Male and female dusky pipefish look exactly the same in all but one aspect—males have a pouch for incubating eggs when they ...

How did I ever get caught in a trap like this? No way up and certainly no way to climb back down. A wall of vertical granite fell away beneath my feet and gravity, so deftly defied until now, returned ...

For all their showiness, tree ferns are extraordinary survivors. They hold their secrets close—but now, scientists are ...

The planting of Russell lupins as sheep feed in the Canterbury high country is triggering a clash between farming and conservation values. In early summer, photographers jostle for space on the ...

Three pot plants, a barbecue and four bikes—we load up Toyota’s fully electric car for a classic southern summer roadie.

Mowing a blob shape into a field can dramatically help insects, research has found—and it’s better for pollinators than ...

No one knew that Kaikōura was home to the world’s only alpine-dwelling seabird until an amateur ornithologist following a rumour discovered its burrows high in the mountains. As the bizarre attributes ...

Early Development of nuclear-pow­ered thermal stations was driven by rising demand for electricity and the need for security of supply. The oil crisis of the early 1970s moved France and some other ...

Virtual Reality / 360 Video - NZ 360 Nov 15: Leigh Wharf The irony is that the camera can't see far enough to properly document the worst sites in the Hauraki Gulf—they're too turbid to see more than ...

All his life, Jay Kuethe has been a collector. When he was growing up in 1990s Britain, his immigrant Dutch parents gave him ...

Dogs wag their tails in all sorts of ways—side to side, up and down, round and round—as well as up high or down low. They use ...

In May 2005, Hwang Woo-suk, professor of biotechnology at Seoul National University, announced in the journal Science that he had created 11 human embryonic stem cells, using 185 eggs. His work was ...