Comment: Medical research is something which is incredibly important to me.

Aerial 1080 drops have proven key to the survival of kiwi chicks in a North Island forest.

Scientists pull together most comprehensive picture yet of NZ's largest geological threat.

Even a moderate amount of red and processed meat raises risk of bowel cancer, study says.

The risk of an overflow at NZ's rowdiest volcano appears to have cooled, scientists say.

There are bees which happily feast on human tears – and blood, sweat and dead animals.

COMMENT: We must work harder to see that truth prevails.

Pest plagues are feared with biggest beech forest seeding event in nearly half a century.

GoT could help us understand why reliably recognising others is an elusive art.

Compared to dogs, research on cats and cat behaviour is light.

Findings change what we know about the "out of Africa" story at roots of modern humanity.

Kids from troubled homes struggle later - but in spite of poverty some beat the odds.

"You could see the entire array of webs just slightly float in the air - it was amazing."

Study finds males can be "well-adorned or well-endowed, but it's hard to be both."

Today's image proves the theory of rotating black holes he found 56 years ago.

It's beautiful. It's profound. But it's not very detailed, is it?

'We have seen what we thought was unseeable,' said the head of the team of scientists.

Scientists are about to reveal what a black hole looks like - and it's a big deal.

Rates of hospitalisation were higher for Māori women compared with any other ethnicity.

Rampant glacier loss shows NZ may become 'land of the short white cloud', scientist says.

World-first study to reveal the health benefits of non-Caesarean births.

Deadly pyroclastic flows from Taranaki eruptions can spread further than once thought.

Development suffers at an early stage for those growing up in poor households.

Silent, slow-burning earthquakes can displace faults over days and months.

The reason kiwi are flightless likely lies in their molecular roots, scientists say.

Alzheimer's disease probably affects twice as many people as current estimates suggest.

More work urgently needed to arrest decline of NZ's vanishing nature, report finds.

NZ's second-equal hottest March another clear sign of climate change, scientists say.