April the giraffe gives birth at a New York zoo in front of a huge online audience.

Is April the Giraffe actually pregnant, or have we all been fooled by an elaborate prank?

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

Simon the ginger cat has defied the odds with leaps and bounds and scales stairs despite losing two legs.

Footage of a flock of turkeys walking in perfect circles around a dead cat has sent the internet into a spin.

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.

Urgent action is needed to stop the cheetah - the world's fastest land animal - sprinting to extinction, experts have warned.

The hunt for a mega shark believed to be roaming the coast of New Zealand is still on.

A photo of two "hot" Southern District police officers posing with puppies has garnered hundreds of likes on Facebook.

Genetic evidence suggests that man's best friend has been enjoying food scraps from humans since the earliest days of living together, even adapting to digest changes in human diet.

'The dog ate my brownie': Tasty "edibles" such as muffins and cookies that people consume for a buzz are also appealing to animals, who can't read warning labels.

If you've got a musical moggy, this pet project could be right up your street - a CD of songs specifically for cats. The album, Music

After her farmyard-mad son insisted on a birthday cake depicting a cow giving birth, this mum decided she had no choice but to come to the party.

Rat takes on snake - and wins.

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.

Feline like a drink? "Pinot meow" for your cat is now a thing.

Dog thefts in the UK have soared by 20 per cent in two years, particularly among breeds popular with celebrities.

It's morning in the Murchison, a desolate, sunbaked corner of the midwest of Western Australia, and a trio of wedge-tailed eagles are circling.

A bundle of cuteness bought commuters at a train station in Washington to a halt.

This kangaroo looks innocent at first ... until it holds a frozen outstretched claw in the air, like it's the Grim Reaper (or an avid Lady Gaga fan).

Scientists say horses understand us more than we think.

It is big, hairy, and if one sinks its fangs in you it will burn, burn, burn like a ring of fire.

Jimbo's try their hand at producing a TV advertisement with 18 dogs and six cats. Watch the cute and cuddly video here.

A Dunedin cat is lucky to be alive after a wet afternoon spin.

Ian Tarei is waiting. After countless nights sitting in the bush, in the dark, in the middle of nowhere, it's something he's become familiar with. On this cloudless, starry October evening, the reason he is waiting is perched on a nest just a hundred or so metres down an old loggers track, deep inside a cosy burrow.

Animal-loving thrillseekers take the plunge with a 13,000 foot tandem skydive in support of SPCA. Video / Supplied