Worms - ghastly parasites that live inside our pets.

COMMENT: Those who pick up dog leavings are simply the best of us, writes Matt Heath.

Dogs of all breeds had a whale of a time swimming at pools in Herne Bay today.

Brent Atwater talks to dead pets to reveal their owners' most embarrassing secrets.

Two protected dolphins are found dead and now the hunt is on to find out who killed them.

Is April the Giraffe actually pregnant, or have we all been fooled by an elaborate prank?

A goat who's "like a cross between Bob Marley and Tom Jones" is looking for a new home.

After fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a zookeeper at Auckland Zoo, team leader of Primates Amy talks about how a life-changing trip to the Sumatran jungle ignited her passion for helping orangutans in the wild.

An ex NZ Herald Focus cameraman is at the centre of a daring and dangerous animal rescue in the war stricken city of Mosul.

Don't say the animal has gone 'to sleep' - know how to share the news of a pet dying.

Toilet-training cats is surprisingly possible and the benefits are great.

53kg rottweiler Bear farewells an abandoned kitten.

It’s a well-known fact that cats LOVE to sleep – and our big cats are no different. In today’s Zoo Tales, find out how our Carnivore keepers find ways to keep our pride of female lions mentally and physically active!

Massey University vet students have revealed a very cheeky fundraising venture.

Your vacuum cleaner is your best friend... Vacuuming is one of the best ways to clear the air in your home and get rid of any excess

New research in New Zealand has shown what dogs and their ancestors have known for thousands of years.

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

A new charitable trust aims to encourage empty nesters to adopt a dog with a creative media campaign

A kind aquarium worker has lent a sinking goldfish a fin.

Slow-growing, spiny-backed and truly unique - take a tour with Ectotherm keeper Julie and meet Toa, Tipua, Taki and Flame, just a few of the incredible tuatara that live at Auckland Zoo.

Source: Crufts

Floodwaters washed a goat into a tree in Dargaville.

Afterglow Miami Ink the American Cocker Spaniel has been crowned Best In Show at this year's Crufts.

They're extremely intelligent Pigs are smart and require about the same amount of training as a domestic dog. That means, if you spend

In the midst of all the flooding, firefighters stepped in to rescue cat.

As the surfer readies himself for a wave dolphin commits the ultimate surfing sin.

For years, Auckland Zoo has been working with DOC to help the critically endangered endemic Archey’s frog, the world's most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered amphibian. Auckland Zoo holds the only captive population of Archey’s frog in the world, has had great success in breeding, rearing and releasing the species. In this week’s Zoo Tales join Ectotherms and Birds curator Richard Gibson who takes us through the journey from collection to release of some Archey’s frogs into Pukeokahu Forest.

Pridelands Keeper Jessie Hill gives an update on Auckland Zoo's giraffe calf Kabili.

A wild horse had to be killed after it was severely injured in an attack.

Berlin's Tierpark says a polar bear born at the zoo last November has died.