Starving and half blind, life was grim for Frodo. This is his transformation.

Oscar, Coronet Peak’s unofficial mascot, helps the team with avalanche testing after the Queenstown ski field received almost 15cm of snow at the base building with more higher up as, thanks to cyclone Gita. Source: Coronet Peak

Thomas endured the new relationship of Henrietta and Henry with admirable grace.

World's first human-sheep hybrids pave way cure for diabetes and mass organ transplants.

You may be familiar with the Japanese concept kawaii (the culture of 'cuteness')

NZ Police are trying to clear a swan spotted on the Northern Motorway. Source: NZTA

Greenpeace NZ climate campaigner Kate Simcock talks about Janet, the seventeen foot inflatable whale at Mission Bay on Saturday. / Video by Greg Bowker

What happened when Aussie zoos challenged Kiwis to a punny challenge for Valentine's.

The little pony has a taste for royalty: it nibbled the Queen's posy on another occasion.

Pebbles the hamster was sent to a watery grave so that her owner could board a flight.

Why Pebbles the hamster met an untimely death in an airport toilet.

Anxiety Girl, aka Roxy, shows off her quirks. / Jeannie Short

Animal care manager Jo Richardson talks about introducing the capybara for breeding.

Unable to hardly move and defecating on herself, Honey only had one option to avoid death.

It's 2018, and the nature of the workplace is ever-evolving.

'I felt very betrayed that I trusted her with my dog and paid for a service.'

Black lab Abby ran away in 2008, but her microchip led her back to her family.

The viral video circling the internet of a rat taking a shower is not actually a rat.

An entire suburb's undies were regularly going missing - now the culprit's been outed.

The hilarious sign was left in a dog park in the UK.

The baby's arrival makes Auckland zoo the second in Australasia to breed the species.

Zoo Keeper, Hayley Paul, helps the emus at Auckland Zoo keep cool with a shower. / Michael Craig

Boaties had an incredibly close encounter with orca at Ponui Island near Waiheke. Credit: Jitske Braaksma

Don McFarlane, Team Leader Ectotherms Auckland Zoo, has some exciting news. In a first for New Zealand, Auckland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a Galapagos tortoise hatchling, and has become only the second zoo in Australasia to breed this species. / Michael Craig

For the first time in NZ, hundreds of Japan’s Honshu white admiral butterflies have been successfully reared as a biocontrol agent for Japanese honeysuckle. Credit: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

A pod of dolphins played with holiday goers in the Bay of Plenty in the second sighting in two days. Credit: Ella Southward

Vehicles can quickly become ovens as temperatures continue to soar in New Zealand.

Cats are strange creatures, known for all manner of odd behaviour.

A photographer captured some fun in the surf.

Animal behaviourist Mark Vette on the most important thing he's learned.