Dog owners are happier, more sociable and earn bigger salaries than cat owners, according to a new study.

A cocker spaniel cross was rescued from a construction site in Clover Park, South Auckland, after it fell in a hole.

A humpback whale missing most of its tail has been spotted off Kaikoura.

That's right. You can now create a 3D printed suit of armour for your cat.

Green sea turtles and a black sea turtle have been set free as part of a turtle rehabilitation programme which has been run by Kelly Tarlton's for 20 years.

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.

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.

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.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Shocking footage has emerged of a boy brutally attacking a possum with a hammer, after he had caught it in a trap in a tree.

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

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.

Salma Hayek wants "justice" for her dog who was fatally shot last week.

A dog that fled after being stabbed in a backyard attack is now back with her family.

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.