It's the $6400 question - would anyone commit murder to steal a litter of chocolate Labrador puppies?

A giant squid which washed up on a Wellington beach this morning will be left to the elements.

A week after being released back into the wild, and more than two months after being knocked over by a car, North Island brown kiwi Darkstar has drowned in a culvert.

Inspired by a love of Dr Dolittle and Tarzan to go to Tanzania and study chimpanzees, Jane Goodall has now clocked up 50 years of groundbreaking research into their behaviour. Robin McKie charts her extraordinary story.

The owner of the only pup to survive a massacre of more than 30 dogs believes it has been the victim of a poisoning attempt.

Police have eliminated a woman seen giving away puppies from their murder inquiry and want to hear from two motorists.

Zoe Walker finds herself at a photo shoot with a difference.

It was the impalas I felt sorriest for. Poor little buggers.

A young woman bitten by a rottweiler in a store promotion gone wrong wants to apologise to the dog's owner.

A pet store assistant lost her lip in a dog attack at a "bring in your Rottweilers" promotion in West Auckland yesterday.