The identity of the yeast that made cold refreshing beer possible has been a long-standing mystery.

Yvonne the cow's ability to evade capture has brought her fame beyond even the wildest of bovine dreams.

A "cow whisperer", helicopters and infrared cameras: no effort is being spared to find Austrian runaway cow Yvonne.

Three good, non-sinister reasons why young foreign tourists would want to hasten their departure

Brooke Fraser hochster Neu-Einstieg in die Charts. That's right, the lovely Kiwi songstress "is the highest new entry in the German charts" and her third album, Flags, has sent the European world a-Twitter.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.