The massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.

What makes someone want to live in Antarctica? Jamie Morton explains.

One of the worst towns for air pollution the focus of a study pin-pointing NZ's problems.

Could chicken feathers help beef up your lean body mass?

Warm seas look set to keep overnight temperatures above normal for a while.

China is exporting its cutting-edge facial recognition across the Pacific.

COMMENT: After humans, mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal on the planet.

From time travel to dreams, scientists answer - or try to - 10 of the biggest questions.

It might not seem like it - but there's a science to those holiday traffic jams.

Scientists are completing a project to help protect Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys.

To be on Antarctica's Ross Island is to be amid the ghosts of giants, writes Jamie Morton.

A glaciologist's epic trek across France-sized ice shelf will help unlock climate clues.

An emergency response plan will be based on a magnitude 8.9 quake and tsunami scenario.

Researchers are examining how much heat waves may have contributed to the jellyfish bloom.

Scientists have found a new way to peer beneath the largest single mass of ice on Earth.

Scientists will use satellite imagery in the battle to control toxic algal bloom.

Scientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.

What's life like at Scott Base? Somewhere between school camp and a space station.

Sharks are remarkable for many abilities: Some of which we don't even understand yet.

Within Antarctica's most active volcano could be the key to understanding alien life.

NZ just saw its warmest year in one and a half centuries of records, scientist says.

It seems they are now realising that the expense of doing nothing is rising rapidly.

Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or minimising the pain we feel.

Far from science fiction, driverless cars are already here - just not yet in New Zealand.

Why are more people experiencing severe food allergies than ever before?

A lot happened in palaeontology in 2018.

When it comes to understanding NZ's ancient eruptions, we're missing most of the picture.

Small doses of caffeine might help babies born up to eight weeks early.

A photo lends a one-of-a-kind image inspiration to care for our planet.

Former chief scientist Jacqueline Rowarth left the EPA in controversial circumstances.