Sow crates will be phased out by December 2015, Agriculture Minister David Carter announced today.

Paul Thomas says evidence which suggests dogs are smarter than cats will come as a rude shock to fans of felines.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

A Christchurch wildlife park is adopting three endangered gorillas.

Photos of the gorillas that Orana Wildlife Park has adopted from Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Moose were released in Westland in 1900 and in Fiordland in 1910 but unlike other such introductions they were not a success.

United Future are calling for the outright ban of 1080 in the fight against possums and for the introduction of universal health insurance.

Sarah Palin's in trouble over a segment of her Alaskan reality TV show.

A man was pierced by a stingray barb in the Hauraki Gulf when he didn't notice the stingray and swam straight over the top of it. He was taken by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Auckland Hospital.

Photos of Orcas in the Hauraki Gulf.

Kayaker Mark Jones had unexpected company when a pod of whales surrounded him as he paddled to Great Barrier Island.

The Department of Labour is investigating an abattoir after one man was attacked by a bull, and another fell into a pen in the space of 24 hours.

A baby elephant was given a huge shock when a camouflaged crocodile gave a tug on its trunk.

A crocodile bit off more than it could chew when it took on a baby elephant.