A broadcaster that begun with a mission to educate has gained a reputation for hype and fabrication. Time for a reality check.

Resembling a fierce ancestor of the Loch Ness monster, the first fossil of a shark-like reptile has been found.

Losing our native species is not an inevitability but a choice - and one that could hurt New Zealand in more ways than we realise.

The move to grant an orang-utan in Argentina some legal rights enjoyed by humans could open the floodgates to thousands of similar cases.

A newly discovered beetle has been named after television naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

In the long story of the Hauraki Gulf, humans have been in the picture for mere moments.

From potential taxes on sugary drinks to the ancestry of our kiwi, science has offered plenty of headlines this year.

1. When did you first see Jaws?

It is the sound synonymous with the start of a new day.

Kiwi are likely to be lost from mainland New Zealand "within our grandchildren's lifetimes" and without continuing intervention could be extinct within 50 years.

Studies have shown that mirrors can improve the lives of a variety of laboratory, zoo, farm, and companion animals.

Free laser therapy is a heaven-sent gift for badly burnt dog Demon.

Steamy extra-marital liaisons with the big-shot bloke next door. A love child or two. No it's not Fifty Shades of Grey, it's the secret life of the tui.

The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) says its pleased to see a drop in the number of animals used for testing and research.

New research, which measures the positive and negative emotional states in dogs, shows that man’s best friend can now be defined as a ‘pessimist’ or as an ‘optimist’.

A live scorpion has been destroyed after being found in the tent of a traveller returning to Auckland from Mexico.

Skinks might not be as ''sexy'' as other endangered wildlife but giving $146,000 to support the work of a community group focusing on boosting the Otago skink population is money well spent, Conservation Minister Nick Smith says.

Weighing more than seven Tyrannosaurus rex, or a modern Boeing 737, and longer than a swimming pool, a newly discovered species of dinosaur would have "feared nothing" scientists say.

The world is a step closer to a low-emission sheep, thanks to leading work by Kiwi and US researchers.

New research has confirmed waters off Auckland are crucial breeding grounds for a keystone shark species.

From pandas pretending to be pregnant to birds that steal food, animals are sometimes just as deceptive than humans.

The world's leading expert on the poisoning of the oceans has described how he was "utterly shocked" by the true amount of plastic floating on the sea, warning that it potentially posed a bigger threat to the planet than climate change.

Half the planet should be set aside solely for the protection of wildlife to prevent the "mass extinction" of species, according to one of the world's leading biologists.

There are 462 more species of bird in the world than previously thought.

Dr Ian Singleton, the British conservationist, world-renowned orang-utan expert and director of the Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Programme was hanging out at the Auckland Zoo this week.

Aussie cities are breeding bigger spiders - spiders that are watching you right now and probably planning to jump onto the back of your neck.

If Salvadore Dali were God, he would surely have designed an animal that looked like Hallucigenia.

It has been described as the most surreal creature that lived - and after more than four decades scientists believe they have finally nailed Hallucigenia’s position in the history of life.