WorldNoise forcing songbirds chorus pre-dawnIt is the sound synonymous with the start of a new day.07 Dec 04:00 PM
LifestyleDoes your dog understand?If you are worried that your dog is not paying attention to what you are saying, simply look at where is he is staring.27 Nov 09:55 PM
WorldMammoth cloning dilemmaDNA samples from an exceptionally well-preserved extinct Mammuthus found in Siberia, have raised the prospect of cloning.16 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi's time running outKiwi are likely to be lost from mainland New Zealand "within our grandchildren's lifetimes" and without continuing intervention could be extinct within 50 years.12 Nov 01:30 AM
LifestyleWhat animals see in mirrorsStudies have shown that mirrors can improve the lives of a variety of laboratory, zoo, farm, and companion animals.26 Oct 12:56 AM
New ZealandDemon dog's new therapyFree laser therapy is a heaven-sent gift for badly burnt dog Demon.23 Oct 08:59 PM
New ZealandFemale tui are faithful. Yeah rightSteamy 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.15 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandDecline in animal testing welcomedThe National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) says its pleased to see a drop in the number of animals used for testing and research.09 Oct 03:33 AM
LifestyleIs your dog an optimist or a pessimist?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’.01 Oct 01:10 AM
New ZealandLast stop for stowaway with a stingA live scorpion has been destroyed after being found in the tent of a traveller returning to Auckland from Mexico.23 Sep 05:00 PM
New Zealand$146,000 for Otago skinks is money well spent - Nick SmithSkinks 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.16 Sep 08:32 PM
New ZealandSliced squid with a side of scienceScientists yesterday discovered the eyes were 35cm wide, at least 8cm bigger than the last one.16 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldNZ's war on predators commemoratedThe start of a war will be commemorated this week -- one waged not on foreign battlefields, but across our own offshore islands.10 Sep 01:40 AM
WorldHow big is a Dreadnought?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.05 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandLow-emission sheep? We're a step closerThe world is a step closer to a low-emission sheep, thanks to leading work by Kiwi and US researchers.04 Sep 11:31 PM
New ZealandShark's incredible trekNew research has confirmed waters off Auckland are crucial breeding grounds for a keystone shark species.30 Aug 05:00 PM
LifestyleHow animals trick youFrom pandas pretending to be pregnant to birds that steal food, animals are sometimes just as deceptive than humans.28 Aug 11:00 PM
WorldThe threat that may be worse than climate changeThe 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.27 Aug 06:18 AM
WorldGive half planet to animals - biologistHalf 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.26 Aug 04:09 AM
WorldExtra species change birds' pecking orderThere are 462 more species of bird in the world than previously thought.23 Aug 01:24 AM
New ZealandSingleton: orang-utan expertDr 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.22 Aug 08:16 PM
WorldCity spiders getting biggerAussie cities are breeding bigger spiders - spiders that are watching you right now and probably planning to jump onto the back of your neck.21 Aug 10:51 PM
WorldEarth's most surreal creatureIf Salvadore Dali were God, he would surely have designed an animal that looked like Hallucigenia.18 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldEarth's most surreal creatureIt 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.17 Aug 08:57 PM
WorldFive strange creatures from the oceanThe ocean is home to some weird and wonderful creatures. Here are some of the strangest.13 Aug 04:00 AM
WorldAncient sinkhole yields jackpotA treasure trove of the remains of hundreds of mammals from the Ice Age has been discovered in a cave in Wyoming.12 Aug 05:00 PM
LifestyleTime lapse: Tuatara hatchingWith a face only a mother could love - a baby tuatara was captured on film as it hatched out of its egg at Victoria University of Wellington.04 Aug 12:05 AM
New ZealandBizarre lives of NZ's speciesThe bizarre lives of some of our garden-variety creatures have been revealed in a book by two leading Kiwi biologists.03 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMike Lee and Gareth Dyke: Dinosaurs downsized to survive until todaySpectacular transitional fossils, many from northern China, provide overwhelming evidence that dinosaurs evolved into birds.03 Aug 05:00 PM
LifestyleRare video: Tuatara hatching time-lapseThis is extremely rare footage of a tuatara hatching, filmed at Victoria University of Wellington. The egg was one of 23 being incubated in captivity as part of a joint initiative with the Department of Conservation and Ngati Manuhiri that has saved a threatened population of tuatara from extinction.Watch03 Aug 04:00 PM
WorldTyrannosaurs ran in gangsScientists in western Canada have discovered the fossilised footprints of three tyrannosaurs that suggest these fearsome predators may have hunted in packs.25 Jul 03:11 AM
