The dog's owner said her one-year-old pet was shot by someone hiding in the bushes while it was chasing a stick.

An arachnophobic mum who was bitten in bed by one of the world's most lethal spiders has spoken for the first time about her incredible battle for survival.

A shark has washed up on an Auckland beach this morning.

A British holidaymaker has captured incredible images of a battle between a Grizzly bear and a trio of wolves.

Leopard seal that paid a visit to Bayswater Marina, Bayswater, Auckland.

Incredible images by a British holidaymaker on a visit to Montana show the moment a 595-pound Grizzly bear took on a pack of wolves as they munched down on a deer carcass.

What would you do if you saw this?

A New Zealand farmer performed amateur surgery to free a pig stuck in a dead cow.

A new show claims rare insight into the secret lives of animals.

Source: Spy in the Wild / BBC. In a new BBC show, Spy In The Wild, the monkeys gather around the artificial creature and appear to go into a state of grief. They gather around the baby, hush their chatter and hug each other in what appears to be a show of grief.

Measure food every time Everyone knows food is the easiest way to any animal's heart but that doesn't mean you should overfeed your

A female shepherd is trampled and then butted into the ground after her flock was spooked by a car.

The hunt is on for a rogue quokka who hitch-hiked from Rottnest Island to a Perth waste and recycling facility.

If people bother the rare penguin moulting in Dunedin it will be moved to a secret location, the Department of Conservation says.

Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.

Squirrel monkeys are Primate keeper Samantha Robertson favourite species to look after at the Zoo. Watch as she prepares the perfect summertime morning tea treat for our curious and cute squirrel monkeys!

The $10.9 billion purchase of VCA, an animal hospital chain, is now Mars' biggest line of business.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been spotted wearing a hat made of baby alpaca fur. Here's the quirky reason why her choice in head wear is an ethical one.

Strolls around St Bathans won't be the same after the loss of its canine tour guide.

As the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction: decisive action on climate change.

Australia Zoo made a joke on its Facebook page after a second woman in a week was bitten by a wild snake at the venue.

Footage of a kind farmer rescuing a sparrow in a spot of bother has gone viral.

Inseparable since the horse's birth, these incredible images show the animal's heartbreak over the death of his owner.

The disappearance of a ginger tom cat from a North Shore cattery has the cattery's owner puzzled and the family distraught.

Maybe you're looking for a reason to get a Twitter account or maybe you're already a regular tweeter. If you're either of those things

In Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, you can find one quarter of the world's seabird species - and around 20 per cent of its whale and dolphin species.

As rescuers scoured Kaipara Harbour for survivors of fishing charter tragedy, conservationists were performing a rescue operation of their own nearby.