More than 200 sharks, mostly hammerheads, were spotted during a 15-day helicopter surveillance off Australian beaches this summer.

The leader of Australia's Green Party is backing a campaign to free anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune.

A 5m-long great white shark approaches a cage of divers off the Coast of Mexico. See the photo gallery to find out what happened next.

Two men who allegedly shot 33 dogs on a rural property north of Auckland have each been charged with 14 animal cruelty offences.

The calf of an elephant at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, believed to have died in labour, has been delivered alive.

An Australian woman decided cake was the order of the day after mistaking a serious snake bite for a simple scratch.

Some say they died out from general stupidity, others argue that they drowned in their own dung - but scientists have confirmed a giant asteroid caused the demise of dinosaurs.