Swimmers were this afternoon evacuated from a public pool after a sea lion "waddled through" reception and entered the water.

A broadcaster that begun with a mission to educate has gained a reputation for hype and fabrication. Time for a reality check.

"We gave him a clean-up and he gave us some cuddles." A cat's cry for help prompted a two-day rescue op involving firefighters, the SPCA and drain specialists.

The owner of a dog who was shot with an arrow by a police officer says she is disappointed no criminal charges will be laid against him.

Beaches in New South Wales have been closed for a record sixth day after repeated great white shark sightings.

A five-metre great white shark has kept New South Wales beaches closed for a record fifth day in a row.

A resource consent bid for a chicken egg layer farm of 310,000 birds in rural south Auckland has been rejected, because of fears it would be too stinky.

Wondering how my local beach fared after a hot day with lots of human activity, I took my dogs for a run and did a spot of rubbish collecting along the shore and rock pools.

Resembling a fierce ancestor of the Loch Ness monster, the first fossil of a shark-like reptile has been found.

Cats are never around when you want them most.

Andrew and Fleur the cats were rescued by the SPCA from a house overrun by animals.

Sadie was found in a paddock of horses.

A shortage of sheep north of Auckland has placed Kaikohe's shearing competition under pressure - but organisers are confident they can make it click.

A sea lion's aggressive behaviour forced about 40 swimmers to retreat from the water at St Kilda Beach yesterday afternoon.

If your not sure what to do with your leftover Christmas tree a zoo in England has come up with a unique solution - throw them to the lions.

Whitey the hen is especially fond of bananas. Last year Whitey joined Lompie the rooster, Panda the cat and Gustav the sheep at Bianca Hill's lifestyle block in Flat Bush, Manukau.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

Five months ago, Juno came home from the SPCA to join Gerard and Liz Buckley and their two cats, Charlotte and Zeus.

On Labour Weekend this year, Ashley Schomaker decided to make the holiday a memorable one.

Thousands of people have again levelled contempt at Texas cheerleader Kendall Jones over an online competition she set up to find the "hottest" male hunter.

New figures show ACC paid $49.1 million in compensation for more than 107,000 animal-related incidents in the past two years.

A hippopotamus was left lying injured on the side of the road for hours after making a panicked jump from a truck in Taiwan.

Conservationists have reintroduced the gibbons as part of an ambitious project for the "re-wilding" of Angkor Wat, a vast "temple city" that was once surrounded by forests.

The mine-strewn border between Iran and Iraq has become an unlikely sanctuary for one of the world's most endangered species of leopard.

Smokey the goat was never a likely best friend for Madelaine Young's retriever poodle, Teddy.

Two youths have been charged after police found 22 sheep crammed in a van in Gisborne this morning.

Chow Chow dogs, painted and dyed to look like panda bears, have been seized from an Italian circus.