The start of a war will be commemorated this week -- one waged not on foreign battlefields, but across our own offshore islands.

British ex-pat Paul Wilcox joked with his step-father: "I always wear a wetsuit and I use a lot of sun lotion. The sun's not the problem, the sharks are.”

A man risked his life as he entered blood-drenched water to try to save a swimmer being attacked by a shark at a popular New South Wales beach.

Sally Hibbard offers 10 suggestions offer tangible ways to support animal welfare and the protection of animal habitats through simple actions and choices.

Horrified swimmers describe seeing a huge shark in Australian waters after man killed in front of them.

There are oodles of adorable animals making a mark on our Instagram account, Nicky Park has picked the eight that you need to be following.

Passengers on a flight to New Zealand got a scare when a large centipede scuttled up the leg of a first class passenger.

The father of a boy seriously injured in a dog attack has been charged as a result of the incident.

In a strange twist to an already bizarre tale, the half-sister of a baby girl killed when she was snatched by dingoes in Australia has become an advocate for the very animals that took her.

If you want to experience a close encounter with a lemur, you can now skip a trip to Madagascar and go straight to Wellington Zoo.

Weighing more than seven Tyrannosaurus rex, or a modern Boeing 737, and longer than a swimming pool, a newly discovered species of dinosaur would have "feared nothing" scientists say.

Crouch, touch, paws, engage. Outspoken anti-cat campaigner Gareth Morgan will this month meet his match in the founder of America's huge no-kill movement, Rich Avanzino.

The world is a step closer to a low-emission sheep, thanks to leading work by Kiwi and US researchers.

They were meant to relocate a blackbird's nest and eggs from a central Dunedin traffic light. Instead the contractors dropped the eggs.

About 100 Southland dairy cows have died or been destroyed after contracting lead poisoning from grazing on a gun club property.

A shark attack sent $12,000 worth of camera equipment down to the bottom of the ocean off New Zealand - and now a $5000 reward is being offered to get it back.

When Dominic Monaghan told his former boss, Sir Peter Jackson, that he was travelling to Laos to track down a new species of spider, there were serious questions raised about his sanity.

The controversial dolphin hunting season on Japan's north-west island of Taiji has started, according to officials.

New research has confirmed waters off Auckland are crucial breeding grounds for a keystone shark species.

From pandas pretending to be pregnant to birds that steal food, animals are sometimes just as deceptive than humans.

Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney says open cut mines in Tasmania could prove to be safe havens for endangered Tasmanian devils.

A new restaurant is taking the term 'farm-to-table' to a whole new level by letting diners watch baby farm animals being born in a purpose-built birthing room.

Half the planet should be set aside solely for the protection of wildlife to prevent the "mass extinction" of species, according to one of the world's leading biologists.

Part of my job is running workshops for senior students interested in animal occupations. The most sought after career choices according to them are:

Traditionally it's the dad's job to kill things that need to be killed. Recently I had to put down an injured blackbird. No one else was keen. So I marched up, grabbed a brick and then froze

A chef preparing a dish made from cobra flesh died after the snake bit his hand - 20 minutes after he had severed it from its body.

Lynda Veth scalped herself in a freak home accident - by tripping over her dog in the dark and cracking her head open on a door frame.

A new TV series proves you really can teach old dogs new tricks says Dionne Christian.