Dogs with a nose for food dangers
Clever canines able to sniff out minute traces of peanuts could soon be available to help New Zealand children with severe allergies.
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Replacement for killer dogs
Neighbours of a house where a woman was mauled to death by rottweilers are outraged another big dog is at the address.
Cop salutes canine: 'I wouldn't be here'
Senior Constable Bruce Lamb can still feel his beloved police dog Gage leaping over his head to take a bullet from a gunman.
'I'll forever be indebted to him'
Senior Constable Bruce Lamb can still feel his beloved police dog Gage leaping over his head to take a bullet from a gunman.
Retailers pull insecticides deemed harmful to bees
Two major New Zealand retailers have moved to stop stocking a controversial group of insecticides over claims they harm bees.
Man who starved puppy avoids jail
A dog owner who starved a puppy to death today "narrowly" escaped jail, but has been banned form owning animals for four years.
Catriona MacLennan: Animal testing flawed, cruel
Why should dogs die so humans can get high? Animal testing takes lives, and humans and animals suffer.
New species emerges from South American jungle
A raccoon-like animal has become the first new carnivore to be discovered in 35 years.
Ram attack video goes viral
A Nelson trailbike rider has become an internet sensation after posting a video showing him being attacked by an angry ram.
Rider's stoush with angry ram goes viral
A Nelson trail bike rider has received international attention for a video showing him being confronted by an angry ram.
Photo recall: Monkey a puzzle for other motorists
Heads turned to stare as Bwana the baboon coasted down the motorway in a sports car on the afternoon of May 17, 1983, but for driver Tony Ratcliffe this monkeying around was daily life.
Parents angered by bid to save dog
The parents of a boy whose face was mauled in a dog attack are furious the owner is returning to court to save her pet two years after their son was injured.
Camels linked to deadly mystery virus
The one-humped dromedary camel of Arabia may be the source of a mysterious respiratory virus that emerged without warning last year causing kidney failure and severe pneumonia and leading to the death of about half the people known to be infected.
Animals in motion: pets after the quakes
Massive forces bent faults below the Canterbury Plains, jolting a sleeping city awake at 4.35am. The other world - that occupied by animals - got an almighty fright too.
Phony painted penguins fool...everyone
Two stationary yellow-eyed penguins standing sentinel over Sandfly Bay on Otago Peninsula have been confusing penguins, tourists and volunteers alike.
Newbie the height of cuteness
Auckland Zoo's latest arrival was out and about on her legs yesterday but already has keepers on their toes.
Northland hen 'dropping bombs'
A Northland hen is continuing to pop out huge eggs - but it's not because of the weather, season or what she's been eating.
Losing more than fur
Fat cat Hazel is a pet with a plan. And she needs an owner willing to help her stick to it.
Hunters become hunted in tiger war
In the foothills of the Himalayas, a war is being waged. Soldiers with M16 assault rifles patrol the grasslands and forests and surveillance drones buzz overhead.