A 17-year-old rescued by a mother-of-two and a police officer when his pitbull viciously mauled him believes the animal couldn't stop.

Roy May has found many curious things on the beach - but he's never seen anything like the creature that washed up in last week's storm.

A new hazard has appeared on Northland's roads and it comes with a bite - hungry, resting or abandoned seals are turning up along the coast.

Footage has emerged of the extraordinary moment a dying great white shark tried to beach itself in Australia after biting off more than it could chew.

Two brothers who starved horses so badly they had to be shot by animal welfare officers have been jailed and banned from owning horses for five years.

The Government is being urged to make an international gesture by destroying its stockpile of up to 800 confiscated ivory specimens.

An inquest in Gloucester has heard how a plane crash that killed a British pilot in the Congo may have been caused by passengers panicking over an escaped crocodile.

Scientists and conservationists are making a last-ditch effort to block the West Australian Government's plan to extend its controversial shark cull for three years.

Fergusson, the 10kg cat, is a regular sight in the corridors of Waikato Hospital, cheering up patients and posing for photographs as he goes.

The next David Attenborough need not have any natural history qualifications but must be able to make the animal world entertaining for viewers, a senior BBC executive has said.

"Essentially any plonker can open a pet shop and be responsible for the wellbeing and future of vulnerable animals," writes Sally Hibbard.

What exactly does Auckland Council use dog registration fees for?

A dead whale that has washed on to the shore of Taranaki is thought to weigh about 100 tonnes and is unlikely to be moved from its final resting spot.

Hastings District Council has freed a Boxer X called 'Dougie' after receiving hundreds of messages protesting him being seized by Animal Control.

A speeding motorcyclist who fatally hit a fox-terrier puppy on Haumoana Beach has been called "dark" and "ugly" by the dog's owner.

The Invercargill woman charged with keeping too many cats on her city property can be now be named.

The moa were driven to extinction due to human activities - over-hunting and habitat destruction. Here are 10 other animals mankind has wiped out.

Kendall Jones, 19, has provoked worldwide fury after posting pictures of herself smiling next to animals she hunted, including a lion, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant and zebra.