Lower North Island beachgoers have been met with the sight of hundreds of dead birds...

Life amongst the herd.

Justin Newcombe extols the virtues of keeping a few chooks in the yard and gives a few tips on how to best care for them.

Justin Newcombe builds a mobile home so his beloved chooks can have a change of scenery (and help with the gardening).

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

The claws are out over a Gold Coast beauty salon's poster campaign to help raise funds for an animal welfare group.

Trooper the puppy who was found at 8-weeks-old with it's ears cut off has made a great recovery in his adopted home. The people who abused the animal will not be prosecuted for the act.