Invasive caulerpa, the seaweed threatening huge swathes of our coastline, can regenerate from fragments too small to see. It can survive in the dark, in the cold, and even out of water. Disagreement ...

On a trip to Antarctica’s Deception Island, biogeographer Crid Fraser started to suspect there was something special about geothermal steam. All sorts of animals were basking among the volcanic island ...

Greymouth photographer Jason Blair contributes an extraordinary set of portraits (one of which won the Resene Colour Award in our 2025 Photographer of the Year competition). The book itself functions ...

He tested it outside his workshop on the Ahuriri waterfront in Napier. As the fountain whooshed up above roof level, the wind grabbed the water and it landed, “in one perfect dump”, on a guy who was ...

The delicacy and brilliance of a hummingbird wedded to an industrial-strength beak that would do a woodpecker proud, the chimeric little kingfisher stakes a claim in our hearts. Returning with a snack ...

Aotearoa has the potential to develop a seaweed sector that could contribute to the economy while supporting thriving ecosystems, communities and culture. While some companies harvest seaweed, or ...

Eighty years after the end of World War II, leftover munitions have been dubbed the problem that will never be fixed. Cities have been rebuilt, borders redrawn – but there’s still an estimated 1.6 ...

Northland is the first place in New Zealand to have a region-wide local government climate change adaptation strategy, with 70 Northland towns and localities projected to be significantly affected by ...

Opinion – The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to keep global heating below 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. The ...

Conservationists say it will take up to a year to know the extent of fire damage to the Kaimaumau wetland. On the seventh day of the blaze, five helicopters, 25 firefighters, and nine bulldozers and ...

Conservation groups and iwi are joining forces in a bid to make Farewell Spit at the top of the South Island predator free. An ambitious partnership between Manawhenua ki Mohua, HealthPost Nature ...

After 10,000 years of inbreeding, Rakiura/Stewart Island kākāpō have been found to be in surprisingly good genetic health. A major international study reveals the kākāpō have lost harmful mutations ...