A female shepherd is trampled and then butted into the ground after her flock was spooked by a car.

The hunt is on for a rogue quokka who hitch-hiked from Rottnest Island to a Perth waste and recycling facility.

If people bother the rare penguin moulting in Dunedin it will be moved to a secret location, the Department of Conservation says.

Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.

In surveillance camera footage, the suspects wore no masks - just bushy tails.

A cranky Fiordland crested penguin looks set to spend a month perched on a rock by the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool in Dunedin.

Squirrel monkeys are Primate keeper Samantha Robertson favourite species to look after at the Zoo. Watch as she prepares the perfect summertime morning tea treat for our curious and cute squirrel monkeys!

The $10.9 billion purchase of VCA, an animal hospital chain, is now Mars' biggest line of business.

As the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction: decisive action on climate change.

Australia Zoo made a joke on its Facebook page after a second woman in a week was bitten by a wild snake at the venue.

Footage of a kind farmer rescuing a sparrow in a spot of bother has gone viral.

Inseparable since the horse's birth, these incredible images show the animal's heartbreak over the death of his owner.

The disappearance of a ginger tom cat from a North Shore cattery has the cattery's owner puzzled and the family distraught.

Maybe you're looking for a reason to get a Twitter account or maybe you're already a regular tweeter. If you're either of those things

In Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, you can find one quarter of the world's seabird species - and around 20 per cent of its whale and dolphin species.

As rescuers scoured Kaipara Harbour for survivors of fishing charter tragedy, conservationists were performing a rescue operation of their own nearby.

The Rotorua SPCA has been "flat out" over the holiday period, with the kitten season in full swing. SPCA shelter manager Karen Rolfe

Bieber has already ditched his pet monkey, a hamster and a snake. Now he's given up his new puppy who needs an $11,300 operation.

A woman barricaded herself in a hallway while a rampaging possum wreaked havoc in her home.

Two people have been attacked hurt by animals in two separate incidents in Northland this afternoon. St John attended the incidents

A wild lizard headed to the beach for a sip of water from a kind human's bottle.

A Gisborne family have made a plea for the return of their stolen husky.

Source: Facebook / Mundoo Island Station

A young fisher who caused a stir after reeling in and releasing a bronze whaler shark in the Coromandel said he was "helping the species".

WATCH: A beach-goer says he was amazed to watch a group of young fishers haul in and release a "bloody great" bronze whaler shark.

For Pets on the Net founder Kim Buchanan, it is the sheer joy of helping people find their pets that has kept her in the business for 14 years.

Disturbing images of a massive python strangling and consuming a wallaby whole have emerged. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

Those visiting Aussie beaches this summer better be careful as tiny, invisible and deadly jellyfish are on a southern invasion.

In a rare occurrence, twin giraffes were born at Auckland Zoo, though sadly one calf had to be put down. According to Auckland Zoo, only about 30 cases of giraffe twins have been reported worldwide. Here is 7-year-old giraffe mum Kiraka with her new female calf.