A medical trial to discover whether it is possible to extend the lifespan of pet dogs has shown early signs of success.

Weight-loss surgery is an effective option for obese patients with type-2 diabetes, a New Zealand study has found.

A 30-year study has found European and Polynesian gene pools are different and should be treated separately when matching tissues for transplants or prescribing medicines.

A rice cooker that runs on manure is among the inventions a group of Kiwi innovators are using to improve the lives of villagers in developing countries.

Researchers find a new way to reveal tiny traces of cancer in the body, in a study that could allow clinicians to treat tumours while still barely detectable.

COMMENT: As bigger becomes the new "normal", people are less likely to recognise health problems associated with their weight.

If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for a real social life, a new study will set you at ease.

Have flippers, will travel. Kiwi scientists tracking two species of penguin were astounded to find some swam 15,000km in just six months.

Can tales of fantasy provide real, useful coping mechanisms to kids muddling through difficult times?

Corporate control of agriculture, new viruses and climate change have been singled out among a long list of big threats to pollinators in a new horizon-scanning study co-authored by a Kiwi scientist.

Scientists have just discovered two new species of a glow-in-the-dark fish family found deep in waters near New Zealand.

New Zealand's native falcon isn't one species but two sub-species that live separately on the North Island and South Island, a new study confirms.

Patients battling advanced breast cancer could be spared needless treatments with a clever DNA-based technique that uses personalised blood tests to closely monitor tumours.

Mothers who have had a c-section or are raising a child on their own have significantly higher levels of stress hormones in their breast milk, says research.

What happens when we introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into the mix?

Hannah Collins, 11, died after she was exposed to Naegleria fowleri while splashing into the waters of a South Carolina river.

In early 2014, a blogger launched a petition pushing sandwich chain Subway to remove an obscure chemical also used in yoga mats from its bread.

Weaning animals from antibiotics in favor of vaccines has become central as resistant superbugs become more prevalent in public spaces.

Manuka honey's potential to defeat a superbug may give it another advantage, but all may be fruitless if our bee population continues to decline.

Scientists who trekked to the Mount Everest region of Nepal last May have discovered the amazing effects meditation has on brain activity.

A Dark Age palace has been uncovered on the mythical birthplace of King Arthur strengthening the likelihood that the legend could be based on truth.

It seems bees have their own special brand of workplace bullying, with queens able to effectively control the fertility of their workers. Kiwi scientists reveal how it works.

DNA detective work has found a simple explanation to a long-standing mystery surrounding New Zealand's earliest domestic chooks.

There are growing concerns an orca calf could starve after being separated from its family about two weeks ago.

COMMENT: We owe it to coming generations to do as much as we can to repair the damage of the past and to re-create a New Zealand.

Does an ancient race of reptilian psychos run the world? Paul Little goes inside the world of conspiracy theorists.

Researchers have happened upon a clever new way to fool a notorious kiwi-killing predator - by using its own sense of smell against it.

A pair of Kiwi scientists' dream of highways being filled with electric cars that drive without ever having to fill up or plug in has taken a big step closer to reality.

The secret of New Zealand's geological past has been found in the unlikely hiding place of a tiny native bird's DNA.

The US space physicist behind the Juno spacecraft's historic entry into Jupiter's orbit this month admits the whole concept seemed a pipe-dream at first.