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Chimps conduct funeral rites: scientist

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

What makes our cheeky kea tick?

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

Weird Science: Robot music that makes you cry

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

Fish of nightmares baffles captors

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

What are these turkeys doing?

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

Bumblebees learn to score goals

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.

Weird Science: Creatures from the deep

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

Mammoth project to create hybrid

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

Scientists create human-pig embryo

A successful blend of human and pig cells may improve chances for for human organ transplants.

GE cow's offspring show 'super-milk' potential

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

Weird Science: Meet Trump's flying namesake

Scientists have inflicted upon a new species of moth a name Democrats would argue is decidedly cruel: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi.

NZ scientists bound for Auckland Islands

Scientists are this week heading to the subantarctic Auckland Islands for an annual survey of white-capped albatross and New Zealand sea lion numbers in the remote and windswept region.

Auckland Zoo's new baby flamingo in the pink

Staff at Auckland Zoo have been tickled pink by their latest addition: a flamingo chick.

NZ yellowhammers slow to lose accent

Immigrants to New Zealand are often quick to pick up our signature twang - but it seems one ex-pat hasn't lost its British accent more than a century after moving here.

#DoesItFart: Science is a gas

Do baboons pass gas? What about salamanders? Millipedes? Real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers.

Oh deer! Snow monkey gets frisky

In only the second ever recorded instance of interspecies mating, a snow monkey has been filmed trying to mate with a deer.