Delegates from nearly 200 nations are descending on Paris with hopes of finalising a global deal on climate change.

Ahead of next week's UN climate change conference in Paris, the Herald's science reporter Jamie Morton is talking to a range of experts on climate-related issues.

Kiwi scientists have developed a rubber computer keyboard that can flex, stretch, and bounce if dropped.

Farmers should have to exclude nearly all livestock from rivers and streams by 2025, the Government has been told.

A tiny New Zealand snail is threatening a multi-billion dollar sport fishing economy after it was found in the Great Lakes of North America.

You might think that it would take genetic engineering to give a worm the head and brain of another species. You'd be wrong.

Jamie Morton talks Dr Andrew Tait, principal climate scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, about the basics of climate change.

In Auckland alone, between 5000 and 10,000 people are predicted to join the Global People's Climate March

Alistair Woodward explains how climate change can affect our health.

Here's why dropping those winter layers might not be going so well.

A cunning new weapon could spell the end for one of our most feared and unwanted pests.

A research agenda focused on tackling the biggest issues facing New Zealand has been praised by the visiting head of one of France's largest research institutes.

Bilingual people are twice as likely to recover from a stroke as those who speak only one language, a study has found.

About half the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon - the world's most diverse forest - are threatened by deforestation, an international study says.

Women are less likely to get top jobs in companies that already have women in senior positions, according to analysis of 20 years of data.

Kiwi natural cleaning supplies company ecostore just switched 98 per cent of its bottled products over to sugarcane HDPE.

Michelle Olbricht assumed her cats Ash and Ellie were home bodies, with little appetite for exploring the world but boy was she wrong.

A test that spots one of the deadliest female cancers with unprecedented accuracy has been developed by scientists.

Smoking cannabis during pregnancy produces infants who score better on one measure of brain development, according to a study of NZ children.

Scientists in Australia have replicated a sticky brown prehistoric "goo", believed to be the source of life on Earth, and discovered it has significant health benefits.

The first dog trained to sniff out kauri dieback disease is showing promise as a weapon against the forest scourge.

Tui are renowned for their repertoire of songs yet we're only just beginning to find out how urban environments are influencing their singing.

Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day might help you live longer.

Four Kiwi fishermen have been singled out for their efforts to stop seabirds being killed as bycatch while out on the water.

Conservationists were left to hedge their bets when it came to saving a critical population of one of New Zealand's most endangered bird species.

A major 1080 poison offensive succeeded in wiping out 95 per cent of rats and 85 per cent of stoats in targeted forests around the country.

Humans who have had their DNA genetically modified could exist within two years after a private biotech company announced plans to start the first trials into a ground-breaking new technique.

Living relatives of a 7-year-old boy, sacrificed in a gruesome ceremony by Incans 500 years ago, have been tracked down using genetic technology.

NANOGIRL: Welcome to the world of "in-vitro meat".