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.

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Floodwaters washed a goat into a tree in Dargaville.

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.

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.

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A Thailand sea turtle underwent hours of surgery after she was found to have been attempting to digest nearly a thousand coins flipped into her pool by tourists hoping for good luck.

Six per cent of New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin's have been treated.

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.

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

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.

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.

Nothing to see here folks, just a colossal python devouring an entire possum in a tree.

After half of the famed feral pig colony in the Bahamas dropped dead, rowdy tourists were blamed.

COMMENT: Rachel Smalley discusses whether we need to strike a balance between marine and human life and the environment.

A 94-year-old Kerikeri man is recovering in hospital after trying to defend his pet from an attack by two unrestrained pitbull terriers.

A crowd funding page has been set up to raise a reward, after a brutal horse death in Burwood.