Massey University vet students have revealed a very cheeky fundraising venture.

Your vacuum cleaner is your best friend... Vacuuming is one of the best ways to clear the air in your home and get rid of any excess

New research in New Zealand has shown what dogs and their ancestors have known for thousands of years.

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

A new charitable trust aims to encourage empty nesters to adopt a dog with a creative media campaign

Campaign brings together pet charities in a bid to have empty nesters "replace" their children with rescue dogs.

At a last minute wedding planned after the bride was diagnosed with terminal cancer, this pooch was given a special role.

A kind aquarium worker has lent a sinking goldfish a fin.

Slow-growing, spiny-backed and truly unique - take a tour with Ectotherm keeper Julie and meet Toa, Tipua, Taki and Flame, just a few of the incredible tuatara that live at Auckland Zoo.

Afterglow Miami Ink the American Cocker Spaniel has been crowned Best In Show at this year's Crufts.

They're extremely intelligent Pigs are smart and require about the same amount of training as a domestic dog. That means, if you spend

In the midst of all the flooding, firefighters stepped in to rescue cat.

As the surfer readies himself for a wave dolphin commits the ultimate surfing sin.

For years, Auckland Zoo has been working with DOC to help the critically endangered endemic Archey’s frog, the world's most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered amphibian. Auckland Zoo holds the only captive population of Archey’s frog in the world, has had great success in breeding, rearing and releasing the species. In this week’s Zoo Tales join Ectotherms and Birds curator Richard Gibson who takes us through the journey from collection to release of some Archey’s frogs into Pukeokahu Forest.

Pridelands Keeper Jessie Hill gives an update on Auckland Zoo's giraffe calf Kabili.

A wild horse had to be killed after it was severely injured in an attack.

Berlin's Tierpark says a polar bear born at the zoo last November has died.

Source: NOAA

Veterinarians in Bangkok operated on the 25-year-old female green sea turtle nicknamed 'Bank'.

Truck driver who helped the abandoned animal was criticised for smoking.

Life is good for ducklings saved from certain doom on a railway track.

The pit bull cross which "saved" a boy whose mother allegedly tried to drown him has been spared.

Think you're pretty good at taking selfies? These pets have their selfie game down-'pat' and will make you think again.

Funding for a Dunedin penguin hospital that's saved 6 per cent of the nation's yellow-eyed-penguin population is set to run out this month.

After five months on the run, Henry the rooster has been caught - thanks to a honeytrap.

Simon the ginger cat has defied the odds with leaps and bounds and scales stairs despite losing two legs.

Footage of a flock of turkeys walking in perfect circles around a dead cat has sent the internet into a spin.

Closure for father almost three years after his 4-year-old son was viciously mauled by the family dog.

Tourists often find themselves in precarious situations with wild animals. Here are some of the best moments caught on camera.

Named after their whistling call, whio are beautiful and charismatic ducks! In today's Zoo Tales find out how Auckland Zoo is working with DOC and Genesis Energy to ensure whio are in our future forever.