Nobody really knows the reason for the popularity of cats, and if they do know they find it difficult to express it in words, writes Bob Kerridge.

Above a road through a forest hangs a long, thin suspension bridge resembling a power line.

Man blind in one eye and 85 per cent deaf may have to return his hearing dog because he can't find a new place to live that will let him have a dog.

A dog handler who is being sued by one angry owner has already lost a case over her 'boot-camp' methods .

Johnny Depp has poked fun at the immigration furore surrounding his dogs' recent visit to Australia.

A 65-year-old man has been attacked by a shark while surf skiing off the New South Wales coast today.

Inmates at Rolleston Prison have been showing their softer side, knitting blankets for abandoned and homeless animals rescued by the SPCA.

Researchers find that cats, unlike dogs, do not need humans to feel protected, preferring to look after themselves.

Two seals have come ashore in Auckland this morning, one for a lazy day in the sand, the other for a trip to the hospital.

Ancient DNA analysis has revealed the safe havens where New Zealand seabirds found sanctuary from early human hunting.

Auckland Zoo has welcomed its first kiwi chick of the season just as the zoo said goodbye to winter.

Wellington Zoo ape to have ground-breaking procedure in a last-ditch effort to save her remaining ear.

Over the weekend a nice lady in a small white car ran over my dog Colin. It was horrible for the little guy but he wasn't the only victim, writes Matt Heath.

A piece of the country came to Takapuna today when three spring lambs arrived at The Department Store.

Orang-utans are semi-socialised, semi-wild. They can be spooked easily. We shouldn't be surprised one attacked a Kiwi tourist.

Gone are the huia and the moa. Are we going to let kiwi go the same way? We can all do our bit, writes Peter Cullinane.

Following the appointment of the new station master cat Nitama at Kishi train station in Wakayama, Japan, it's all aboard for a cat-lover's tour of fancy.

The whale that stranded itself at Pt Chevalier in Auckland is now heading into the channel past Kauri Point and out to sea.

He was 2011 Rugby World Cup lucky charm, but the unofficial mascot's luck has run out after being sold to the meatworks last year.

A Queenstown couple have asked for a second chance for their pet schnauzer dogs after they were found responsible for killing three lambs on a neighbouring farm.

Since 2009 DoC staffing has been slashed by 323. Funding cuts continue, writes Brian Rudman. In the last Budget, operational funding was cut by $8.7 million and natural heritage management by $7 million.

DIY home-building fever has struck the gentoo penguins at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium on the Auckland waterfront.

Patrick, 30, Ballarat Wildlife Park - the world's oldest wombat has joined Tinder.

A paralysed rabbit is hopping for joy after being given the chance to walk again - with a bunny wheelchair.

Bubba the cat has attended high school for the last six years - so it's fitting that this learned feline has received his own ID card.

"It was like hooking a hook on an angus bull and slapping it on the backside."

After a long 15 months of waiting, Auckland Zoo staff were pipped at the post when they missed the birth of the latest addition to the giraffe herd.

A seal has been spotted sunning itself on rocks along Auckland's Tamaki Drive today.