Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.

The NZ Government has called for restraint after an anti-whaling protest vessel and Japanese harpoon ship collided in Antarctica yesterday.

The crew of a NZ trimaran harassing Japanese whalers have been rescued after a collision between their boat and a Japanese ship.

Our closest relatives in the animal world, chimpanzees and orangutans, have long been known to use tools. But octopuses?

More than 80 species of sharks that frequent the Pacific oceans will now be protected under a new regional plan.

The Hauraki Gulf's resident whale population may disappear before most of us know what we're missing.

A massive iceberg spotted southwest of New Zealand by scientists working on Macquarie Island could be moving closer.