
Matt Heath: Rat attack on much-loved pet
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.
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
Tens of thousands of sharks seen migrating in swarms within a stone's throw of Florida beach.
A futurologist predicts by 2050 it will be possible to implant devices into animals, giving them the ability to speak to us.
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.
Punakaiki residents say they want to be told if chlorine is added to their drinking-water supply.
Not a dog or a cat person? Then how about a fluffy bunny the size of a dog?
Florida authorities have arrested a man accused of throwing a live alligator through a restaurant's drive-through window.
Many dog owners suspect their pet is smarter than the average hound.
84 dogs, 315 poo bags and a whole lot of peanut butter. Awwwwww!
It was the humans doing the sitting yesterday while their dogs strutted the catwalk at the Auckland Pride Dog Show.
There are reports of a large shark swimming off the coast of Mount Maunganui today.
It is big, hairy, and if one sinks its fangs in you it will burn, burn, burn like a ring of fire.
Animal activists have gathered at today's Warkworth Rodeo protesting the event as cruel entertainment.
A group of tourists got the surprise of their life when their car bumper was ripped clean off by a playful lion.