Plummeting numbers of bees, butterflies and other insect populations are placing world food supplies under threat, a United Nations report has warned.

Salma Hayek wants "justice" for her dog who was fatally shot last week.

A dog that fled after being stabbed in a backyard attack is now back with her family.

Shares of SeaWorld crashed after the admission, which came during the troubled company's latest earnings announcement.

Auckland Zoo has confirmed the baby elephant gifted to Prime Minister John Key in Sri Lanka this week will be joining its elephants Burma and Anjalee.

Eradication of feral cats and a curfew for domestic ones are on the table to deal with the country's "cat crisis."

Zimbabwe's largest wildlife area says it is suffering from an overpopulation of lions in what is being described as a side-effect from the Cecil the lion affair.

A Whangarei man had a close encounter with a great white shark, capturing the exciting moment on video.

Guilt is a horrible thing. It eats at your soul. There's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Booze helps but only for a while, writes Matt Heath.

WATCH: Boat trip to Whangarei Heads has scary close encounter.

A new Israeli study has indicated that arachnophobes overestimate spider size compared with other neutral animals, such as birds and butterflies, that do not cause fear.

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons.

In 2001, a humble cat that hung around Port Taranaki became a minor celebrity after she travelled far from home.

Armed with a kitchen knife and an attitude to match this crab is not to be messed with.

A video of free range chooks streaming out of their barn at a Whangarei egg producer has now gone intergalactic after Star Trek actor George Takei linked it to his 9.5 million followers on Facebook. Source: Otaika Valley Free Range Eggs NZ

A six-year-old girl has died after being bitten by a brown snake on a property in New South Wales.

Twenty two taiko chicks were hatched from 26 eggs this breeding season, nine more chicks than the previous seasonal record of 13.

To celebrate Valentine's Day Regan Schoultz visited Auckland Zoo to see first-hand the animal attraction on show.

A new doggy speed dating service was set up to help Aucklanders find love this Valentine’s Day. Dozens of Auckland Council Animal Shelter dogs were at Victoria Park on Friday looking for love.

Pampered pooches struggling with the heatwave are causing lengthy backlogs at grooming centres.

Auckland photographer Kathrin Simon spent months at Auckland Zoo at night, waiting for the perfect moment to capture Wildlife under the night sky.

A Northland woman was home alone when, at 2 o'clock this morning, she heard footsteps on her deck.

"Dinner time!" An officer with the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Western Australia captured this incredible photo.

A man walking his dogs came across a shark rolling in the surf this morning, near where five sharks were seen yesterday.

What's stopping a crusade to eradicate mozzies?