A deal negotiated with the Japanese resulted in a suspended sentence for anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune, but means he won't be on the next Sea Shepherd protest.

A man has been arrested over the theft of more than 20 geckos taken from two separate locations in Northland over the past 10 days.

A professional diver from Vladivostok is teaching his dog the tricks of the trade.

After nine days at the bottom of a 60m cliff without food or water, Rusty the collie rewarded his rescuer by almost licking him to death.

A farmer in northern Egypt says his cow has given birth to a two-headed calf that he calls a 'divine miracle.'

Convicted animal abusers can now look forward to harsher penalties covering a wider range of offences, says Paw Justice's Shaughan Campbell.

Seven native forest geckos have been snatched from their enclosure at a Northland conservation park.