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

New Zealand’s Bug of the Year competition has crowned an ancient, bizarre, and surprisingly savage predator as its 2024 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A 19-year-old kayaker recently opened up about being chased by a great white shark while kayaking off the coast of New ...