The snakes can be venomous to humans and, if bitten, can cause symptoms of swelling, nausea, vomiting, headache, diarrhoea and muscle pain. Botulism looks to be the cause at Washdyke and tests will rule out any exotic disease, the Department of Conservation says. Iceberg A23a spans an area twice the size of London and has been carefully tracked by scientists since Green hydrogen - which has been described by fans as the "swiss army knife" of clean energy - has enjoyed a wave of private investment and government subsidies.
Nearly a decade after almost going extinct, Aotearoa's endemic cobble skink population is making a surprising comeback. As the death toll rises from LA's wildfires, experts say New Zealand is set to get more flammable, and make it harder for some to get insurance.
The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says DOC, with the number of known nests dropping by 80 percent over the past 15 years.
Neighbours of Wellington Girls' College say the culling of the trees will ruin the character of their suburb. A group of 20 scientists from New Zealand - and abroad - are about to head to the bottom of the world to study the impacts of climate change on Antarctica's Ross Sea. Conservationists are bringing endangered skinks back to the dryland wilderness of Central Otago. If you bought your live tree in the first flush of festive spirits, chances are it'll be looking past its use-by date by now.
Here's how to get rid of it without causing an eyesore. The state's southeastern ocean is experiencing a rare bioluminescent red algal bloom that bursts into vibrant blue at night. A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska's common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found. Subsidies are gone, road user charges are in, and ACC levies are up.
