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

There was no mistaking what the main attraction was at Auckland Zoo today, as renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall came into view.

It will take another three decades for the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whale population to recover from the slaughter of the whaling era, scientists say.

Winston Aldworth writes in praise of Australia's cuties.

In the mid-1990s, Gus, a polar bear in the Central Park Zoo, alarmed visitors by compulsively swimming figure eights in his pool, sometimes for 12 hours a day.

Cat owners are using new technology to impose strict curfews and prevent the pets hunting at night.

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder - especially for the judges of 29 dogs vying to win the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair's Ugly Dog Contest.

As James Hemopo lay injured and helpless while a bull charged at him, Fonz, his farm dog, fended off the beast.

Most work days, you'll find Harry, Ziggy and Jed at their central Auckland office enjoying long naps on the couch or under their desks and later taking relieving afternoon strolls.

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'.

It's The Hangover-meets-Jurassic Park. While most stag parties involve paintballing, the pub or a strip club, one group of friends spent did some impromptu palaeontology.

An eerie photo of millions of spiders fleeing flooded farmland in Hikurangi last week has gone viral, after it was posted by a popular science Facebook page.

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.

A plucky NZ mum presented the Duke of Edinburgh with a surprise birthday gift, but the famously grouchy royal asked her to get someone else to carry it.

The owner of a world-famous dog found floating on a log near Great Barrier Island this week has spoken - and this fishy dog's tale is not all it seemed.

A dog, which had been washed out to sea following this week's wild storm, was rescued by the Navy and has now become an overnight sensation.

becoming an octogenarian has only ramped up Jane Goodall’s globe-trekking schedule, because there’s far too much to be done to pause for a breather.

A different kind of detector dog is set to be introduced near airports soon that will hunt out snakes, birds and other reptiles that may find their way into the country.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property is continuing the fight to keep her name secret.

Ababy rhino who was unable to sleep on his own after seeing his mother brutally killed by poachers for her horn, has captured the hearts of staff at a centre documenting his progress.

The Auckland Zoo has shut its gates for the day after wild winds damaged their Pridelands exhibit overnight.

Robyn Preston is a mother of five and grandmother of seven from a small community near Dargaville. We meet the photographer who now spends at least half the year in Africa.

More Auckland pet owners are turning to "doggie daycare" options that offer door-to-door service and activities including agility and search and retrieval classes.

Can we postulate that animals could actually heal us? Research around this topic has provided some interesting results.

The fossil of a squid-like creature wiped out with the dinosaurs has been discovered in a Hawkes Bay streambed. What makes it such a 'significant' find for NZ?

The remains of a man taken by a crocodile in front of his family in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park have been recovered.