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Pebbles the hamster was sent to a watery grave so that her owner could board a flight.

Why Pebbles the hamster met an untimely death in an airport toilet.

Anxiety Girl, aka Roxy, shows off her quirks. / Jeannie Short

Animal care manager Jo Richardson talks about introducing the capybara for breeding.

Unable to hardly move and defecating on herself, Honey only had one option to avoid death.

It's 2018, and the nature of the workplace is ever-evolving.

'I felt very betrayed that I trusted her with my dog and paid for a service.'

Black lab Abby ran away in 2008, but her microchip led her back to her family.

The stowaway bird took refuge on a ship and is now enjoying five-star care.

An entire suburb's undies were regularly going missing - now the culprit's been outed.

The hilarious sign was left in a dog park in the UK.

The baby's arrival makes Auckland zoo the second in Australasia to breed the species.

Zoo Keeper, Hayley Paul, helps the emus at Auckland Zoo keep cool with a shower. / Michael Craig

Boaties had an incredibly close encounter with orca at Ponui Island near Waiheke. Credit: Jitske Braaksma

Don McFarlane, Team Leader Ectotherms Auckland Zoo, has some exciting news. In a first for New Zealand, Auckland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a Galapagos tortoise hatchling, and has become only the second zoo in Australasia to breed this species. / Michael Craig

For the first time in NZ, hundreds of Japan’s Honshu white admiral butterflies have been successfully reared as a biocontrol agent for Japanese honeysuckle. Credit: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

A pod of dolphins played with holiday goers in the Bay of Plenty in the second sighting in two days. Credit: Ella Southward

A photographer captured some fun in the surf.

Animal behaviourist Mark Vette on the most important thing he's learned.

Why do mosquitoes prefer some people over others?

Traumatised passers-by too late to save pooch who died a "slow, painful death".

Forty native Kakariki were released on Moturua Island. (June 2017) / Supplied by Toby Ricketts

Kiwis saved one bird at a time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Tallulah the tortoise's great escape was more of a laborious plod.

She's still recovering three months after the chemicals left her with severe burns.

Dogs' best friends might actually be women.

A jury has awarded a mega bucks victory to the world's most famous sourpuss.

A dozen competitive camels were cut from a high stakes beauty contest in Saudi Arabia.

The latest twist in the spread of the "anti-vax" movement.