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.

Their concept, cleverly named Airbnbee, made a splash at the Nature Hack event

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.

Scientists say Greenland just opened up a major new "floodgate" of ice into the ocean.

Sarah Thomson wasn't happy with the targets the Government has set to combating climate change - so now she's taking it to court.

The pioneer of the world's first lab-grown burger expects cultured meat to eventually replace traditionally-farmed beef.

Firstly, can you describe your research programme on the ice, how this project has been developed, and how many scientists are involved?

New interactive maps have shown how projected sea-level rise under different climate change would transform our coastlines and inundate low-lying areas.

A mission to Ceres, a dwarf planet 257 million miles from the Sun and the size of Texas, may cost about $27 billion.

Dr Craig Stevens is part of a team camping at McMurdo Sound to investigate why Antarctic sea ice is not shrinking at the same rate as Arctic sea ice.

The rugby party continues as we welcome home the All Blacks with their newly- engraved Webb Ellis cup.

Researchers have developed a protein-based drug that offers a potential breakthrough treatment for those with severe brain and spinal cord injuries.

The spuds Matt Damon's stranded astronaut Mark Watney grew in The Martian may be closer to science fact than science fiction, say Kiwi and Australian researchers.

The potential hand of climate change in one of the worst storms ever to hit Northland has been revealed in a new study.