Fashion for some will always come first but by introducing the first Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes, Mattel are showing, ...

Mattel has released a new Barbie doll with Type 1 diabetes. The Barbie was launched by model Lila Moss, who advocates for ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand.

A massive fire is ripping through a protected wetland in New Zealand, threatening its delicate ecosystem and the rare species that live there – some found nowhere else on Earth.

Firstly mistaken for one of New Zealand’s 13 other more common types of beaked whale, tissue samples — taken before they were buried — later revealed them as the enigmatic species.

The Gollum galaxias, a rare freshwater fish species named after Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” character, found for first time in New Zealand’s Waimatuku Stream.

Researchers studying the mammal couldn’t confirm if the species went extinct. Then in 2010, two whole spade-toothed whales, both dead, washed up on a New Zealand beach.

Firstly mistaken for one of New Zealand’s 13 other more common types of beaked whale, tissue samples — taken before they were buried — later revealed them as the enigmatic species.