For the ultimate in dog endurance, get yourself on the back of an Alaskan sled.

A rare white whale spotted in the Cook Strait last year has been identified as the famous Migaloo, often seen in Australian waters.

You can swim with just about anything these days - but on a tiny island in the Bahamas, pigs paddle with tourists.

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.

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

Cats are becoming the pet of choice in Japan, overtaking dogs. And the cat merch is picking up too.

Feeling the back-to-work blues after the Christmas holidays? The cure may be as simple as taking your pet to work with you.

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'?

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

Cats are known for being elusive. The hiding place of this cat has the internet stumped.

Two rare Nepalese red panda cubs have been born at Auckland 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.