A social media campaign today saw Countdown bombarded with pleas from consumers to stop stocking caged eggs.

Hamilton Zoo's chimpanzee troop will soon have a new member, with female chimp Sanda expecting a baby.

A pod of four of the whales were swimming around Evans Bay.

A runaway Shetland pony leads British police on a chase through Crawley, West Sussex.

Facebook has helped a Christchurch couple be reunited with their cat which went missing from a local cattery.

A baby snake at The Australian Reptile Park takes it's very first breath.

Dog attacks make up nearly three-quarters of the total convictions for dog-control related offences in New Zealand courts since 2010.

Chairman Meow, an Auckland cat, received a Government reminder to enrol.

The unlikely friendship of a sick kitten and three dogs.

It seems pigs can fly after all.

Eighty pateke – New Zealand’s rarest mainland waterfowl –are being relocated to their new home near Bethell's Beach.

As Northland fisherman Philip Wilson watched a 4m great white shark chomp into the decaying carcass of a whale, he was not fearful but in awe of the massive fish.

An image of an injured joey with heavily bandaged hands, feet and tail shows the devastation the Western Australia bush fires have had on wildlife.

Is this the beginning of 'helicopter petting'?

Fifteen-year-old parrot Chico spent about an hour up two nearby trees during a free-fly session.

Chris Clemett is going to the Disputes Tribunal over the loss of his pet, Molly, from Beccijanes in Bryndwr.

Romantic zoo lovers are being offered the chance to pop the question as part of a late-night romance session at Wellington Zoo.

Auckland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two Nepalese red panda cubs, an extremely valuable addition for this endangered species.

An alien-looking black frog-fish caught in Northland waters will be formally identified at Te Papa Museum today.

A one-eyed vulnerable albatross has been released back into the wild after receiving treatment at Wellington Zoo.

An adventurous fluffy gray cat has travelled around the United States, amassing a huge Instagram following.

WATCH: A high-definition camera attached to a penguin's back has had 'ground-breaking' results.

Manurewa Molly, the dumped kitten rescued by a police constable this morning, has met her new mum and dad.

Pictures of a seven-metre great white shark spotted off Adelaide's coast has been causing a stir on social media.

Feeding dive of a Yellow-eyed penguin off Otago Peninsula.

Auckland biodiversity student hunting for whale DNA.

An Auckland biodiversity student is part of a team of scientists researching and monitoring humpback whales and their migration in the Cook Islands.

Manny enjoys going for walks in the park with his mates, FaceTiming distant pals and playing in the snow. Sounds normal enough until you find out Manny's a cat.

New military working dog and handler demonstrate how they work together to catch an offender at Airforce graduation ceremony.