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.

Auckland Zoo vet nurse on hand to deal with animal aches and pains.

A lot happened in palaeontology in 2018.

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

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.

The manager says the rewards of the role are "huge", despite 110 days unpaid commitment.

'If the board wasn't there I wouldn't have an arm today.'

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

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.

It may seem like a silly thing to ponder, but knowing your pet's "real" age is important.

Researchers also hope to develop 'electronic nose'.

In the name of science, Luis Ortiz-Catedral has been hunting snakes on an active volcano.