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Alligator with incredibly rare white skin
An unusual albino alligator with completely white skin has become the star attraction at a US theme park in Florida.
Zoo Tales: Baboon ice blocks
It’s summer and to help their baboons cool down in the heat, Auckland Zoo gives them a giant ice block! Primate keepers Dave Robbins takes us in to the enclosure to set up the ice block and tells us a bit about these particular primates.
Watch NZH Focus: Leonardo and Romeo, the horse riding cats
Matakana may just have a new star attraction with cats Leonardo and his brother Romeo developing some unusual hobbies...
Baby giraffe takes first steps in public
WATCH: The calf, which was born premature, weighing 46.4kg, on New year's Eve, ventured out into the park on Sunday with mother Kiraka.
Watch: 150 piglets saved by firefighters in Russia
A video posted by the Russian Emergency Ministry captures firefighters saving about 150 pigs and piglets from a barn fire in a Siberian village.
Five tips for keeping your pet cool this summer
With record-breaking weather predicted this summer, it's important to make sure we're prepared and our pets are too.
Animal shelter holds small flock of sheep
Little Bo-Peep, your sheep are bleating and still all fleeting.
Dog may have died of natural causes
The dog's owner said her one-year-old pet was shot by someone hiding in the bushes while it was chasing a stick.
Widow's fight for son after spider bite
An arachnophobic mum who was bitten in bed by one of the world's most lethal spiders has spoken for the first time about her incredible battle for survival.
Incredible images of wolves battling Grizzly bear: Who wins?
A British holidaymaker has captured incredible images of a battle between a Grizzly bear and a trio of wolves.
Watch: Leopard seal at Bayswater Marina
Leopard seal that paid a visit to Bayswater Marina, Bayswater, Auckland.
Watch: Wolf pack vs grizzly bear. Who wins?
Incredible images by a British holidaymaker on a visit to Montana show the moment a 595-pound Grizzly bear took on a pack of wolves as they munched down on a deer carcass.
Zoo Tales: Flamingo chick hatches at Auckland Zoo
For only the second time in its history, Auckland Zoo has welcomed a flamingo chick into the world.
Watch: Kiwi farmer helps pig stuck in cow
A New Zealand farmer performed amateur surgery to free a pig stuck in a dead cow.
Watch: Monkeys mourn 'dead' robot baby
A new show claims rare insight into the secret lives of animals.
Watch: Monkeys mourn robot baby in new BBC wildlife show
Source: Spy in the Wild / BBC. In a new BBC show, Spy In The Wild, the monkeys gather around the artificial creature and appear to go into a state of grief. They gather around the baby, hush their chatter and hug each other in what appears to be a show of grief.
Five New Year's resolutions for pet owners
Measure food every time Everyone knows food is the easiest way to any animal's heart but that doesn't mean you should overfeed your
Shepherd trampled by flock in Germany
A female shepherd is trampled and then butted into the ground after her flock was spooked by a car.
'Steve' the cheeky quokka on the run
The hunt is on for a rogue quokka who hitch-hiked from Rottnest Island to a Perth waste and recycling facility.
Penguin selfies 'not cool'
If people bother the rare penguin moulting in Dunedin it will be moved to a secret location, the Department of Conservation says.
#DoesItFart: Science is a gas
Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.
Oh deer! Snow monkey gets frisky
In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.
Thieving squirrels go nuts for chocolate
In surveillance camera footage, the suspects wore no masks - just bushy tails.
Penguin picks pool position
A cranky Fiordland crested penguin looks set to spend a month perched on a rock by the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool in Dunedin.