Scientists make crucial discoveries about a NZ whale species nearly driven to extinction.

Backyard burial can be dangerous for other pets and wildlife.

Dogs' cooperative submissive nature evolved from their grey wolf ancestors.

Scientists are closing in on a way to help young boys undergoing cancer treatment.

Bigger, better accelerator has physicists abuzz.

It was one of the most iconic photos to come out of the recent royal tour.

Twenty years of development finally comes to fruition.

Clearly some people are having trouble understanding this: Climate change is real.

COMMENT: Even one hour of exercise per week reduces the risk of an early death.

I've been looking for signs of intelligent life in Parliament and it's been a hard slog.

I'd expect the local bastion of news to report all news, even about its own organisation.

Kiwis are helping answer one of the most tantalising questions facing science.

New findings indicate that the resurrection of mammoths is not a fantasy.

It must be depressing being a climate scientist in 2019. But James Renwick perseveres.

The Victoria University professor won the award at an event in Wellington today.

Over 1400 people died from poison in NZ between 2008 and 2013, study finds.

Don't we agree the branding of sports teams in NZ is downright confusing and embarrassing?

Clinical psychologist Natalie Flynn explains what science says about caring for babies.

In a secret tribunal, nurse has been accused of "serious" misconduct concerning his care.

New study uses sewage samples to compare risk of drug-resistant bacteria around the globe.

Conservationist says it's time to talk about controversial gene technology to beat pests.

Two Auckland sisters are helping people keep their memory in tip-top condition.

Hannah Hughson can't read road signs, price tags or recipes, but she wants to help others.

COMMENT: Obesity highlights need for review of social media influencers.

Brightest minds called on for New Zealand Aerospace Challenge 2019

Tales of a mysterious orca have been told for years, now scientists could have proof.

Video footage has captured a spectacular "break-out" of ice outside NZ's Scott Base.

A year on from NZ's hottest summer, scientists find many glaciers in a worrying state.

'A cat and mouse game': Is science keeping up with NZ's drug problem? / ESR-NZ

Are scientists keeping up with the "explosion" of new illegal drugs entering our country?