Heartbreaking footage shows a mother dolphin trying desperately to save her calf from Japanese hunters who planned to sell the animals to aquariums.

The man got separated from his three hunting companions yesterday evening.

A popular fishing competition which earlier this year led to a winner being asked to take a lie-detector test has rewritten the rules

A hunter who had been missing in the Kaimanawa Ranges since Saturday evening has been found.

A call for eyesight testing when getting a firearms licence was made in court yesterday when a Hastings hunter appeared for sentencing. Gary

A man mistook his own brother for a small animal and fatally shot him during a family hunting trip in South Carolina.

Behind the scenes footage from the first episode of Planet Earth II shows the gruesome fate of hatchlings who didn't manage to escape.

BBC viewers were scared stiff last night by dramatic footage in the long-awaited series Planet Earth 2 that showed dozens of snakes chasing baby iguanas.

Giant antlers discovered in an Irish bog and which have hung in a Kiwi hunting lodge are going under the hammer.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has launched a probe into the police handling of alleged illegal hunting by off-duty officers

Police have named the man who died following a fall on the Gunn Ridge Track near Whataroa on Friday as Nicolaj Brun.

A man has died after falling from a ridgeline on the West Coast tonight. Police said the man, who had been on a hunting trip with

Police search teams are dusting off a 25-year-old missing person case in a bid to test their new gear.

The New Zealand equivalent of Bear Grylls has felt the wrath of viewer backlash for the barbaric nature of killing an octopus with his teeth.

We will find you and we will kill you - that is the message the Otago Regional Council is set to issue today to Bennett's wallabies that enter Otago.

A 12-year old hunter who posted photos of herself with a dead giraffe, zebra and impala has hit back after outrage over her controversial hobby.

A hunter who suffered a heart attack was winched to safety from hill country near Raglan last night.

One of the most studied wolf packs in the world is gone thanks to an Alaska policy that allows hunters to kill wolves and other large predators in the state's national wildlife refuges.

Search and rescue teams looking for a missing hunter near Balclutha have called in search dogs tonight.

Farmers worried for their safety after prized deer shot and killed.

A pig hunter who spent a near-frozen night in the bush wearing just gumboots, t-shirt and hoodie, was "very happy" to see his rescuers today.

The family of a hunter missing in bush as temperatures dropped to near freezing are relieved he has been found and still has his "cheeky smile".

Hastings hunter charged with careless use of a firearm after the death of 23-year-old Danny Jordan.

A Dunedin man whose hunting companion was killed after a deer stalking expedition went ''tragically wrong'' has been fined $1000 for illegal hunting.

Authorities are hoping that the only creatures shot during duck hunting season are of the feathered variety.

Animal rights groups are aghast this country is again being promoted as a premier destination for enthusiasts.

Trophy hunting is an industry that reportedly pumps tens of millions of dollars into the New Zealand economy each year.

The company says it's due to a lack of consumer demand and the politics surrounding gun violence.

A Palmerston hunter used his T-shirt and duct tape as a tourniquet before hobbling more than 200m to meet rescuers after impaling his leg in the Maungatua Range.

Hunters tempted to ''farm'' wild deer or pigs before hunting competitions are likely to be out of luck at a competition later this month.