Just 250 of this rare shore bird endemic to New Zealand still remain.

COMMENT: No animal deserves to die a painful death, even those we call pests.

The strange formation formed beside Ponui Island.

Online sales of moa bones and eggshells could become as extinct as the bird itself.

Introducing the the only animal to have survived all five of earth's mass extinctions.

Dolphins cause a spectacle for holiday makers in the Bay of Islands.

Hens would ingest lead from soil in a backyard by pecking at the ground or eating bugs.

COMMENT: After humans, mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal on the planet.

A large amount of Monarchs have recently been reported but the numbers are still low.

There are fewer monarch butterflies around. Those that are don't appear to be laying eggs.

A decade-long plan to reverse the decline of our national bird has been launched today.

"Grain-free" pet food is taking over the shelves, but it's health benefits are disputed.

2.5m-long shark found at Devonport two days after 3m shark washed up at Stanley Bay.

COMMENT: Our oceans are getting louder and it's affecting our marine life.

The first step in turning around the decline of the western North Island brown kiwi. Within five years the goal is for this population to grow for the first time in over a hundred years. / Kiwisforkiwi

The kiwi's long-lost close cousin loved the night-life as much as our national icon does.

Researchers zero in on secretion phase of tough spider silk.

Insights into extinct bird raises questions over how climate change affects today's hoiho.

Surfers were back on the water a day after a great white shark attack at Baylys Beach.

University will seek staff and public input on what qualities to seek in its next leader.

COMMENT: New research explores how and why animals' different skin types develop.

COMMENT: Plastics are affecting turtle populations but probably not in the way you think.

The endangered kea has been seen on camera using a stick tool to access food.

A new study looking at plight of native fish and land use change paints a grim picture.

UQ Global Change Institute Director Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg explains significance of new research that has found evidence to suggest the 2016 coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef also affected deep reefs. Credit: UQ Global Change Institute

Diver spotted turtle behaving abnormally near Whangarei Heads.

Goats are drawn to happy people, researchers say.

A University of Otago research team have recently returned from a month-long expedition to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands where they have been collecting data on a recovering population of southern right whales. / University of Otago

NZ scientists have found a clever way to count thousands of individual dolphins.

Profit for the group grew 10 per cent, despite a dip in revenue.