A central Auckland cafe staffed by five humans and 12 cats is on the look-out for three new feline staff members willing to be paid in love, cuddles and snacks.

Denise Robinson Winskill was killed when her husband accidentally ran over her in his ute in October 2013.

"Suddenly I heard a noise on my left and saw a big ostrich in the bush, most likely a female. In a second her friend jumped from the left a started chasing my friends! The creature had no problem to keep up at 50km/h". Source: Oleksiy Mishchenko / ViralHog

A farewell ceremony is being held for Christchurch's two thousand godwits this evening.

GALLERY: Injured turtles at Kelly Tarlton's.

Richard Robinson visited the sick and injured turtles being rehabilitated at Auckland’s Kelly Tarlton’s.

An animal handler in Queensland was viciously attacked by a crocodile during a feeding show.

The friendliest looking sea creature we've seen in a while.

There's an awful lot of wildlife in Brazil. Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.

Crows and parrots have sophisticated thinking skills on a par with those of apes such as chimpanzees, researchers claim.

If you struggle to tame coarse, straw-like hair, forget expensive potions and smoothing serums.

Joan Proud lives happily in an Orewa retirement village, but one thing about village life saddens her: she won't be allowed to replace her dog if it dies.

Brazilian beetles will be released into Wellington's town belt today to help control the wandering willie.

A religious festival went awry when an elephant began picking up vehicles and smashing them. The great creature, named Devidasan, was taking part in a festival at the Bhagavathi Temple in the south Indian state of Kerala on Thursday.

A religious festival went awry when an elephant began picking up vehicles and smashing them.

Plummeting numbers of bees, butterflies and other insect populations are placing world food supplies under threat, a United Nations report has warned.

Shares of SeaWorld crashed after the admission, which came during the troubled company's latest earnings announcement.

Auckland Zoo has confirmed the baby elephant gifted to Prime Minister John Key in Sri Lanka this week will be joining its elephants Burma and Anjalee.

Eradication of feral cats and a curfew for domestic ones are on the table to deal with the country's "cat crisis."

Helicopter pilot Todd Dunham had a day to remember yesterday, rescuing two men attacked by animals in separate incidents in the Bay of Plenty.

A man has been filmed dragging a shark out of the water in Florida and holding it down while he gets a photo with it.

Zimbabwe's largest wildlife area says it is suffering from an overpopulation of lions in what is being described as a side-effect from the Cecil the lion affair.

A Whangarei man had a close encounter with a great white shark, capturing the exciting moment on video.

Guilt is a horrible thing. It eats at your soul. There's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Booze helps but only for a while, writes Matt Heath.

WATCH: Boat trip to Whangarei Heads has scary close encounter.