The leader of Australia's Green Party is backing a campaign to free anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune.

A 5m-long great white shark approaches a cage of divers off the Coast of Mexico. See the photo gallery to find out what happened next.

Two men who allegedly shot 33 dogs on a rural property north of Auckland have each been charged with 14 animal cruelty offences.

An Australian woman decided cake was the order of the day after mistaking a serious snake bite for a simple scratch.

Some say they died out from general stupidity, others argue that they drowned in their own dung - but scientists have confirmed a giant asteroid caused the demise of dinosaurs.

Geraldine Johns meets a Clevedon couple whose battle to create the perfect cheese and yoghurt has yielded some award-winning results.