Have you ever put your car keys in the fridge while leaving milk on the outside?

Could a cat parasite could be good for business?

Scientists, curious as to how lizards survive through hurricanes, blasted the creatures.

Move over Whale-ington - Auckland has its big mammal news to brag about.

Digitally reconstructing the huge Haast's eagle could help save birds that still remain.

Humpbacks stocks are growing and are now 50 per cent of the pre-whaling population.

Zebras evolved their black and white stripes to stay cool has been debunked by research.

A long-running conservation mission aims to restore Waikato's Karioi as a seabird kingdom.

Evan Thomas runs with the bulls in pamplona. www.evanthomas.me

A new report is good news for the greenfinch - but worrying for the tiny waxeye.

Get up close and personal with a species endangered by a 9000% poaching increase.

Records of spider ballooning go back centuries.

Study says global warming is moving fish around faster than laws can handle.

Warmer-water events can worsen the nutritional balance of fish, new study finds.

Let Cory Toth from the University of Auckland show you how Mystacina bats get lucky. / assabvideos

In a dating age dominated by Tinder, NZ's bats prefer to do romance the old-fashioned way.

Dinosaur's too old to resurrect but there's hope for birds.

A 240-million-year-old fossil - and an exciting new clue in an evolutionary mystery.

The paleo chef claims few products are healthy for dogs and cats.

A whale relative of today's gentle giants of the ocean wasn't so placid, study suggests.

A jumping spider named Kim could help scientists create micro-robots.

We could lose more of our cherished native species if groups don't get the help they need.

Easter Island's amazing, natural spectacle is captured in virtual reality.

NZ scientists believe they've picked up the sounds of rarely sighted beaked whales.

It wasn't an ordinary harbour crossing for some Auckland commuters today.

She was Number 16 - the world's oldest known spider. Here is her extraordinary tale.

The growth of professional dog walking has been linked to a rise in dog training education

Urine from 4.8m dairy cows putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into groundwater daily.

COMMENT: Many species could possibly pick up earthquake warnings that humans can't.

Scientists have made unexpected discoveries about Antarctica's best-known residents.