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Q&A: World of NZ's great white sharks
Broadcaster Alison Ballance discusses her new book on New Zealand's great white sharks.
Broadcaster Alison Ballance discusses her new book on New Zealand's great white sharks.
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NZ scientist set to test the waters of Loch Ness to determine if Nessie exists.
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Giving vitamin D to pregnant mice prevents their offspring developing autism traits, study finds.
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A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.
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New research co-authored by a New Zealand scientist has linked deforestation to the deadly Ebola virus.
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This crafty lizard has developed a tricky way to slip away from predators.
Scientists just back from an annual white-capped albatross census in the remote and windswept subantarctic islands are hopeful for the welfare of the iconic endemic seabirds.
The number of unprovoked shark attacks across the world fell last year, in the wake of a record figure in 2015 that scientists partly put down to warmers waters created by a strong El Nino system.
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A successful blend of human and pig cells may improve chances for for human organ transplants.
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Scientists have inflicted upon a new species of moth a name Democrats would argue is decidedly cruel: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi.
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Staff at Auckland Zoo have been tickled pink by their latest addition: a flamingo chick.
Immigrants to New Zealand are often quick to pick up our signature twang - but it seems one ex-pat hasn't lost its British accent more than a century after moving here.
Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.
In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.
Science reporter Jamie Morton looks at some of the hardy little creatures that live in our rock pools.