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Staff at Auckland Zoo have been tickled pink by their latest addition: a flamingo chick.

For only the second time in its history, Auckland Zoo has welcomed a flamingo chick into the world.

A New Zealand farmer performed amateur surgery to free a pig stuck in a dead cow.

A new show claims rare insight into the secret lives of animals.

Source: Spy in the Wild / BBC. In a new BBC show, Spy In The Wild, the monkeys gather around the artificial creature and appear to go into a state of grief. They gather around the baby, hush their chatter and hug each other in what appears to be a show of grief.

Measure food every time Everyone knows food is the easiest way to any animal's heart but that doesn't mean you should overfeed your

A female shepherd is trampled and then butted into the ground after her flock was spooked by a car.

The hunt is on for a rogue quokka who hitch-hiked from Rottnest Island to a Perth waste and recycling facility.

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.

In surveillance camera footage, the suspects wore no masks - just bushy tails.

A cranky Fiordland crested penguin looks set to spend a month perched on a rock by the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool in Dunedin.

Squirrel monkeys are Primate keeper Samantha Robertson favourite species to look after at the Zoo. Watch as she prepares the perfect summertime morning tea treat for our curious and cute squirrel monkeys!

The $10.9 billion purchase of VCA, an animal hospital chain, is now Mars' biggest line of business.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been spotted wearing a hat made of baby alpaca fur. Here's the quirky reason why her choice in head wear is an ethical one.

Strolls around St Bathans won't be the same after the loss of its canine tour guide.

As the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction: decisive action on climate change.

Australia Zoo made a joke on its Facebook page after a second woman in a week was bitten by a wild snake at the venue.

The disappearance of a ginger tom cat from a North Shore cattery has the cattery's owner puzzled and the family distraught.

Maybe you're looking for a reason to get a Twitter account or maybe you're already a regular tweeter. If you're either of those things

In Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, you can find one quarter of the world's seabird species - and around 20 per cent of its whale and dolphin species.

As rescuers scoured Kaipara Harbour for survivors of fishing charter tragedy, conservationists were performing a rescue operation of their own nearby.

The Rotorua SPCA has been "flat out" over the holiday period, with the kitten season in full swing. SPCA shelter manager Karen Rolfe

This pair of oystercatchers have set up their nest right in the middle of Mount Maunganui's main surf beach - during the busiest time of the year. Despite being visited by hundreds (maybe even thousands) of holiday-makers, they have hatched two chicks. But they have a long road ahead as they could be trampled by beach-goers or killed by roaming dogs. Source: Kimbirdley

A little blue penguin was spotted in central Christchurch today after making its way up the Avon River.

Bieber has already ditched his pet monkey, a hamster and a snake. Now he's given up his new puppy who needs an $11,300 operation.

A woman barricaded herself in a hallway while a rampaging possum wreaked havoc in her home.

Two people have been attacked hurt by animals in two separate incidents in Northland this afternoon. St John attended the incidents

A wild lizard headed to the beach for a sip of water from a kind human's bottle.

A Gisborne family have made a plea for the return of their stolen husky.