The feathered tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been discovered, miraculously preserved in amber.

Can you spot the penguin? If you're struggling, stop squinting and take in the big picture.

They're usually found inside the guts of fish: but glow-in-the-dark bugs also look great on canvas.

Children learn new words using the same method as robots, psychologists say.

COMMENT: How tragic would it be if we could only experience tui, kereru (wood pigeons) or piwakawaka (fantails) as stuffed specimens in museums?

A dramatic video shows honey bees surrounding a spider before they eventually paralyse and overpower the arachnid.

Android users are more honest than iPhone users, researchers have found, in a study revealing what our choice of smartphones say about us.

Tash Joyce had a very special delivery waiting in her post box.

A renowned Auckland brain scientist has been recognised with New Zealand's highest honour for research - the Rutherford Medal.

A powerful (and hungry) jaguar used its jaws to skull-drag a huge caiman.

Canterbury University marine ecologist Dr Sharyn Goldstien has been on the ground investigating what the freshly-raised coast at Kaikoura has meant for ocean ecosystems.

Some children suffer from completely tangled hair, which, as their parents will attest, can't be combed at all. Scientists now have the answer.

Scientists have revealed the extent of uplift on the South Island's northeastern coast - observing that in some places the land was raised by two metres.

The latest earthquake again prompted reports of animals behaving strangely just before the main shock hit. What does science say?

While post-election US has already been compared to an episode from The Walking Dead, researchers have worked out what a zombie apocalypse would look like.

Genetic evidence suggests that man's best friend has been enjoying food scraps from humans since the earliest days of living together, even adapting to digest changes in human diet.

A clever tracking innovation, combining the use of drones with radio tags and dubbed DroneCounts, has scooped a major conservation award.

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

Research to find new Earth-like planets, clean up our waterways and boost our health have just received $65 million from the Marsden Fund. We look at 10 of the best.

Scientists who sought to solve mysteries about hammerhead sharks were only left with another when one of the first adults ever tagged ended up eluding them.

Pickled grey matter has given scientists incredible insight to dinosaur brains.

Pioneering genetic research by Kiwi scientists could help protect hundreds of bird species around the world.

If the mere thought of the dentist's chair makes you shudder, it might be your parents' fault.

Outgoing US President Barack Obama has revived calls to send humans to Mars by 2030s - but even if astronauts get there, would they remember much of it?

A new million-dollar study could deliver the key to the Government's bold bid to clear the nation of pest predators by 2050.

One hundred thousand kiwi could be scratching around our bush by 2030, under plans unveiled by the Government today.

Researchers mapped out the homicidal histories of over 1000 mammals - and found NZ's sea lion among the most murderous.

Researchers have fitted tracker tags on queen bumble bees in a quirky new study that could see the furry insects becoming big future pollinators in orchards.

A meat-eating parrot, a sucker-faced eel, a bat that pees on itself and a spider that catches fish. Here's our pick for New Zealand's 10 weirdest species.

A check for invasive aquatic pests around Auckland's Westhaven Marina has been postponed after the dive team happened upon a slightly bigger foreign marine organism: a visiting leopard seal.