The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) says its pleased to see a drop in the number of animals used for testing and research.

A glorious blood moon delighted skygazers in many parts of New Zealand last night.

A team of 100 scientists and engineers has begun drilling a 1.3km-deep borehole into the Alpine Fault to gather information about the inner workings of the fault line.

Rogue waves - mountainous swells that form at sea without warning - have been blamed for countless maritime disasters.

The protein that prevents Antarctica’s fish from freezing solid also means they spend their lives carrying hundreds of ice crystals in their bodies, a NZ scientist has found.

Taking paracetamol while pregnant increases the risk of behavioural problems in school-age children, according to new NZ research.

New Zealand university students are about to battle international competition to decide who has built and programmed the best robot.

Scientists will soon examine an intact colossal squid for the first time in six years.

Scientists from New Zealand and around the world are ready to descend on the West Coast in a $3 million project to investigate the Alpine Fault with a deep drilling probe.

The University of Canterbury says it will build the world’s first human colour x-ray scanner with the help from a $12m government grant.

Look at those extraordinary images of the Earth from outer space and you'll see that our beautiful islands lie at the heart of the world's largest ocean.

An asteroid nicknamed after a maligned dog and with the potential to cause catastrophic damage will pass within 40,000km of Earth this morning.

A newly discovered asteroid the size of a whale will fly by New Zealand tomorrow morning.

The world is a step closer to a low-emission sheep, thanks to leading work by Kiwi and US researchers.

A large meteor has been seen flying through the sky across New Zealand tonight.

A spate of small earthquakes around White Island today is not unusual and is nothing to worry about, seismologist John Ristau says.

Human skeletal remains found at an historical site at Gulf Harbour, Whangaparoa are estimated to be more than 100 years old.

A life-saving hand-held device developed at the University of Otago to quickly detect viruses and bacteria is set to go global - and millions could be sold.

A cure for diabetes is a step closer after scientists found what they believe is the root cause of the disease.

Dr Ian Singleton, the British conservationist, world-renowned orang-utan expert and director of the Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Programme was hanging out at the Auckland Zoo this week.

Aussie cities are breeding bigger spiders - spiders that are watching you right now and probably planning to jump onto the back of your neck.

Researchers established that tiny life forms were thriving in a lake beneath 800 metres of pack ice, despite not seening sunlight or fresh air for around a million years.