Geo News At last, a chance to examine the world’s rarest whale. Last week, scientists and kaitiaki set to work to necropsy the rarest whale ever discovered—a spade-toothed beaked whale that …

With predicted increases in sea level of a metre or more by the end of this century, present-day problems of coastal erosion, flooding and salt-water intrusion into groundwater are going to get …

Sea-level rise doesn’t affect coasts equally—one bay may be drowned while the beach next door remains the same as ever. Predicting sea-level rise needs to take into account tectonic …

When James Cook rounded Cape Horn and entered the Pacific aboard Endeavour in January 1769, his first job was a scientific one—to observe the transit of Venus. But Cook was also …

The science is stark: to keep our soils productive and our waterways clear, we can’t continue to thrash the land. But can our two giant exporters, farming and forestry, learn to tread more gently?

New Zealand Geographic has been an icon of environmental journalism for more than 35 years. New Zealand Geographic was started back in 1989 to offer Kiwis a profound new perspective …

Data Most ancient rocks. This map focuses on the top of the South Island, and shows some of Aotearoa’s oldest and youngest rocks. The Tasman region’s hills and mountains contain the …

Nature isn't far away in a national park, enclosed in a zoo or a predator-free sanctuary, or miles out to sea. It's growing alongside the motorway, springing from cracks in the pavement, …

The Earth has always had a dynamic climate, but it has never changed as fast as it is changing now. Reducing emissions, finding new solutions and adapting how we live and work is the …

Scientists from Land Care Research in Hamilton and the Ministry for the Environment have developed a new way of looking at New Zealand’s environments, and it is winning awards …