Eighty native birds have been caught on Little Barrier Island and delivered to a new wildlife reserve in the Hauraki Gulf.

here are clearly a lot of arachnophobes. But do they know why they fear spiders? Can they do something to control those fears?

An Auckland restaurant serving duck eggs with developing embryo has been cleared by the SPCA for possible cruelty against unhatched ducklings.

Scientists have discovered a pre-historic mainland species of sea lion thought to have been wiped out by Polynesian settlers and replaced by the modern NZ sea lion.

A new study has put even more genetic distance between the extinct moa and their old bush mates, the kiwi, but found similarities with a South American bird.

In NZ animals are afforded basic rights - including freedom and suffering. Except the 3 million made to take part in experiments, writes Sally Hibbard.

A band of foreign snakes that are said to be capable of crushing small children to death are on the loose in North London.

A critically ill baby kakapo has been nursed back to health at Auckland Zoo. "Heather One", one of only six kakapo bred this season, was 10 days old and severely underweight when she was found on Little Barrier Island in late March.

Experts have flown in from all over the world. Samples have been taken. And now the waiting begins... Will Tian Tian, Edinburgh Zoo's giant panda, deliver?

An extremely rare female deep-water megamouth shark has been caught off the coast of Shizuoka in Japan, in what is believed to be only the 58th known sighting of the animal on record.

A man who filmed himself nailing a possum to a tree has been sentenced to prison.

More than 170 sharks have been caught and 50 destroyed as part of Australia's controversial culling policy, government figures have revealed.

Defenders of dogs, cats and rats are starting to feel that this could be their year. They've joined forces to make animal welfare an election issue for the first time.

Prime Minister John Key has ruled out any animal testing on legal high products.

A Whitianga woman is considering taking the fight for her beloved dog to the High Court after it was sentenced to death.

The little blue penguin that washed up on the streets of a landlocked upmarket Auckland suburb last weekend has died from starvation.

These stunning photos capture the moment in nature when a warthog stepped into the path of a hungry LION- and became its prey. As the warthog steps into the lions den, the lion leaps with brute force and captures the wild pig. The lion then proceeds to devour the animal- proving his status as top of the animal food chain. These incredible images were caught on camera by photographer Dr Trix Jonker, at the Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The young female kakapo chick Heather One recovering at Auckland Zoo after failing to thrive on Little Barrier Island.

If the research produces essential results of value to humanity that cannot be produced in any other way, despite its cruelty, it should be permissible, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Three suspects will appear in court in Kenya today after six elephants, including four juveniles, were found shot dead in a private reserve, in one of the worst poaching incidents for several years.

The owner of two rottweilers which mauled an 8-year-old Christchurch boy has pleaded guilty.

A disoriented little blue penguin which was taken to safety after being found wandering along the road in suburban Auckland is recovering well at a bird rescue centre.