Auckland Zoo's 28-year-old hippopotamus "Fudge" has died.

Located about 45 minutes outside Tasmania's capital of Hobart, Bonorong is the anti-zoo.

What's better than an online personality test? An online cat personality test.

A 6-year-old cat burglar with a taste for men's underwear is terrorising the streets of Hamilton.

The massive campaign to find a missing pooch.

A kitten who survived a trip from Papamoa to Auckland after stowing away under the bonnet of a car, has been re-homed.

Dog owners are happier, more sociable and earn bigger salaries than cat owners, according to a new study.

That's right. You can now create a 3D printed suit of armour for your cat.

Green sea turtles and a black sea turtle have been set free as part of a turtle rehabilitation programme which has been run by Kelly Tarlton's for 20 years.

A central Auckland cafe staffed by five humans and 12 cats is on the look-out for three new feline staff members willing to be paid in love, cuddles and snacks.

A central Auckland cafe staffed by five humans and 12 cats is on the look-out for three new feline staff members willing to be paid in love, cuddles and snacks.

Denise Robinson Winskill was killed when her husband accidentally ran over her in his ute in October 2013.

"Suddenly I heard a noise on my left and saw a big ostrich in the bush, most likely a female. In a second her friend jumped from the left a started chasing my friends! The creature had no problem to keep up at 50km/h". Source: Oleksiy Mishchenko / ViralHog

A farewell ceremony is being held for Christchurch's two thousand godwits this evening.

An animal handler in Queensland was viciously attacked by a crocodile during a feeding show.

The friendliest looking sea creature we've seen in a while.

There's an awful lot of wildlife in Brazil. Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Shocking footage has emerged of a boy brutally attacking a possum with a hammer, after he had caught it in a trap in a tree.

Crows and parrots have sophisticated thinking skills on a par with those of apes such as chimpanzees, researchers claim.

If you struggle to tame coarse, straw-like hair, forget expensive potions and smoothing serums.

Joan Proud lives happily in an Orewa retirement village, but one thing about village life saddens her: she won't be allowed to replace her dog if it dies.

Brazilian beetles will be released into Wellington's town belt today to help control the wandering willie.

A religious festival went awry when an elephant began picking up vehicles and smashing them. The great creature, named Devidasan, was taking part in a festival at the Bhagavathi Temple in the south Indian state of Kerala on Thursday.

A religious festival went awry when an elephant began picking up vehicles and smashing them.