Our freshly-sprung spring is predicted to bring warmer weather, as La Niña beds in again.

Sky News host Rowan Dean has come rather late to the party.

The lab-created embryos mirror a natural mouse embryo.

Smarter isolation regime could cut transmission while enabling many to leave home earlier.

If all goes well, Nasa could land two astronauts on the moon by the end of 2025.

Researchers believe the drug changes the way the brain organises itself and may help.

NZ remains one of only nine countries with negative excess mortality since pandemic began.

Chemicals used to preserve dead bodies have been found in e-liquids.

Dr Kelly Burrowes tells Science Digest what early research has revealed about the unexpected chemicals found inside vaping liquid. Video / NZ Herald

NZ's rolling Covid-19 case average continues to tumble after topping 10,000 last month.

NZ's next Covid-19 wave will likely be driven by an entirely new variant, experts say.

The Royal Foundation keeps investments in a bank that backs fossil fuels.

Professor proposes WHO re-categorises Monkeypox to reduce 'group specific stigma'.

An ongoing marine heatwave event around NZ has broken records - and worsened storms.

A major insurer is eyeing risk-based pricing for coastal erosion in another symbolic step.

Meteorologist says weather event is in-line with the expected effects of climate change.

New Zealand's population growth slowed to its lowest rate in decades over year to June.

Why kokako and tieke split from their South Island kin about three million years ago.

'To see the memorial damaged in such a senseless way was extremely upsetting ...'

One in seven recent NZ deaths were from Covid-19. So why are we growing indifferent to it?

After weeks of falling case counts, modellers are confident we're over this wave's hump.

Experts are welcoming data improvements that'll see NZ's overall vax rates fall next week.