A dog that fled after being stabbed in a backyard attack is now back with her family.

Shares of SeaWorld crashed after the admission, which came during the troubled company's latest earnings announcement.

Auckland Zoo has confirmed the baby elephant gifted to Prime Minister John Key in Sri Lanka this week will be joining its elephants Burma and Anjalee.

Eradication of feral cats and a curfew for domestic ones are on the table to deal with the country's "cat crisis."

Helicopter pilot Todd Dunham had a day to remember yesterday, rescuing two men attacked by animals in separate incidents in the Bay of Plenty.

A man has been filmed dragging a shark out of the water in Florida and holding it down while he gets a photo with it.

Guilt is a horrible thing. It eats at your soul. There's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Booze helps but only for a while, writes Matt Heath.

WATCH: Boat trip to Whangarei Heads has scary close encounter.

A new Israeli study has indicated that arachnophobes overestimate spider size compared with other neutral animals, such as birds and butterflies, that do not cause fear.

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons.

In 2001, a humble cat that hung around Port Taranaki became a minor celebrity after she travelled far from home.

Armed with a kitchen knife and an attitude to match this crab is not to be messed with.

A video of free range chooks streaming out of their barn at a Whangarei egg producer has now gone intergalactic after Star Trek actor George Takei linked it to his 9.5 million followers on Facebook. Source: Otaika Valley Free Range Eggs NZ

Tens of thousands of sharks seen migrating in swarms within a stone's throw of Florida beach.

A futurologist predicts by 2050 it will be possible to implant devices into animals, giving them the ability to speak to us.

To celebrate Valentine's Day Regan Schoultz visited Auckland Zoo to see first-hand the animal attraction on show.

A new doggy speed dating service was set up to help Aucklanders find love this Valentine’s Day. Dozens of Auckland Council Animal Shelter dogs were at Victoria Park on Friday looking for love.

Pampered pooches struggling with the heatwave are causing lengthy backlogs at grooming centres.

Auckland photographer Kathrin Simon spent months at Auckland Zoo at night, waiting for the perfect moment to capture Wildlife under the night sky.

A Northland woman was home alone when, at 2 o'clock this morning, she heard footsteps on her deck.

"Dinner time!" An officer with the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Western Australia captured this incredible photo.

A man walking his dogs came across a shark rolling in the surf this morning, near where five sharks were seen yesterday.

What's stopping a crusade to eradicate mozzies?

China's ocean theme parks is capturing some of the world's most magnificent and intelligent animals from the wild and keeping many of them in cramped, inadequate conditions.

Scientists say horses understand us more than we think.