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.

Every year around 30 per cent of crops worldwide are destroyed by pests and diseases, but scientists from three New Zealand universities have teamed up to develop a product that will enable farmers to detect diseases much earlier.

A strong stance on climate change by New Zealand could inspire and embarrass other nations into following our lead, says a world-renowned climatologist.

Plans to build the world's largest solar power plant have been scrapped after the Australian govt's commitment to clean energy questioned.

If Salvadore Dali were God, he would surely have designed an animal that looked like Hallucigenia.

It has been described as the most surreal creature that lived - and after more than four decades scientists believe they have finally nailed Hallucigenia’s position in the history of life.

His daily diet included crane and egret, washed down with a bottle of wine. The reign of Richard III only lasted two years.

This month, 950 scientists from some 40 nations will be in NZ for meetings on Antarctic research. Here's how NZ scientists are playing a leading role on the frozen frontier.

'You only live once - so do what you love." While hardly rocket science, the advice was just as important as anything else one of our most accomplished chemists.

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a vast tomb that they believe is connected with the reign of the warrior-king Alexander the Great.

The ocean is home to some weird and wonderful creatures. Here are some of the strangest.

Straddling a superbike at speeds of more than 300km/h, the track is a giddy blur beneath your wheels.

A boy who was born without ears has had a pair created from his own ribs.

Scientists at the Te Papa museum are hoping a colossal squid now in their possession is a male - making an already rare find an extraordinary one.

New Zealand's booming geothermal industry will now be backed by a multimillion-dollar research facility described as one of the most advanced of its kind.

The bizarre lives of some of our garden-variety creatures have been revealed in a book by two leading Kiwi biologists.

Meet InMoov. This C-3PO-like humanoid robot won't be able to boogie down, beat you at chess, or even fetch a cup of tea, but it's special for another reason.

Kiwi-developed technology will assist a historic hook-up when a spacecraft makes its long-awaited date with a comet next week.

A third of the permanent snow and ice on the Southern Alps has vanished in less than four decades, according to an analysis of aerial surveys.

NZ is joining the space race, with Rocket Lab building a world-first launch vehicle in Auckland to make it cheaper to send satellites in to orbit.

Helping close achievement gaps in our classrooms will be a priority for a leading academic appointed to a major new science education role.

A future where a health check-up could take just a few taps of your smartphone has moved a step closer.

Australia's decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming.