Selwyn MP Amy Adams lays blame at the feet of the Education Minister Chris Hipkins.

Dr Mark McCann calls milk a miracle food - and for good reason.

Told to welcome "a real scientist", a child protested: "But we are all scientists!"

Where are the science and primary industry creds of our biosecurity MPI bosses?

Farms animals have a world of emotions - and scientists say we need to understand them.

Following EU's ban on neonicotinoid pesticides would cause headaches for NZ, experts say.

Researchers on the hunt for lactose intolerant Aucklanders.

Incorporating plantain into grazed land found to reduce release of greenhouse gasses.

Microplastic particles polluting Earth's oceans now found in Antarctica's pristine waters.

A2 milk prevents some symptoms of dairy intolerance and eases others, Kiwi research shows.

Drone-mounted lasers could be used to "map and zap" weeds causing farmers a $1b headache.

A tiny, hard-to-detect, worm-like pest can survive in dry soil for at least three years.

NZ salmon study holds possible implications for understanding our own reproduction system.

Agricultural research will be boosted by a Massey University-led centre, launching today.

Breeding parasite resistant sheep. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Officials are scrambling to gather seeds of 33 native plant species in Myrtle Rust's path.

Aussie border officials who destroyed important Kiwi plants say it 'won't happen again'.

Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.

It might sound like something straight out of the 2006 horror comedy Black Sheep, but woolly mutants are leading our scientists toward intriguing discoveries - and innovative new products.

Kiwi scientists have taken another step toward a potential future of genetically-altered, hypo-allergenic, high-protein milk.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the emotions of livestock in pioneering research that could improve the way animals are farmed.

New Zealand has been spared half a billion dollars in damage from a notorious pest - and scientists say it's an Irish wasp we have to thank for it.

AgResearch has received $1.2 million in taxpayer funding to carry out a study aimed at validating the health benefits alternative dairy firm A2 Milk claims its products provide.

Retired professor Dick Wilkins asks, why has AgResearch put such a huge effort into transgenic work, with so little return over 15 years, given the ongoing dire straits of the company?

Scientists and other research staff have suffered the insecurity and trauma that happens in all organisations in changing markets.

The expected layoffs of about 90 science staff at AgResearch, the country's largest Crown research institute, is a "pretty fatal blow" to agricultural research, says Doug Edmeades, a....

Auditor-General Lyn Provost says more work needs to be done on the business case for a $100 million restructuring of AgResearch, the country's largest Crown Research Institute.

There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....