The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Experience beauty and birdsong on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island – an open wildlife sanctuary that’s home to many of New Zealand’s rarest native bird species. While you’re there ...

The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This ...

A 66-million-year-old fossilized vomit discovery in Denmark offers a rare glimpse into the prehistoric Cretaceous food chain.

On the rock tors of Central Otago, herpetologist Carey Knox scans the schist ledges for lizards. He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became ...

Takahe is a large flightless bird which can be seen in New Zealand and was considered extinct until seen again in 1984. Pygmy Tarsiers are small size animals which can be seen in Indonesia and were ...

An Auckland man had the encounter of a lifetime when a 5m-long creature swam around and under his boat, before knocking it and swimming off.

This was unexpected, as 98 million years ago South America and New Zealand were certainly closer to each other than to Europe. This suggests the species in New Zealand may have remained separate ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died ... a research center near the New Zealand city of Dunedin, the ...