A rare whale recently died after mysteriously attempting to strand itself on a beach in New Zealand. Locals noticed the animal — a strap-toothed whale — swimming “erratically” near East Clive Beach, ...

Dramatic video has emerged online of a kayaker escaping after being chased by a great white shark off the coast of Northland, ...

Shutterstock Image Whenever you go out into the ocean you are taking a risk. After all, you are stepping into the marine ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are ... but there is work underway to explore deep sea mining. In 2019 it graduated to become a ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with ...

Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public. But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation ...

The DOC said in a statement that whale stranding are not uncommon in New Zealand and that there are about 85 incidents a year. In most cases though, it's just a single animal that is beached, not ...

In response to human-induced environmental changes, New Zealand’s stoneflies have changed color. It is the clearest evidence of human activity […] ...

New Zealand extended personhood rights to great ... like Goodall are anthropomorphizing — projecting human traits on animals. Steve Jones, professor of genetics at the University of London ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...