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.

Zimbabwe's largest wildlife area says it is suffering from an overpopulation of lions in what is being described as a side-effect from the Cecil the lion affair.

A Whangarei man had a close encounter with a great white shark, capturing the exciting moment on video.

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.

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.

A six-year-old girl has died after being bitten by a brown snake on a property in New South Wales.

Twenty two taiko chicks were hatched from 26 eggs this breeding season, nine more chicks than the previous seasonal record of 13.

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.

Punakaiki residents say they want to be told if chlorine is added to their drinking-water supply.

Not a dog or a cat person? Then how about a fluffy bunny the size of a dog?

Florida authorities have arrested a man accused of throwing a live alligator through a restaurant's drive-through window.