Picture postcard fjords like those in the South Island have been found to likely play a significant part in regulation of the planet's climate, according to a newly published study by Kiwi and international researchers.

Associate Professor Kean Aw has been looking forward to tomorrow for a long time.

The Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of all its species, if carbon emissions continue as they currently are.

Scientists have found around 766 individual methane gas flares off the coast of Gisborne - a “major advance” for science and a first for New Zealand.

Can earthquakes ever be predicted? This question is timely after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Nepal recently.

A top US Government official visiting the country has praised New Zealand as a “great model” for other countries working to boost their renewable energy generation.

When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises, and the latest dinosaur discovery is no exception.

A visiting conservationist and molecular biologist has joined calls to save our national bird.

A creature from the past that would have looked like strange mix of unrelated dinosaurs has been discovered.

PepsiCo is replacing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame with Sucralose, better known as Splenda, in a bid to salvage sales.

New Zealand scientists have unveiled major leaps toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions from our belching sheep and cattle, with animal-safe compounds that can slash methane emissions by up to 90 per cent.

A scientist specialising in anti-ageing research has made the bold claim that he will live to be 150, and he takes 100 drugs a day in pursuit of that goal.

A fungus found on caterpillars could be used to relieve pain in osteoarthritis sufferers, according to British researchers.

A Wellington couple battling infertility have turned to Facebook in their hunt for an egg donor.

Grabbing that chocolate bar at the supermarket checkout or raiding the work vending machine at 3pm is the brain's fault - not the belly's.

Scientists have found that the chance of being bitten by a mosquito is written in the genes and some people are just more likely to be attacked no matter what.

Dog owners love their pets in the same way as they do their children, and the feeling is mutual, scientists have found.

Using slow-motion video, researchers were able to see what occurred inside the joint.

When men donate to charity it's not so much the giving that counts but the desire to compete with other men for the attentions of attractive women, according to a study.

The world's oldest tools - made by ancestors of modern humans around 3.3 million years ago - have been found in Kenya.

For the first time researchers have found that humans can detect whether another person is feeling joyful by their scent.

Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.

A chef was filmed in 3D performing kitchen tasks. His actions were then translated into digital movement using algorithms.

Dark matter may not be so dark after all, after scientists witnessed the mysterious cosmic entity interacting with the universe around it in a new way.

There are many different ways a sexologist may work. Here's the type of couple a clinical sexologist may encounter.

An heir of one of the world's richest families is banking on laboratory-grown meat as the next big industry of the future.

The surface of Mars may still hold water - albeit the saltiest variety possible - according to scientists, after Nasa's Curiosity rover found evidence of liquid brine on the planet.