When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future ...

F inding fossils of any species is an exciting discovery for science, but some are a little bit more special than others. In ...

February 22 saw a big scientific breakthrough with the successful cloning of a mammal for the first time in 1997. Dolly was ...

Paleontologists believe that Leioproctus barrydonovani inhabited broadleaf forests surrounding a Miocene maar lake—a crater ...

A new study has lifted the lid on five species of root-lesion nematodes living in maize crops across New Zealand—and suggested the existence of a hitherto-unsuspected cryptic species. The ...

In response to human-induced environmental changes, New Zealand’s stoneflies have changed color. It is the clearest evidence ...

A biosecurity operation is under way and extra field teams are today in the suburb of Birkdale, on Auckland’s North Shore, ...

Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...

A rare whale recently died after mysteriously attempting to strand itself on a beach in New Zealand. Locals noticed the ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...