Male and female dusky pipefish look exactly the same in all but one aspect—males have a pouch for incubating eggs when they ...

For all their showiness, tree ferns are extraordinary survivors. They hold their secrets close—but now, scientists are ...

Three pot plants, a barbecue and four bikes—we load up Toyota’s fully electric car for a classic southern summer roadie.

Plantation forests take up about seven per cent of New Zealand’s land area, mostly in the North Island. Now, researchers have mapped these forests using a combination of airborne laser scanning and ...

It is now more than a century since the call of the huia―musical, swooping and evocative―echoed through the forests of the Urewera, Ruahine, Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges. Considered tapu by Māori, this ...

Mowing a blob shape into a field can dramatically help insects, research has found—and it’s better for pollinators than ...

The planting of Russell lupins as sheep feed in the Canterbury high country is triggering a clash between farming and conservation values. In early summer, photographers jostle for space on the ...

All his life, Jay Kuethe has been a collector. When he was growing up in 1990s Britain, his immigrant Dutch parents gave him ...

Dogs wag their tails in all sorts of ways—side to side, up and down, round and round—as well as up high or down low. They use ...

Virtual Reality / 360 Video - NZ 360 Nov 15: Leigh Wharf The irony is that the camera can't see far enough to properly document the worst sites in the Hauraki Gulf—they're too turbid to see more than ...

State Highway 1 is the country’s central artery. At its northernmost extension, it is a rutted gravel track churned to dust by the wheels of coaches carrying tourists to Cape Reinga. Where it greets ...

This massive buttress stands below Pilot Point Road, and one can see down the coast to White Cliffs and Mt Taranaki. Sand scour prevents the growth of mussels and algae on most rocks. Sea caves are ...