They’re loveable, cute and raise caring families with their mate for life, right? Wrong. A new book busts the box-office myths.

An expert has detailed what he believes to be the first warning signs of schizophrenia, and changes in the type of language people use could be first clues.

Struggling to tell faces of other races apart may have more to do with perception than prejudice, a Kiwi researcher says.

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.

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 yesterday discovered the eyes were 35cm wide, at least 8cm bigger than the last one.

New Zealand scientists hope to discover what makes 350kg deep sea beast tick. Watch a live stream of the examination.

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.

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.

The world as we know it is changing fast and the speed of that change is going to keep accelerating.

The UK Government's chief scientific adviser says he is impressed at the way science is being used to boost New Zealand.

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.