Danielle Wright connects with a group of special children getting active on horseback.

A vet shot a tranquiliser dart at a zoo employee dressed as a gorilla after mistaking him for a primate.

Dita De Boni writes: I once swore we'd get pets for the kids "over my dead body", yet here I am, looking at a fish tank containing the three newest members of the household: Hammerhead, Fishey and Wuzzley.

Two women have been jailed for 12 months over the death of their elderly neighbour, who was “literally eaten alive” by their starving dog.

Ultimately the goal is for a full and speedy recovery for your pet, regardless of how it is achieved. Here are 5 alternative options.

A long weekend away turned out to be better than expected for Andrea Hegan, who paddled alongside a number of orca whales near Kawau Island on Sunday.

Humanity has pushed the planet to the brink of a dinosaur-scale sixth mass extinction, a new study has warned.

The dedication and stamina of the worker ant were celebrated in Aesop's Fables - in contrast to the lazy, singing grasshopper.

Dame Jane Goodall, the celebrated ethologist considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, will give a series of public talks in New Zealand next month.

Takahe are famous for one of the most dramatic comebacks in conservation history — but they're not out of the woods yet.

It's been a bad morning for Wellington Zoo. One of its new cheetahs has died and an investigation has been launched into how a toddler got into a tiger enclosure.

British politician George Osborne's cat Freya was chauffeur-driven back to her Downing Street home after being found more than a kilometre away.

The owners of four dogs which attacked a 7-year-old Japanese girl in Murupara are seeking diversion.

Steam rises from a group of Kaimanawa horses during the biannual muster.

The police and SPCA have carried out a search of a Raglan property as part of an investigation into how the bodies of two cats ended up dead in rubbish bags.

Join the debate: Are you a cat person or a dog person? State your case.

A random act of kindness turned into a nightmare for a woman who had stopped to help a cat she had almost run over.

Courageous Kiwis put their bodies on the line going after quarry including wild pigs, stags and great whites. But in this country no form of hunting or fishing could possibly match the dangers faced long ago by sealers.

The Government will bring forward a total ban on the finning of dead sharks by two years in response to widespread public concern about the gruesome practice.

Environmentalists say trees that will support a new zipline tourism attraction on the Sunshine Coast are koala habitats.

The more visitors within a five-metre radius of the koalas, the more vigilance behaviour koalas displayed, which puts them in an alert state.

Cats are cuter than babies and dogs when it comes to the popularity of videos, new research shows.

We take a look at balut and some other controversial food items to see if we should really be concerned.

The last remaining 55 of world's rarest species of dolphins could disappear within three decades if New Zealand doesn't act now, wildlife advocates say.

Thousands of sheep in Australia are believed to have died after eating a poisonous plant that makes them “bash their heads on posts and rocks until they crack open”.