Rat takes on snake - and wins.

A puppy found abandoned in a rubbish bin in central Auckland has been put down today.

He was missing for 15 days, but he was determined to find his way home.

A pair of proud parents at the Australian Reptile Park, on the NSW central coast, have welcomed the arrival of five fuzzy and very cute dingo pups.

The appeal of small dogs needs little explanation: they make less mess, they're (mostly) easier to clean up after and, of course

They may fight like cat and dog, but adventurous pets Luigi and Bandito share a love of the great outdoors.

Dogs can cause sepsis in humans just by licking them, doctors have warned after an elderly British woman became critically ill.

A Huntly woman has been banned from owning animals for five years after a small wound on her cat's back grew to the "size of a palm" because she didn't take it to the vet for months.

When a notoriously irritable reptile with a mouthful of jagged teeth and a vicious underbite needs medical care, caution is definitely in order.

Pet owners are being warned to watch out for gin traps in the area after a cat suffered serious injuries when it became trapped in one.

The zoo has had hundreds of emails, tweets and Facebook comments, with a great range of names, resulting in the team having a tough job to pick only two of them.

She's a valued staff member at the funeral home where she works, and Lulu is always on hand to offer a paw to hold.

Not just any turtle could help these scientists determine why loggerhead sea turtles are dying. They recruited a dead one.

A petition to save Chip the puppy from being put down has more than 10,000 signatures, but Council claim the dog is sick.

River, the puppy saved by a Bay primary school student last year, has settled in with her rescuer's family and grown into a lovable, large dog.

Source: Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo needs your help to name two new arrivals - a pair of male capybara pups.

Apollo Taito is a sergeant in the NZ Army, an ambassador for animal rights organisation Safe and one of an estimated five Samoan vegans in the country.

Dog lovers might think cat owners often feel superior to them - and they might be barking up the right tree.

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.

An Auckland electrician who rescued a young pup out of a rubbish bin is disappointed to his good deed might end with it being put down.

A Texan zoo has found a creative way to keep a llama cool in temperatures of more than 40C.

Feline like a drink? "Pinot meow" for your cat is now a thing.

Dog thefts in the UK have soared by 20 per cent in two years, particularly among breeds popular with celebrities.

A group of tourists had a lucky escape after crashing their car into a cow in Te Kuiti last week. The cow and the car were not so lucky.

Under a full moon and clear skies on an unseasonably warm evening in late June, I am hiking across Otata Island in The Noises.

Auckland Zoo hope that the release of hundreds of captive-bred young Wetapunga (Giant Weta) on Otata Island in the Hauraki Gulf will help the health of the islands forests.

Organisers of a nationwide survey are urging people to keep a sharp eye out for feathered visitors to their back gardens.

A new detective has arrived. He is an altogether different species of investigator.

Whangarei mechanic Michael Smith's job title usually doesn't include rescuing cats - but today was a different story.