The International Rodeo could be barred from returning to Forsyth Barr Stadium if the Dunedin City Council agrees to a plea from animal rights group Safe.

Bodies of more than 40 endangered yellow-eyed penguins have been found on Otago Peninsula, raising concerns of a repeat "mass mortality" event in 1990.

I visited China for a research project on the ivory trade in January. It took two years of groundwork first.

At two rodeos last month I watched as many in the crowd looked on, sealed off to the meaning of struggling frightened animals, writes Lynn Charlton.

Three weeks ago a 15-metre sperm whale corpse washed up on Paraparaumu beach, a coastal district about 40 minutes' drive north of Wellington.

A potential cat fight has quietened down in Paihia after a conservation group accused the SPCA of supporting a cat colony in the Village Green.

Two dogs attacked two children, a teenager, an elderly tourist and a dog control officer in Methven after escaping from their yard.

The SPCA'S famous driving dogs could star in their own television show.

Shelley Bridgeman isn't fond of cats. She's even gone as far as using cat repellent to keep the neighbourhood cats away.

Columnist Sam Judd checks in on free-range eggs. Are they really free-range or are the images of happy chickens frolicking in green paddocks just a fantasy?

You must all know by now a moth is a monk: just look at his or her wings.

German wasps stung a Tauranga man so badly he was sick for three days and the skin peeled from his hand.

An albatross has died as heat stress and fly strike hit the protected population of northern royal albatross at Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.

Dr Morgan has his facts right, and his modest proposals are in line with international trends and New Zealand law, writes Charles Daugherty.

The SPCA has rejected claims it releases cats into the wild after Gareth Morgan offered $5 for every unwanted cat it euthanised.

The BBC car show Top Gear is coming to New Zealand to film our world-famous driving dogs.

Environmentalist Gareth Morgan has offered to donate $5 to the SPCA for every homeless cat they put down.

The mother of a woman who was attacked by two dogs is relieved they have been removed from the owners.

Gem the sea lion was yesterday roaming Dunedin's Chisholm Park Golf Course and nearby coastal areas, apparently in search of her pup.

More than 80 per cent of those who live with cats consider them to be a member of the family, writes Bob Kerridge.

Gareth Morgan's campaign to control cats and save native birds could increase animal abuse and the economist should be held accountable, says the SPCA executive president.

The rich and the famous will be breaking out the cucumber sandwiches and champagne this week when they attend the National Yearling Sales at Karaka.

Auckland's top-end hotels and restaurants are being kept busy as horse buyers from around the world descend on Karaka for the National Yearling sales.