A "happy-go-lucky little boy" who suffered severe head, face and arm injuries when he was mauled...

Joelle Thomson ventures to Africa to party with elephants feasting on marula fruit.

Two dogs who savaged a six-year-old at Ruatoria yesterday belonged to a police officer who had travelled to Gisborne for court duty.

Lower North Island beachgoers have been met with the sight of hundreds of dead birds...

Life amongst the herd.

Justin Newcombe extols the virtues of keeping a few chooks in the yard and gives a few tips on how to best care for them.

Justin Newcombe builds a mobile home so his beloved chooks can have a change of scenery (and help with the gardening).

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

The claws are out over a Gold Coast beauty salon's poster campaign to help raise funds for an animal welfare group.

Trooper the puppy who was found at 8-weeks-old with it's ears cut off has made a great recovery in his adopted home. The people who abused the animal will not be prosecuted for the act.