A new form of commercial fishing has improved the survival rates for by-catch, scientists involved in the NZ project said.

Stargazers around the country were treated to a total lunar eclipse over the weekend - the last chance to witness the spectacle for several years.

NZ is home to tens of thousands of endemic plant, animal, insect and marine species. Jamie Morton looks at 10 new finds.

Venus may get its name from the goddess of love but it is more like a vision of medieval hell.

For all those who just about got their heads around THAT dress, the internet has thrown another curve ball. This optical illusion could tell you if you need glasses.

Too many energy drinks can trigger sudden heart attacks even in healthy people, according to scientists, who have warned parents to watch how many cans their children consume.

A hospital known for pioneering face transplant surgery has carried out its most complex operation yet, reconstructing a man's lower face and neck.

The Government has relented to a campaign to ban animal trials for the second time in a year, this time within the cosmetics industry.

A thousand-year-old medieval remedy for eye infections which was discovered in a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the superbug MRSA.

Scientists have mapped the features of the world's most beautiful men and women - and Natalie Portman and David Gandy are the closest real-life examples.

A new method that screens embryos for more than 200 disorders is already making dreams come true, reports Sarah Knapton from London.

A state-of-the-art underwater glider - the first of its kind in New Zealand - is set to uncover new insights into our offshore environment.

On the quest to find true love, it is a well-used adage that one must kiss a few frogs before meeting a prince. And it would appear this theory is accurate.

"The matter is not as simple as plain stupidity. Some anti-vaxxers are not that stupid, and some stupid people are not anti-vaxxers. There is something more subtle going on."

Last year scientists declared we had reached a "peak beard" situation. Bearded hipsters, they said, would start picking up their razors in the realisation that their facial hair was no longer unique.

The jagged teeth of a hefty predator that lived in our waters 80 million years ago have been discovered in a Hawkes Bay forest.

Almost nobody was born under the sign they think they are, as the astrological calendar has failed to be updated as our position in relation to the stars has changed.

The detection of miniature black holes by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could prove the existence of parallel universes.

A small NZ beauty company has recorded a breakthrough in scientific tests.

An attack of the giggles can sometimes appear at the strangest moments, but laughter often isn't to do with comedy value.

Dug out of a car park five centuries after his mutilated body was unceremoniously interred, England's Richard III will finally be given a burial fit for a king.

When teenagers complain they are not understood, they are struggling to understand their own impulses and obsessions. They may find some answers in neuroscience.