a hot day with lots of human activity, I took my dogs for a run and did a spot of rubbish collecting along the shore and rock pools.

Resembling a fierce ancestor of the Loch Ness monster, the first fossil of a shark-like reptile has been found.

Humans have been doing a lot of terrible stuff to each other lately. Some of us are evil bastards, but as a species I reckon we're generally pretty good.

Sharks enjoying the surf at a popular Coromandel holiday spot caused a bit of a stir with beachgoers yesterday.

Cats are never around when you want them most.

Andrew and Fleur the cats were rescued by the SPCA from a house overrun by animals.

Sadie was found in a paddock of horses.

A shortage of sheep north of Auckland has placed Kaikohe's shearing competition under pressure - but organisers are confident they can make it click.

A sea lion's aggressive behaviour forced about 40 swimmers to retreat from the water at St Kilda Beach yesterday afternoon.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

Five months ago, Juno came home from the SPCA to join Gerard and Liz Buckley and their two cats, Charlotte and Zeus.

This is a true underdog story, a young brother and sister duo from the foothills of Richmond.

It's party time for pests, and some holidaymakers are returning to find uninvited, hungry house-sitters lurking at home.

Thousands of people have again levelled contempt at Texas cheerleader Kendall Jones over an online competition she set up to find the "hottest" male hunter.

On Labour Weekend this year, Ashley Schomaker decided to make the holiday a memorable one.

New figures show ACC paid $49.1 million in compensation for more than 107,000 animal-related incidents in the past two years.

A hippopotamus was left lying injured on the side of the road for hours after making a panicked jump from a truck in Taiwan.

Conservationists have reintroduced the gibbons as part of an ambitious project for the "re-wilding" of Angkor Wat, a vast "temple city" that was once surrounded by forests.

The mine-strewn border between Iran and Iraq has become an unlikely sanctuary for one of the world's most endangered species of leopard.