With the UN climate talks now underway in Paris, the Herald's science reporter Jamie Morton is talking to a range of experts on climate-related issues.

Honey bees are heaped with positive buzz for their pollinating efforts

Jamie Morton talks to Professor Ralph Sims about how New Zealand might slash emissions in its energy and transport sectors.

Jamie Morton talks to Professor Tim Naish about the major part the frozen continent has in the picture of climate change.

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

The silliest thing about the potential end of our world is it's so boring, people don't care. Who'd have thunk it?

Ahead of the 2015 UN climate change conference in Paris, the Herald's science reporter Jamie Morton talks to the author of a new book about climate change

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

Pacific Edge widened its first-half loss, spending more on the roll-out of products across America.

This week, Blue Origin launched an unmanned vehicle called the New Shepherd to the edge of outer space.

Alistair Woodward explains how climate change can affect our health.

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

The award acknowledged the much-needed scientific insight they provided to the public after the containership grounded off the Tauranga coast

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.