The owner of two rottweilers that allegedly mauled an 8-year-old Christchurch boy has been remanded for two weeks without plea.

An Iranian newspaper is reporting that the Islamic Republic plans to send another monkey into space within a month.

Janie, one of the oldest chimpanzees in captivity and for years part of Auckland Zoo's "tea-party chimps", is dead at the age of 60.

Janie the chimpanzee has died after 57 years at Auckland Zoo. The 60-year-old was old and had multiple health issues, and was euthanised early this afternoon.

A targeted programme to capture and neuter stray cats before releasing them would reduce the population humanely and effectively, a visiting American animal law expert says.

Pest, charming oddity or just background noise, the Hadeda ibis is a feathered phenomenon in suburban South Africa.

From glitter paintings to yarn bombing, Danielle Wright rounds up what's on offer for crafty kids over the holidays.

Eggs laid by toxic sea slugs are the likely cause of seizures suffered by dogs walking on Auckland beaches, a marine ecologist says.

The quiet settlement of Maketu has been rocked by a one-in-10,000 occurrence - a hen changing into a rooster.

The stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe, where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks for the lucrative illegal ivory market.

Getting rid of pests may sound far-fetched, but as Jamie Morton reports, so did the idea of conquering Mt Everest.

In a mist-shrouded patch of native forest in the Mamaku Ranges near Rotorua, one eco-minded tourism venture is trying to create a slice of the predator-free dream.

British PM David Cameron's office has denied that his family has no love for Larry, the 10 Downing St cat.

The container ship grounding on Oct 5, 2011 that became our worst maritime environmental disaster will be commemorated with a sculpture depicting some of its tiniest victims.

The canine heroes and victims of Christchurch’s earthquakes are immortalised in a new book by Laura Sessions and Craig Bullock.

Two dairy farmers, a stock agent and a trucking company have been prosecuted for putting 25 cows through a hellish trip to the slaughterhouse.

About 130 pairs of hands and a "year's worth" of weekends have helped complete a predator-proof fence perched above the cliffs of St Clair, Dunedin.