International scientist's, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near ...

Whitefly fossils from 15 million years ago found in New Zealand give rare insights into ancient ecosystems and insect ...

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University of Otago researchers unearthed these rare fossils in Miocene-era crater lake sediments at Hindon Maar near Dunedin ...

A family member of two workers at the Mainland Poultry free-range farm at the centre of New Zealand’s first confirmed case of ...

A population of South Island robin living near Dunedin is at risk of local extinction without intervention.

It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species ...

It is the world's rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic ...

Christmas has arrived early at Parliament, with a posse of 20 santas bringing their own southern wish list to the capital. "We want the southern hospital. That's all we want for Christmas," one Santa ...

The number of chickens needing to be culled on an Otago farm has doubled to 80,000 after New Zealand's first case of case of ...

A recent study revealed a stark 10 to 1 male to female ratio for kaka-ruai in Silver Stream northwest of Dunedin. Researchers said it's a rare, real time look at the extinction process of a taonga.

A world-first opportunity to dissect and examine an incredibly rare whale species is under way in Dunedin. The spade-toothed ...