A symposium being held today at Massey University will discuss the potential "de-extinction" of NZ birds, with the huia sitting at the top of the list.

Dressed as chickens and posing in giant cages, more than 20 protestors gathered outside the resource consent hearing of a proposed caged chicken farm in South Auckland this morning.

It’s pitch black and Kina Scollay is in a cage at the bottom of the ocean as huge shapes emerge from the darkness.

An SPCA boss disgusted by how many dogs are starving in her patch will tomorrow begin a three-day hunger strike.

About 200 police officers, 30 members of the armed forces, a helicopter and specialist dogs trained to sniff out their quarry.

A kiwi with unusual ginger colouring has been released to the Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary Kiwi Creche in Taupo after hatching at Rainbow Springs’ Kiwi Encounter.

Kiwi are likely to be lost from mainland New Zealand "within our grandchildren's lifetimes" and without continuing intervention could be extinct within 50 years.

After investigating those myths that have made it into the 21st century, these are our top picks.

An 8-year-old Tauranga girl who received serious head injuries after being kicked by a horse underwent surgery at Starship Hospital yesterday.

Heartbreaking photographs have emerged of a group of badly abused lions rescued from a circus in Peru as they await their move to a safe animal shelter in America.

A man who has outraged animal rights activists after donning a "snake-proof" suit in order to be eaten alive by a snake for a TV show has welcomed the backlash against his stunt.

Builders accidentally sealed a Christchurch cat into a wall of a house for two days, before sealing her again into a neighbouring house's ceiling for a week.

Even small human populations can wipe out big animal species, according to local researchers who suggest moa extinction was rapid.

Hearing a baby cry makes people uncomfortable and new research has revealed it also stresses out man's best friend.

Invercargill family hit hard after lamb affectionately known as Two Face succumbed to infection.

Some 22 whales that had restranded on a beach near Ohope overnight have all died - some of natural causes and the remainder after being euthanised.

Never have those opposed to horseracing had their point proved so emphatically as in yesterday's Melbourne Cup, writes Sally Hibbard.

Is horse racing the sport of kings or is it the blatant exploitation of horses for entertainment and financial gain? Sally Hibbard ponders on Cup day.

A pet shop owner was elated to be reunited with a $700 pup taken from her store after police executed a search warrant at a caravan park near Dunedin.

A Western Australian man has been labelled an idiot for climbing onto a dead whale as sharks fed on it.

For four years, Gary Hurley has been a foster carer for kittens that are too sick or too small to stay with the SPCA.

A Whangarei man who filmed himself nailing possums to trees and chopping off their limbs has topped the SPCA's annual list of animal abuse shame.