Facebook has helped a Christchurch couple be reunited with their cat which went missing from a local cattery.

A baby snake at The Australian Reptile Park takes it's very first breath.

Dog attacks make up nearly three-quarters of the total convictions for dog-control related offences in New Zealand courts since 2010.

Chairman Meow, an Auckland cat, received a Government reminder to enrol.

Cats are becoming the pet of choice in Japan, overtaking dogs. And the cat merch is picking up too.

Feeling the back-to-work blues after the Christmas holidays? The cure may be as simple as taking your pet to work with you.

The unlikely friendship of a sick kitten and three dogs.

It seems pigs can fly after all.

Eighty pateke – New Zealand’s rarest mainland waterfowl –are being relocated to their new home near Bethell's Beach.

Is this the beginning of 'helicopter petting'?

Fifteen-year-old parrot Chico spent about an hour up two nearby trees during a free-fly session.

Chris Clemett is going to the Disputes Tribunal over the loss of his pet, Molly, from Beccijanes in Bryndwr.

Romantic zoo lovers are being offered the chance to pop the question as part of a late-night romance session at Wellington Zoo.

Cats are known for being elusive. The hiding place of this cat has the internet stumped.

Two rare Nepalese red panda cubs have been born at Auckland Zoo

Auckland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two Nepalese red panda cubs, an extremely valuable addition for this endangered species.

An alien-looking black frog-fish caught in Northland waters will be formally identified at Te Papa Museum today.

A one-eyed vulnerable albatross has been released back into the wild after receiving treatment at Wellington Zoo.

Manurewa Molly, the dumped kitten rescued by a police constable this morning, has met her new mum and dad.

Pictures of a seven-metre great white shark spotted off Adelaide's coast has been causing a stir on social media.

Feeding dive of a Yellow-eyed penguin off Otago Peninsula.

Auckland biodiversity student hunting for whale DNA.

An Auckland biodiversity student is part of a team of scientists researching and monitoring humpback whales and their migration in the Cook Islands.

Manny enjoys going for walks in the park with his mates, FaceTiming distant pals and playing in the snow. Sounds normal enough until you find out Manny's a cat.

New military working dog and handler demonstrate how they work together to catch an offender at Airforce graduation ceremony.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

A crocodile that tore off part of a woman's arm in the far north of Western Australia has been caught and destroyed.

Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry?