A shivering litter of tiny blue heeler puppies was dumped on city streets on one of the coldest nights of the year.

What are believed to be the first prosecutions over Central Otago's rabbit problem are set to go to court next week.

Penguins can move underwater with the speed of a swallow or swift, but cannot fly even as far as a chicken. How did a bird that in some cases shuffles 65km to its breeding grounds on unsuitable flippers lose its ability to fly there quickly?

A firefighter who resuscitated a puppy rescued from a burning house says he did not think twice before blowing oxygen through the dog's nose.

A puppy had to be given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Wanganui fireman Gary Wilson after a central city cottage was gutted by fire.

A couple's plan for a dolphin-assisted birth has drawn scorn and danger warnings from experts.

Circling 180m above the ground, its thermal camera trained on the scrubland below, the drone silently watches for its target.

Ann Huston and her sons hire a boat and head to Indonesia's Komodo National Park in search of giant lizards.

Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme.

Just about everyone agrees that the moves to permit psycho-active substances to be sold if they can be proved to be safe are A Good Thing. One of the few areas for dispute is whether or not they should be tested on animals.

A pelican - one of only 20 believed to be in the country - has been found shot dead on the banks of the Waikato River.

The former wife of a dead conman has been convicted of forging a fake dog lease in an attempt to extort $15,000 from a voluntary animal shelter.

Learning to ride is a dream come true for some children. Joanna Mathers looks at what riding schools in Auckland and beyond offer.

In the jungle of Borneo, displaced or orphaned orang-utans are given lessons in survival, writes Ben Fogle.

Snoopy is a survivor. The 4-year-old spaniel-cross spent six hours stranded on a Dunedin cliff ledge in the cold and rain yesterday.

It was a toss-up whether Badger or Huhana was the 100th kiwi raised on Matakohe/Limestone Island in Whangarei Harbour.

Wellington Zoo has put a new listing on Trade Me, giving bidders the opportunity to name their newest arrival - a Goliath birdeater tarantula.

A tiny capuchin monkey belonging to Justin Bieber won lifetime residency in Germany on Saturday after the singer'sagents said Bieber would not try to recover his confiscated pet.

Otago commercial fishermen have reacted with anger to a proposal to extend a ban on set-net fishing around the Otago Peninsula to help preserve yellow-eyed penguin colonies.

A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals has returned to Earth after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.

New research from Oxford University shows the rate of global warming has been lower over the past decade than it was previously.