A bit of Kiwi ingenuity and an epic road trip will ultimately help a team of scientists understand how Antarctica's vast Ross Ice Shelf might respond to future warming.

Scientists have welcomed news the Environmental Protection Authority is to help clear up the definition of what is and what isn't a genetically modified organism.

The scientist who drove the establishment of New Zealand's first marine reserve has died.

Clergymen attempting to prove claims that a skull found in a Worcestershire church vault is that of William Shakespeare have been thwarted by a senior church lawyer who has barred them from carrying....

In an experiment co-funded by the Korean and New Zealand Governments robots have been given to four elderly Gore patients.

A new documentary will show the moment a marine biologist was bitten in the head by a shark in Fiordland.

The phenomenon of 3D printing has given us printed guns, printed cars and printed hamburgers - now it might have ushered in the age of printed hair.

One of my favourite events of the year took place this week and I was lucky enough to be involved again for the fourth year running.

A New Zealand bid to establish the world's largest marine reserve in Antarctica is a step closer after China agreed to support the project.

Family members could be kept alive forever virtually so living relatives could interact with their avatars, an academic has suggested.

The same team of scientists that helped rescue a multi-billion dollar industry from the Psa-V virus is now eyeing another huge challenge.

It's understood that the biggest losses would be in the study areas of greenhouse gases and field work.

New findings pave the way for the first medicine to ease the difficulty many autistic children have in interacting.

The critically-endangered Maui dolphin has topped a list of New Zealand's 10 "rarest of the rare" endangered species.

The final sunset marks the coming of summer to the frozen continent, but it will still be far from summer as we know it.

How did thousands of possum tails end up littering State Highway 1?

The Herald will be travelling to Antarctica this summer to meet Kiwi scientists investigating what the frozen continent has meant for our past and what it might mean for our future.

New Zealand scientists are getting up close and personal with giant humpback whales in the Pacific Ocean. Geoff Cumming explains why.

Consider yourself a cheese addict? Here's why.

Salmon are dying in unprecedented numbers, and scientists are working to establish whether bacteria never before found in NZ is to blame.

Designer babies is getting closer to reality as scientists in China claim they're the first to use gene editing to create "designer dogs."

New Zealand scientist blames our society for assuming certain roles are more suited to men.

It was absolutely astounding to see kids were able to play more sports and had less wheezing and coughing.

It found that the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has increased and diversity and conservation status of some native species have declined

Women using IVF are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer, the biggest study of fertility treatment in the world has discovered.

The student was trying to solve Sudoku puzzles. That's when the seizures began.

New Zealand's top military science secrets are attracting million-dollar investments from allied defence forces.

Scientists from universities using data from the Kepler telescope have theorised they may have discovered an alien megastructure in a galaxy far away.

A set of 47 human teeth found in China is giving scientists food for thought.