In the late 1800s, Wellington employed an Inspector of Nuisances in order to investigate the many difficulties of the rapidly ...

On The Noises, where releases first began in 2015, the island’s guardians have told the team ‘they are everywhere’. Fifty ...

Of all the lifeforms that photosynthesise—turning light into energy, and pumping out oxygen—Prochlorococcus is the smallest ...

A year ago, we reported on preparations for the arrival of the highly pathogenic avian flu that has ripped through poultry, ...

The Vanished World Centre, in Duntroon, is an easy drive from Elephant Rocks and Anatini. It houses an impressive display of ...

What do our smallest dolphins get up to underwater? Until now, researchers have been limited to watching from boats, or ...

Pollen can survive millions of years in certain conditions. That’s because each tiny grain is protected by a hard shell of ...

Across the world, light pollution such as streetlights, signage and lit-up windows is prompting hundreds of species of birds ...

While most of the world’s new settlements are slowly shifting inland, in New Zealand we’re largely staying put—or edging ...

Teeth are extreme: they evolved at roughly the same time as bones, and they’re the hardest thing in the human body. So why ...

Often thought of as a biblical disease, leprosy is still affecting lives in 2025. Solomoni, a 31-year-old Fijian man, knows ...

These lustrous pieces of agate were found on Rangiatea Station in Canterbury, home to Sara and Bill Gallagher. The farm is ...