A team of 21 scientists set off on an expedition in the largely uncharted waters of Bounty Trough off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand in February hoping to find a trove of new species.

Environmental groups, marine scientists, and iwi representatives have today called out lobby group Seafood New Zealand for ...

Embark on a breathtaking journey through Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, as we explore Milford, Doubtful, and Dusky Sound by sea. Join ...

A team of marine scientists recently discovered about 100 potential new species off the coast of New Zealand – including an entirely novel life form that has yet to be identified.

New squid alert! 100+ species discovered off the coast of New Zealand Dozens of new mollusks, three fish, and a mystery species were found during a three-week long expedition. By Laura Baisas ...

Scientists in New Zealand conducted a three-week expedition on an underexplored part of the ocean. They examined more than 1,800 species in total, of which 100 were either new or potentially new.

Fossils unearthed in New Zealand reveal Kumimanu fordycei, a giant penguin from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 pounds. This discovery, published in the Journal of Paleontology, rewrites ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

When she spotted the mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine, a marine ecologist at the University of Auckland, was concerned.The animal had a curious orangey-brown ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...