Panicked roars from underground alerted farmers to trapped leopard.

A stray dog waited six months outside a hotel in Argentina for an air stewardess who showed him just a little bit of affection.

One of the most studied wolf packs in the world is gone thanks to an Alaska policy that allows hunters to kill wolves and other large predators in the state's national wildlife refuges.

In honour of International Cat Day, a new study claims to confirm everything you suspected about feline fans.

The male calf arrived in June, bringing the total number of white rhinos at the zoo to six.

A mischievous pup had his front legs hacked off, but he's been given another chance at life.

COMMENT: The main human threat in the Auckland Islands is the squid trawl fishery.

Seal ends up in the back garden of a Napier home, warming himself on the deck, and then falling into the hedge.

A saltwater crocodile at a Queensland zoo has been filmed coughing up a plastic drink bottle that was carelessly tossed in its enclosure.

We catch up with the baby orca whale known affectionately as 'Bob' as he is kept under the watchful eye of Dr Ingrid Visser and volunteers while on the mend in a pool on the shores of Tauranga Harbour. Video/John Borren

Wellington councillors have voted to pass a revised animal bylaw that requires cats to be micro-chipped. The Environment Committee passed the bylaw today.

Wellington councillors have voted to pass a revised animal bylaw that requires cats to be micro-chipped.

Hallmark to air the Kitten Summer Games to coincide with the start of the real Olympics on Friday, Aug. 5.

A Wanaka man has been charged with ill-treating an animal after a cat was shot.

A deteriorating baby orca separated from its pod and its mother has been moved to a holding pen.

The SPCA is preparing for its fundraising cupcake day on August 15th, in which they encourage people to get involved in the baking and selling.

A baby elephant at Melbourne Zoo has passed away after a condition she was born with prevented her from feeding from her mother.

Zoo visitors watched in horror as a man lifted a young boy into a rhino enclosure and made him move closer for a photo.

Inside the world of a Thailand elephant sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai.

We've all seen the devastating video of the guy who strapped a GoPro to his dog while he left the house: for a lot of dogs, being

A silver and white car linked to the shooting of a 14-year-old boy in June has been recovered.

Breed-specific legislation (BSL) has been shown not to decrease the number of dog attacks on humans.

Dogs, cats, horses, cows and a duck are all patients of a chiropractor who is as happy treating four-legged friends as he is people.

The Lion Man is facing a raft of cruelty allegations after being accused of separating a baby giraffe from its mother just hours after it was born.

Human and pet chiropractor Todd Keenan talks about his practice

The secret of New Zealand's geological past has been found in the unlikely hiding place of a tiny native bird's DNA.

Stunned fishermen spotted a gigantic alien-like ball floating off the coast of Western Australia before it was devoured by hungry sharks.

A company which gets millions in public funds to eradicate tuberculosis says it stands by a nationwide advertisement found to have breached the advertising industry's code of ethics.

A crack team of whale experts has today talked tactics in the fight to reunite Billy the orca calf with his family.