New staff appointments at hotels are rarely of any interest to guests, except in the very exceptional case of this very exceptional worker.

Animal rights activists have called for the release of an orca whale filmed deliberately beaching herself and lying motionless at the side of the pool for several minutes after a show at Tenerife's Loro Parque zoo.

Heartbreaking footage shows a captive killer whale appearing to beach itself on a concrete slab following a show for tourists at a theme park.

Kiwi researchers have used drones to capture stunning footage of Bryde's whales foraging off Auckland's coast.

WATCH: Kiwi researchers have used drones to capture stunning footage of critically threatened Bryde's whales foraging off Auckland's coast.

Source: WOOD TV8 The parents of a 45-year-old who was fatally shot at home in the United State said they think his talking pet continues to relive the slaying.

Source: Youtube.com/indvdos The bizarre moment a monkey robbed a jewellery store for 10,000 rupees.

A false killer whale that had stranded north of New Brighton in Christchurch has now disappeared from sight - giving rescuers high hopes it will survive and rejoin its pod.

Days after a young boy fell into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo - prompting the zoo's decision to shoot and kill a 17-year-old gorilla -- archived video has emerged showing a similar incident 20 years ago, with a very different outcome. Source: WGN-TV

They've said it before and it looks like they'll have to say it again - don't get too close to the animals.

Yellowstone has a problem with tourists getting too close to wild animals - here's an example of what could happen.

The parents of a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure, leading to the endangered animal's death, have opened up about their son's condition.

For the research, the scientists studied sparrows on the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel for a dozen years.

A one-footed penguin at Christchurch Antarctic Centre named Bagpipes has been fitted with a prototype 3D-printed foot after losing his own to a fishing line.

An eight-week-old puppy dumped on the side of a road has been found screaming for help inside a banana box in Masterton.

Captive gorillas, conservationists say, act like an insurance policy in case we "ruin the planet".

The parents of a Kiwi woman who was killed by a crocodile have arrived in Queensland to help with the search for her body.

A video shows the 1-year-old Auckland Zoo-born calf Zuri jump out of the custom-made box in which she was transported by road to Wellington yesterday, and do a small skid, before coming to a halt at her new home. Source: Facebook / Auckland Zoo

A woman has described her implants as "airbags" after being attacked by a kangaroo.

Since the beginning of time, dogs - known to some as 'man's best friend' - have accompanied their humans on camping trips.

EXCLUSIVE: The parents of a New Zealander grabbed by a crocodile in Australia have spoken of their pain as authorities continue to search for the missing woman.

Zuri the giraffe has arrived in windy Wellington; ready to settle into her new home at the local zoo.

The mother of the boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at a zoo has blasted those who called her out on social media as being neglectful.

An adorable baby elephant had to be rescued after it fell down an uncovered well in Sri Lanka.

A woman who is appealing her conviction over a horse's death has her sentence suspended pending the outcome.

We joked it was just our luck that after hiking through Brisbane's eucalypt woodland for an hour the only wild koala we saw was in the car park.

There is a big road trip ahead for a giraffe travelling down the North Island today.

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Zoo keepers shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into its enclosure.