Having swept most of the world, killing millions of wild birds, H5N1 bird flu is creeping closer to our shores.

Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a prehistoric giant penguin unlike any other deep in the craggy coastlines of ...

A creeping epidemic of camera paranoia is turning tourist attractions into no-go zones for photographers.

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

Te pua o te Rēinga, Aotearoa's only fully parasitic flowering plant, was rediscovered on New Zealand's North Island.

Fossils unearthed in New Zealand reveal Kumimanu fordycei, a giant penguin species from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 pounds. This discover ...

Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

Researchers used underwater cameras to document the seafloor at 36 sites across the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia ...

The observations came from the first-ever human expedition to Antarctica in its autumn season, during which researchers ...

In an exclusive extract from her memoir, the former NZ leader writes that she had always “grappled with the idea that I was never quite good enough”.

Canadian-born new Greens leader Larissa Waters made headlines in 2017 when she breastfed her daughter in the Senate.

Kairuku waewaeroa was hardly the only massive bird of its time, as New Zealand was once home to giant parrots, eagles, moa, and even bigger penguins. But without the students’ citizen science ...