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Photos: Auckland zoo's baby giraffe debuts
Nikuru the giraffe, two months old, is the youngest of Auckland Zoo's four giraffes.
Zoo of horrors in Indonesia
The Surabaya Zoo is a nightmare, plagued by uncontrolled breeding, a lack of funding for general animal welfare and even suspicions that staff are involved in illegal wildlife trafficking.
Montana: Wintering with wolves
A B&B in the wilds of Montana offers hospitality to wolves as well as humans, writes Rhys Davies.
Hamilton's new baby rhino
Hamilton Zoo has welcomed the arrival of a newborn baby Southern white rhinoceros.
Extraordinary footage reveals daredevil dodging gannets (watch)
Hunting gannets are in constant danger of killing each other in underwater collisions.
Sam Judd: Last dance of the bees
Evidence shows that bee populations are collapsing across the world because of environmental stressors such as pesticides and the proliferation of specialised, single crop farms as well as a reduction in nectar and pollen caused by urbanisation.