As if Australians didn't have enough pesky species to worry about, a new study finds their country is effectively crawling with feral cats.

Last year was the hottest ever record, according to a European climate agency and a US-based climate centre.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges has bought two electric cars, and is trying to convince other National MPs to do the same.

A Kiwi climate scientist says he's been alarmed at how much sea ice the planet's poles lost in 2016, in what was one of the hottest years on record.

NZ Herald Business Leader of the Year has pulled off one of the big deals of the decade and is a petrol retailer determined to fight climate change

COMMENT: Tiny little specks of land hundreds of kilometres from New Zealand may hold key secrets about the future of our planet.

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

Small Pacific island states could be hit by more tropical cyclones during future El Nino weather patterns due to climate change, Australian scientists say.

KiwiRail has announced it will replace its electric train fleet on the North Island main trunk line with diesel locomotives.

COMMENT: New tectonic plates for Kaikoura would be a great way to start 2017 but if not world peace will do nicely.

As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines

This year is set to become New Zealand's hottest on record, breaking the previous record set in 1998, scientists say.

The Sundance Film Festival will open in January with a new climate-change movie from Al Gore - and the timing, unfortunately, could not be better.

The ice base from which the hole in the ozone layer was first detected is in danger of falling into a huge chasm, it has emerged.

COMMENT: Right now it's an unprecedented 22 degrees hotter than normal in the Arctic, and in just two years the North Pole could be completely gone.

EXCLUSIVE: Hayley Holt has confirmed she will stand for the Green Party at next year's general election.

A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial.

A prominent NZ scientist explains why we should ignore alarmist claims that climate change will soon kill us all.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Heavyweights lobby Government to set emission targets, create long-term plan and implement policies.

Political people are watching the chaos in Washington at the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos in the Arctic.

The Arctic is superhot, even as a vast area of cold polar air has been displaced over Siberia.

COMMENT: The matter of international climate change - the most important energy-related issue facing us today.

COMMENT: Even before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like President Barack Obama, had not been born in the United States.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New Zealand's offer to resettle 150 refugees from Australia remains on the table, the Government says, despite a new offer by the

Secretary of State John Kerry won't criticize Donald Trump's climate policies, but says the next US Govt "dare not avoid" the issue.

The Wellington community took to the water in kayaks and held banners onshore today, to throw an "unwelcoming party" for oil companies

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.