A new warning has sounded for the world’s smallest dolphin, with a New Zealand researcher now reporting there are less than 50 Maui’s dolphins left.

The United States space programme is famous for what it invented and also for how much it spent putting men on the moon.

University of Otago PhD researcher Hazem Zohny has warned about myths and "hype" involving so-called "smart" drugs.

New Zealand could today be facing even higher rates of skin cancer had the world not agreed to rein in ozone-depleting substances nearly 30 years ago.

Forget The Bachelor - it's a tiny crab that takes the cake for the ultimate act of courtship.

Hundreds of scientists have rallied against a new Japanese proposal to kill whales in the name of research — a plan one New Zealand marine biologist calls whaling in disguise.

For most of us, it's a tough ask to draw a link between somewhere as warm as Bangladesh and as chilly as Antarctica.

Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer have been given new hope of a cure after scientists discovered the genetic cause behind 90 per cent of tumours.

Up to three new research institutes will be set up in regions outside Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, according to a Budget announcement.

A day after new research into major "megathrust" earthquakes was revealed, a seismologist has been appointed as the first Professor of Earthquake Science at the University of Otago.

Feminists have debated it for decades, but scientists have finally got to the bottom of why men still exist.

A new study suggests that the love hormone, oxytocin, has similar effects to being drunk, and not just the more pleasant aspects of inebriation.

Bioprinted human skin has been on the scene for some time but cosmetics company L'Oreal is hoping to get into the game.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that two major earthquakes of the same type hit central New Zealand in the past 1000 years.

Alcohol may also make us more empathic and cause us to see other people as more attractive. Why do these reactions occur?

Scientists create a yeast that can turn sugar into opiates, then call for urgent regulation of the technology.

One of New Zealand's most spectacular tourist destinations could also provide a key to better understanding the large-scale changes in store for the planet.

What could Nigel Latta possibly know about science, the weighty subject that seems to be his cosy new home on telly. Quite a bit, actually.

In a paper published yesterday in Science, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) describe the unique mechanism that enables the opah, a deepwater predatory fish, to keep its body warm.

Spacecraft Cemetery, 3900km southeast of Wellington, is home to the scattered remains of 161 space stations and robotic freighters.

Scientists have long assumed that all fish are basically cold-blooded, but all that has just changed.

Kiwi scientists have found in pig bladders a breakthrough that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of a disorder which frequently catches its sufferers short.

A glass of red wine and a bite of chocolate could help you stave off a cold this winter, new Kiwi research shows.

A monster from the deep has washed up on a beach in Kaikoura.

Climate scientists are warning that a large, ocean-driven El Nino system could bring unwelcome weather extremes this year, making the east coast drier.

Sunnier skies are expected for many next week, but Wellington has been warned of more heavy rain in the next day - another test for Wellington’s infrastructure.

The lobby group had lodged an appeal over whether the Northland Regional Council had jurisdiction under the Resource Management Act to ban the outdoor use of GMO matter.