Climate scientist Will Steffen, at the Australian National University, argues that to limit the impacts of climate change on island nations in the Pacific may require technology that takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

The Chatham Island Taiko Trust has made flowerpot nests for 50 Chatham Island albatross chicks that are part of a pioneering translocation from The Pyramid to the main Chatham Island.

With just 120-or-so known adult birds, 21 new chicks are a very welcome addition to the Chatham Island taiko population.

The endangered kakapo is in the middle of a bumper breeding year that looks set to be the best ever, and conservationists are looking foward to the resulting population boom.

An international team of scientists found that Antarctica's land-based ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising temperatures than they previously thought.

Veronika Meduna joins a school group for a morning at MindLab, using fruit and vegetables to build musical instruments.

Kiribati president Anote Tong calls on political leaders to help low-lying Pacific island nations to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Nearly a hundred spotted skinks were recently transferred from Matiu Somes Island to Zealandia Sanctuary in Wellington.

Victoria University chemist Jonathan Halpert discusses nano-scale materials he investigates for future photovoltaic cells.

Jackie Spencer is investigating how the introduced venomous redback spider is affecting the threatened Cromwell chafer beetle, and what role rabbits play in the one-sided battle