Fly to the polls – Bird of the Year voting set to close
Penguin or wren - which will New Zealand choose? Photo: File It's down to the wire for the Bird of the Year competition. Voting for...
The Emperor penguin has been designated as a ‘threatened’ species.
According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the emperor penguin is set to receive new Endangered Species Act protections now that climate change has...
Kākā bewilders experts as it swoops back in New Plymouth
Kākā spotted in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Photo: Supplied / Janet Hunt There is a mystery in the air in Taranaki. It has been decades since...
These Are the Very First Photographs of a Black Lynx
A Canadian researcher has discovered a black-coated Canada lynx, just in time for Halloween (Lynx canadensis). This appears to be the first sighting of a...
Native birds increase by 51% on Miramar Peninsula
Latest figures show native birds have increased by 51 percent on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. This includes a whopping 550 percent rise in the pīwakawaka /...
And the cat came back, after more than three years
A tiny bit of tech has delivered a big result for a Palmerston North family - reuniting twins three and a half years after one...
Monkey that attacked 10 people including baby being hunted down by police
Police in Japan are hunting for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people, including a baby and two four-year-old girls, in the space...
‘Shocking’ report lists devastation to Australia wildlife
Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed...
Check out the world’s ugliest dog, Mr Happy Face
With a tuft of punk-style hair and a tongue sticking perennially out the side of his mouth, a dog named Mr Happy Face has been...
Far from home, new chance in Mexico for Frida the rescued ‘pet’ tiger
As a tiny cub four years ago, Frida the Bengal tiger was found chained up in a restaurant parking lot in Mexico City, dirty, emaciated...
Yellow-eyed penguin’s foraging habits give pointers to protection measures
New research tracking yellow-eyed penguins behaviour on Stewart Island could help prevent them from becoming extinct. Stewart Island is home to around a quarter of...
A black bear forces its way into a man’s automobile in British Columbia.
A guy in British Columbia awakened to find his automobile wrecked and enough evidence to identify the culprit — a bear. Michael Allison of Trail...
The world’s oldest dog, a 21-year-old chihuahua, has been confirmed.
According to Guinness World Records, TobyKeith, a chihuahua in Florida, is the world's oldest dog surviving at the age of 21 years and 66...
Turkey’s beautiful Van cats give birth to the year’s first kittens in 2022.
Van, in eastern Turkey, is overjoyed at the arrival of the first Van kittens in 2022. The exquisite Turkish Van, a remarkable cat with a...
A swarm of escaping chickens takes a shotgun ride to the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-through.
A flock of runaway hens wandering along busy Maine roadways ended up riding shotgun in an animal control officer's service van through a Dunkin' Donuts...
A British farm has announced the birth of a five-legged lamb.
The owners of a British farm were taken aback when a lamb was born with a fifth leg protruding from its side. Heather Hogarty,...
A mysterious kangaroo was seen on video near to a Danish motorway.
A motorist in Denmark recorded video of a kangaroo jumping loose next to a road on Monday morning, and local authorities stated they had no...
In India, a leopard was rescued with a plastic jar placed over his head.
Animal rescuers in India helped a leopard cub that had been sighted wandering for at least 48 hours with a plastic jar put over its...
After 12 years, a missing dog in California has been reunited with his family.
Authorities in California reported that a dog that went missing from its owner's house in 2010 was reunited with the family 12 years later...
A video shows chimps in Gabon’s national park using insects to heal wounds.
Chimpanzees aren't monkeying around when they catch insects and apply them to open wounds, according to researchers. According to the team from Osnabrück University in...
Some plants may not survive climate change if animals do not disperse seeds.
As ecosystems warm or dry out as a result of climate change, plants and animals are forced to migrate in search of more hospitable conditions....
Firefighters rescue a swan that has become entrapped in ice on a frozen Massachusetts river.
Firefighters in Massachusetts rescued a swan that had become entrapped in the ice on the Mystic River. The Somerville Fire Department responded to the river,...
The mortality of the koror – small blue penguin – has been blamed on the Kennedy Point marina expansion by environmentalists.
On Waiheke Island, tangata whenua, conservationists, and native bird experts are angry after a koror (little blue penguin) was discovered dead near the proposed Kennedy...
Do dogs really miss us when we’re not around?
Most dog owners are concerned about their pets when they are left alone for an extended period of time. But, do dogs miss their owners...
Wildlife officials free a badger stuck in a window well in Colorado.
Wildlife officials in Colorado claimed they were called out for an unusual rescue after a badger became lost in a window well of a residence....
Moths employ sound-reflecting wingtips to fend off invading bats.
Some silk moths have unusually curved wingtips that reflect sound waves, allowing the insects to dodge the teeth of ravenous bats. Bats are nocturnal hunters...
The puppy’s upside-down paws are corrected by veterinarians.
Oklahoma State University veterinary doctors reported the successful completion of a repair operation on a puppy born with her paws upside-down. The rat terrier puppy,...
After running onto the highway, a kitten was rescued from the undercarriage of a car.
A kitten found running in the middle of a New Jersey highway was rescued from the undercarriage of a car that stopped to assist the...