Many native plant species are under threat after myrtle rust disease is detected in NZ.

After defying the odds, Gari, a Fiordland Crested Penguin, will make Australia home.

Dara Orbach and colleagues have uncovered the secret of how cetaceans do the deed.

"Annoying" relations can increase your chance of developing dementia, research has found.

A baby who was not expected to live after open-heart surgeries has started school.

A YouTube series following vlogger Jamie Curry's Antarctic adventures has proven a hit.

A man who was born totally deaf will graduate with a Masters at Auckland University today.

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, headhunted a teacher to start an innovative school.

Fascinating video reveals what happens in an average minute.

We have natural ability to throw quickly but what about hitting our target, asks Nanogirl.

Researchers are appealing for participants for a major new probiotics study.

After April's deluge, rainfall between now and July is set to be closer to normal.

Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

What is cyber psychology? A world-renowned expert visiting New Zealand explains.

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

Two leading scientists discuss today's report into our under-pressure rivers and lakes.

A gecko smuggled from home in Otago, taken to Germany and returned is set to be named.

A waxworm is capable of eating through the material at "uniquely high speeds".

Supplied by NASA. The balloon inflates to 18.8 million cubic feet, about the size of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium. The balloon will ascend to an altitude of 33.5 kilometres where the stratospheric winds will propel it at speeds of at least 100 knots through the heating and cooling of the day-night cycle on a weeks-long journey around the Southern Hemisphere

Scientists have revealed new insights into a tiny ancient human nicknamed the Hobbit.

Pesky pine pollen from New Zealand forests could be altering far-away ocean ecosystems.

COMMENT: If science is losing political battles scientists need to speak up more clearly.

A penguin chick is being raised by two mums at Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland

Could our Friday night fish and chips also be a missing piece to the puzzle of human DNA?

Kiwi scientists have been studying the bedroom behaviour of a parasitoid wasp.

Kiwi scientists have helped discover new volcanoes beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists suggest a laser-based approach could test the quality fish oil supplements.

A Kiwi company will use a high-tech buoy to record some of the largest waves ever seen.

How much sugar should Kiwis have?

An Auckland photographer captured the weekend's aurora spectacle over the Manukau Heads.