In the late 1800s, Wellington employed an Inspector of Nuisances in order to investigate the many difficulties of the rapidly ...

On The Noises, where releases first began in 2015, the island’s guardians have told the team ‘they are everywhere’. Fifty ...

Many writers are tackling change: top surgery; a family home that floods with every king tide. Tōrea Scott-Fyfe writes of the ...

Of all the lifeforms that photosynthesise—turning light into energy, and pumping out oxygen—Prochlorococcus is the smallest ...

Across the world, light pollution such as streetlights, signage and lit-up windows is prompting hundreds of species of birds ...

What do our smallest dolphins get up to underwater? Until now, researchers have been limited to watching from boats, or ...

The Vanished World Centre, in Duntroon, is an easy drive from Elephant Rocks and Anatini. It houses an impressive display of ...

Teeth are extreme: they evolved at roughly the same time as bones, and they’re the hardest thing in the human body. So why ...

These lustrous pieces of agate were found on Rangiatea Station in Canterbury, home to Sara and Bill Gallagher. The farm is ...

Pollen can survive millions of years in certain conditions. That’s because each tiny grain is protected by a hard shell of ...

Kim Logan had the sort of childhood where he was so hungry he’d sneak dog biscuits at night. Once, after accidentally starting a fire in their treehouse, he and his brother hid under the family home ...

A year ago, we reported on preparations for the arrival of the highly pathogenic avian flu that has ripped through poultry, ...