Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.

A dramatic new image has emerged of the volcanic eruption which has disrupted air travel to and from Tonga.

Coconuts and their many benefits have been endorsed by everyone from Madonna to Harry Belafonte - but there’s much about the tropical wonder-fruit we still don’t appreciate.

Hundreds of travellers and holidaymakers have been left stranded after flights to and from Tonga were cancelled yesterday because of a huge volcanic ash cloud.

Like anything, cricketers are looking for an edge and the most common way to do that is through bat technology.

International researchers are coming together to investigate a powerful force that lurks hundreds of metres deep in the Tasman Sea.

The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a "paradigm shift" in the fight against the growing resistance to such drugs.

A state-of-the-art laboratory near Franz Josef Glacier is being packed up after an ambitious drilling operation came to a premature end before scientists could bore through the high-risk Alpine Fault.

A Kiwi-led research breakthrough could see defective genes replaced with custom-designed DNA - a move that would combat hundreds of different diseases.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

Holidaying star-gazers this week have the chance to observe a huge chunk of ice and gas hurtling through the night sky faster than a speeding bullet.

If your New Year resolution is to be happier, make your priorities fruit, nature, sun and sleep.

1976, young microbiologist Peter Piot was sent to investigate an outbreak of a mysterious virus in a remote part of Congo, he could never have predicted how it would change his life.

Tom Chivers During a conversation with a doctor a couple of years ago, the subject of cancer diagnoses came up, in a tangential way.

You can take a role in testing the effect of warming skin on memory. Or you can involve yourself in a bid to land a spaceship on the Moon....

A world-class surfing spot and one of Northland's most picturesque strands of coastline are among more than 40 swimming beaches hit with a "caution" label for water quality.

The Rosetta mission, which has for the first time put a spacecraft in orbit around a comet and landed a robotic probe on its surface...

The journal Science has put the Rosetta mission to a comet top of its list of this year's biggest science breakthroughs. What else got a mention?

It's not evidence of "little green men" but intriguing "burps" of methane have been recorded by Nasa's Curiosity Rover - which may be from primitive microorganisms.

The Year 2038 problem could cause a large number of the world's computers to stop working at 3.14am on Tuesday January 18, 2038.

China's government is said to be lifting a ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn variety that's commonly grown in the US.

French gourmets have traditionally shunned hot, spicy food - so they may be a little piqued by a study indicating that curry-loving men have higher testosterone.

Kiwis will have a chance to see one of the most world's spectacular meteor showers with the naked eye in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The US Navy is working on a robotic fish that will be able to swim undetected into hostile waters and send back information on opponents' ships.