Moa once walked all over Aotearoa, pressing heavy feet into mud and sand. Eons later, finding just one of these footprints ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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