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Dicaprio, Putin and the all-star plot to save tigers

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

Monster crocodile claim

Wet weather causes 10pc drop in lamb numbers

Unwelcome lawn moo-ers

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Witchhunt on farmers as animal lovers forget facts

A Kakadu garden ornament with attitude

Key may send Navy to whaling grounds

Wildlife park to adopt NZ's first gorillas

A Christchurch wildlife park is adopting three endangered gorillas.

Six years on, white-tail spider bites still sting

Stingray puts diver in hospital

Southland man who hurt seal jailed

Diver stabbed in chest by stingray

A man was pierced by a stingray barb in the Hauraki Gulf when he didn't notice the stingray and swam straight over the top of it. He was taken by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Auckland Hospital.

Orcas in the Hauraki Gulf

Photos of Orcas in the Hauraki Gulf.

Kayaker picks up big travelling companions

Kayaker Mark Jones had unexpected company when a pod of whales surrounded him as he paddled to Great Barrier Island.

Man attacked by bull at meatworks

The Department of Labour is investigating an abattoir after one man was attacked by a bull, and another fell into a pen in the space of 24 hours.

Herd instinct saves baby from crocodile (+ photos)

A baby elephant was given a huge shock when a camouflaged crocodile gave a tug on its trunk.