Scientists and conservationists are making a last-ditch effort to block the West Australian Government's plan to extend its controversial shark cull for three years.

A bird rescue centre is caring for six giant petrels after concerned members of the public found the birds in distress.

"It is no longer the domain of the 'environmentalist', angry or otherwise to care about the plight of our wildlife, it is up to all New Zealanders."

A native falcon may have lost some of its sight and will spend weeks recovering after being shot.

Fish have feelings and intelligence on a par with other animals and deserve better consideration of their welfare - expert

Conservation Minister Nick Smith says the risk to the tiny number of Maui's dolphins from a new block of land listed for oil and gas exploration is 'small'.

Does pest status take away an animal's right to be treated humanely?

Satao, one of Kenya’s largest elephants, has died after being shot by poachers using poisoned arrows.

Two women have been jailed for 12 months over the death of their elderly neighbour, who was “literally eaten alive” by their starving dog.

Environmentalists say trees that will support a new zipline tourism attraction on the Sunshine Coast are koala habitats.

The more visitors within a five-metre radius of the koalas, the more vigilance behaviour koalas displayed, which puts them in an alert state.

The last remaining 55 of world's rarest species of dolphins could disappear within three decades if New Zealand doesn't act now, wildlife advocates say.

A Hawkes Bay farmer was ordered to pay $7000 to the SPCA and $529 in reparation following one of the worst cases of neglect an SPCA inspector said he had seen.

An Auckland restaurant serving duck eggs with developing embryo has been cleared by the SPCA for possible cruelty against unhatched ducklings.

In NZ animals are afforded basic rights - including freedom and suffering. Except the 3 million made to take part in experiments, writes Sally Hibbard.

A man who filmed himself nailing a possum to a tree has been sentenced to prison.

One of the scientists designing the testing regime for synthetic drugs says trialling novel drugs on humans without testing them on animals first is likely to be considered unethical in NZ.

Three suspects will appear in court in Kenya today after six elephants, including four juveniles, were found shot dead in a private reserve, in one of the worst poaching incidents for several years.

Much hangs on whether the Japanese Government sides with its future-focused Foreign Ministry or its inwards-looking pro-whaling fisheries agency, writes John Armstrong.

We're all a kaleidoscope of contradictions about our treatment and consumption of living creatures, writes Bob Jones.

Many's the time the dubious claim "sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind" has been used to justify some act of petty tyranny, writes Paul Thomas.

Dame Vivienne Westwood has admitted she shares bathwater with her husband.

Chickens starved to death, dead and decaying bobby calves and the carcasses of four goats were found by SPCA inspectors at a rural West Auckland property.

A lifestyle block farmer who bashed two pigs with a heavy steel bar in a "prolonged and violent attack" in front of an upset teenage boy has been jailed today.

The man accused of spraying oven cleaner into a dog's face has been found guilty by a jury in the Wellington District Court.