Colder temperatures may mean myrtle rust might not survive long if it reaches Wellington.

Climate change is bad news for New Zealand's quirky, rain-hating trapdoor spider.

Will Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement be felt here?

A third of NZ's native birds could soon go the way of the moa, a damning report reveals.

Studies find major tree-planting efforts needed as well to curb greenhouse gases.

NZ's safety and natural beauty mean overseas tourists are flocking to our parks.

Pesky pine pollen from New Zealand forests could be altering far-away ocean ecosystems.

New Zealand log supply will likely be curbed by recent stormy weather.

Planting more native forest could be a cash-saver for big-emitting companies, report says.

Our forests and other land areas may be sucking up to 60 per cent more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than previously thought and we can likely thank our native trees for much of it.

Mankind is already adapting to the widespread impacts of future climate change - but how did we do it in the past? A Kiwi researcher has helped explain.

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

A bush fire near a Taupo native forest is well under control but it will take crews another few days to make sure it's completely out.

Scientists are seeking to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of the disease that's killing our kauri - why it's attracted to the native tree's scent like we're drawn to coffee.

Kauri dieback infection rates in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park have more than doubled in the past five years.

Humans are marring the coherence of the natural world - by building endless numbers of roads.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Runners and walkers raced along some of Hawke's Bay's finest beaches, forests and farmland on Saturday at the annual Staples Rodway

A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Passionate environmentalists are determined to preserve a significant piece of bush and wetlands, right on Auckland's doorstep.

Greenheart Group has signed a conditional deal to buy Northland Forest Managers (1995) for $1.5 million.

About half the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon - the world's most diverse forest - are threatened by deforestation, an international study says.

An urgent warning has been sounded for the trees remaining in Auckland's concrete jungle after researchers found there's scant protection left to save them from development.

Apple and the World Wildlife Fund will work together to manage as many as 1 million acres of forests across China.

In the first of a two-part series on New Zealand’s ‘vanishing nature’, author Marie Brown explains the country’s biodiversity crisis - and why things are getting worse.

A major financier has repossessed equipment from the owner of forestry business HarvestPro New Zealand.

The Dunedin City Council's group debt has dropped by more than $25 million on the back of stronger results by its companies, new figures show.

A cousin of the kangaroo could wreak havoc if it spreads through the Kaimai and Urewera ranges, conservationists fear.