The Prime Minister wants to bring giant pandas to New Zealand. Greg Dixon asks why stop there?

A team of researchers discovered the hog-nosed rat during a expedition in a remote and mountainous area of Indonesia two years ago.

Hamilton Zoo keeper had near-miss while giving tiger talk two years ago, sparking new questions about mauling death last month.

Michael James Whitelock, 28, shot one cow in the leg, dumped another cow still alive in an offal pit, and broke the tails of hundreds of others.

A charity group has recreated iconic magazine covers with homeless dogs in the hope of attracting new homes for the animals.

Videos of tiny food tutorials, often featuring tiny animals, are taking over YouTube. Here we've handpicked five of our favourites for your Thursday afternoon.

A group of guys out on the Gulf had some visitors come along for the ride.

The teeth of a dog may provide new insight into how humans migrated across the world's largest ocean to New Zealand, and where they came from.

The folks at Swift Plumbing sent nzherald.co.nz this video of Orca visiting them in the Gulf, they make some great use of Go-pro cameras to film them underwater.

Some well known New Zealanders are championing their favourite native bird in Forest & Bird's annual Bird of the Year competition.

It is notoriously difficult to get pandas to mate, so cloning might be the next best option.

Every time the Prime Minister tries to advance something that does not address one of the country's more pressing problems, he is harangued.

Rhys Jones, a springer spaniel, has learned to sniff out Argentine ants which are unwelcome invaders in the Hauraki Gulf.

Another visit to Chengdu, the giant panda breeding research base. We had a nice cuddle. She's really taken a shine to me.

The Department of Conservation is grossly under-funded and is expected to seek sponsors and volunteers to assist it in its vital work, writes Brian Rudman.

Despite expressing her love for animals, a British princess has come under fire for her stance on animal rights. Photo / iStock

Barrister suing after he was bitten by a deadly spider during flight.

Prime Minister says he is unaware Gerry Brownlee is hand-delivering proposal to bring giant pandas to New Zealand to a breeding facility in China.

The waters around the Kermadec Islands to the north of New Zealand will become one of the largest ocean sanctuaries in the world, John Key announced.

As the week-long nationwide survey closed last night, a total 8,743 Kereru were spotted and recorded, topping last year's total 7,101.

New Zealanders are being called upon to help save our national icon by reporting kiwi sightings to conservationists.

Swimmers spotted a shark moments after a seven-year-old girl was bitten in shallow waters in north Queensland.

Samantha Kudeweh, zoo keeper fatally mauled by a tiger, has been remembered as a "passionate" and witty person.

It may have had problems adjusting its internal GPS, but a seal found on a farm in Waikato had enough gas in the tank to give the police the runaround.

The tiny native bird, which is only slightly larger than a house sparrow, features in a new study in the leading scientific journal Animal Behaviour

Antivenom supplies are under threat and health organisations are struggling to cope.

The Conservation Minister says $226,000 will be spent on three kiwi projects aimed at helping Kiwi thrive in the wild.

Police have been called in over a tug-of-love battle for an adored cat.

More than $17,000 has been raised in an internet appeal for the children of Hamilton Zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh, who was killed by a Sumatran tiger last weekend.

Officials say there are things that will never be known about the incident, including why keeper was in the enclosure with tiger.