A new Israeli study has indicated that arachnophobes overestimate spider size compared with other neutral animals, such as birds and butterflies, that do not cause fear.

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons.

In 2001, a humble cat that hung around Port Taranaki became a minor celebrity after she travelled far from home.

Armed with a kitchen knife and an attitude to match this crab is not to be messed with.

A video of free range chooks streaming out of their barn at a Whangarei egg producer has now gone intergalactic after Star Trek actor George Takei linked it to his 9.5 million followers on Facebook. Source: Otaika Valley Free Range Eggs NZ

Tens of thousands of sharks seen migrating in swarms within a stone's throw of Florida beach.

A futurologist predicts by 2050 it will be possible to implant devices into animals, giving them the ability to speak to us.

A six-year-old girl has died after being bitten by a brown snake on a property in New South Wales.

Twenty two taiko chicks were hatched from 26 eggs this breeding season, nine more chicks than the previous seasonal record of 13.

A new doggy speed dating service was set up to help Aucklanders find love this Valentine’s Day. Dozens of Auckland Council Animal Shelter dogs were at Victoria Park on Friday looking for love.

Pampered pooches struggling with the heatwave are causing lengthy backlogs at grooming centres.

Auckland photographer Kathrin Simon spent months at Auckland Zoo at night, waiting for the perfect moment to capture Wildlife under the night sky.

A Northland woman was home alone when, at 2 o'clock this morning, she heard footsteps on her deck.

"Dinner time!" An officer with the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Western Australia captured this incredible photo.

A man walking his dogs came across a shark rolling in the surf this morning, near where five sharks were seen yesterday.

What's stopping a crusade to eradicate mozzies?

China's ocean theme parks is capturing some of the world's most magnificent and intelligent animals from the wild and keeping many of them in cramped, inadequate conditions.

Not a dog or a cat person? Then how about a fluffy bunny the size of a dog?

Florida authorities have arrested a man accused of throwing a live alligator through a restaurant's drive-through window.

Many dog owners suspect their pet is smarter than the average hound.

84 dogs, 315 poo bags and a whole lot of peanut butter. Awwwwww!

It was the humans doing the sitting yesterday while their dogs strutted the catwalk at the Auckland Pride Dog Show.

There are reports of a large shark swimming off the coast of Mount Maunganui today.

It is big, hairy, and if one sinks its fangs in you it will burn, burn, burn like a ring of fire.

Animal activists have gathered at today's Warkworth Rodeo protesting the event as cruel entertainment.

A group of tourists got the surprise of their life when their car bumper was ripped clean off by a playful lion.

Tiger is the longest serving animal at the Tauranga SPCA shelter.

The story of a man who lured a pack of seagulls onto a train with a bag of fish and chips took the internet by storm this week, but it turns out it's nothing more than an old joke.