Award-winning film director Adam Strange, 46, was the victim of a fatal shark attack in Muriwai this afternoon.

A dingo sanctuary for Queensland's Fraser Island is one of the ideas being considered to protect the animals.

A rare type of frog that is critically endangered has, for the first time, been successfully bred at the Auckland Zoo.

Auckland Zoo hatched seven baby Archey's frogs, a critically endangered New Zealand species of frog, in December and they are continuing to thrive in their captive environment.

WARNING: Graphic content. SPCA staff believe a cat found drowned in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour on Sunday was lured into a lobster trap and left in the water to die.

Conservationists say our lack of protection measures for sharks is a source of global embarrassment but the industry argues the debate is clouded by emotion.

A New Zealand seabird, which was thought to be extinct for over 150 years, has been found breeding on Little Barrier Island.

Godwits fly here every year from Alaska, but new developments in China threaten their route. How many will be back? A new book reveals the threat to their continued globe-spanning migration.

An SPCA investigation into a drunken horse-riding incident outside a Greymouth pub has concluded that the owner should stop her late-night horseback antics.

A young royal penguin washed up on a New Zealand beach more than 2000km from home has died.

The days when there were 20 sheep for every Kiwi are long gone.

The city's lizard population has declined due to loss of habitat and predation by introduced mammals, prompting Mayor Celia Wade-Brown to ask eco-sleuths to help.

A sometimes heated public meeting has heard Gareth Morgan's ideas on how to clamp down on cats that kill birds.

A young penguin washed up on a New Zealand beach, more than 2000km from home, is fighting for its life at Wellington Zoo.

The SPCA will launch investigate after a drunk woman rode her horse through the streets of Greymouth and offered bar patrons rides around town before being arrested.

Microscopic jellyfish could be the real culprit for the painful rash developed by some Western Bay beach-goers.

The scientist who has given a "sixth sense" to laboratory animals has promised an even bigger revolution in the research field he has pioneered.

A controversial decision by the environment authority to approve the introduction of 11 new species of dung beetle to this country has exposed serious weaknesses in our biosecurity processes.

Greymouth police impounded an unusual mode of transport on Saturday night - a horse.

Tiny is a bit special - he's the smallest turtle to be found in New Zealand waters.

The juvenile green turtle named Tiny is being released back into the wild after spending two years at Kelly Tarltons.