Kiwi scientists have been using satellite images to count far away endangered albatrosses.

A Fiordland crested penguin rescued in 2014 will live out its days in a Sydney zoo.

After defying the odds, Gari, a Fiordland Crested Penguin, will make Australia home.

Too many researchers do not seek homes for lab animals: Advocate group

Compare animal behaviour to human behaviour and maybe we can learn to be better parents.

A gecko smuggled from home in Otago, taken to Germany and returned is set to be named.

A penguin chick is being raised by two mums at Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland

Fishermen looking to tag bronze whaler sharks instead came upon three great whites.

Kiwi scientists have been studying the bedroom behaviour of a parasitoid wasp.

Scientists have found a black five-foot-long worm that has intrigued humans for centuries.

New footage has captured blue whales feeding while living off the coast of New Zealand.

Five times Kiwis have been left reeling following fatal shark attacks.

Researchers have discovered a trend, peaking at the Easter period.

Broadcaster Alison Ballance discusses her new book on New Zealand's great white sharks.

Right-leaning politicians are generally more attractive than those on the left.

NZ scientist set to test the waters of Loch Ness to determine if Nessie exists.

For our bumblebees, it seems being smart comes at a cost.

Recordings of Gray's and strap-toothed beaked whales have been captured in NZ waters.

Our planet's spiders wolf down between 400 and 800 million tonnes of food each year.

A chimpanzee has been filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of another chimp.

Our alpine parrot may be much smarter than we think, scientists say.

Scientists have created a brain-based music machine that can exploit your emotions to the point that you'll cry.

It has horned spikes, bulging eyeballs and it crawls... This is fish is a fright.

Footage of a flock of turkeys walking in perfect circles around a dead cat has sent the internet into a spin.

Bumblebees can teach one another how to score "goals" with a tiny ball, displaying a learning ability never before seen in insects, a study has shown.

Endurance athletes looking to improve their times might consider swishing with a mouth rinse that contains a little sugar during their next performance.

Woolly mammoths - or, at least, animals with very similar DNA - could be brought back from extinction within two years, say scientists.

New research co-authored by a New Zealand scientist has linked deforestation to the deadly Ebola virus.

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.

While many of us may find the sounds of chewing or breathing off-putting, for some they're unbearable - and new research has shown their brains are going into overdrive.