Science news articles about 'new zealand'

  • Scientist says New Zealand's biggest glacier shrinking

    New Zealand's biggest glacier is melting at its fastest pace in recent history, a scientist said Thursday. The Tasman Glacier on South Island was 18 miles long in 1990, with virtually no lake at its ...
  • Colossal squid defrosted in New Zealand

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 30 (UPI) -- Scientists in New Zealand are defrosting and examining a Colossal Squid accidentally netted in Antarctic waters last year.
  • New Zealanders active and happy

    Physical and mental activity and happiness are had by most of New Zealand's population, who would also like more leisure time and often less body fat, according to a survey.
  • New Zealanders retain ethnicity

    When migrants start to call themselves New Zealanders it doesn't mean that they've lost their original ethnicity, revealed the latest integration study.
  • New Zealanders retain ethnicity

    When migrants start to call themselves New Zealanders it doesn't mean that they've lost their original ethnicity, revealed the latest integration study.
  • New Zealand volcano more unsettled: scientists

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Volcanic activity at New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu is increasing and an eruption could occur at any time, scientists warned on Tuesday. The volcano in central North Island, famed ...
  • New Zealand moves to protect rare dolphins

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand plans to ban commercial fishing near its coast and set up marine reserves to protect the rare Hector's dolphins, a government minister said on Thursday
  • Winters kill New Zealanders

    New Zealand's excess winter death rate is higher than many colder countries and hasn't dropped in twenty years according to a study.
  • Humans may have come to New Zealand later than thought

    ... seeds reinforces a theory that human settlers did not arrive in New Zealand until 1300 A.D. — about 1,000 years later than some scientists believe, according to a study released Tuesday.
  • New Zealand colonised 1000 years later than previously thought

    A University of Adelaide palaeontologist has helped to uncover compelling new evidence that New Zealand was discovered 1000 years later than commonly believed.
  • New Zealand bird outwits alien predators

    ... predators and appear naïve towards newly introduced mammals. But their study on the bellbird, an endemic New Zealand bird, has identified the ability of a previously naïve island bird to change its ...
  • Dinosaur bone in New Zealand

    A fossil hunter has discovered that one of the largest known dinosaurs, a titanosaurid, almost certainly roamed New Zealand about 80 million years ago.
  • U.S., New Zealand sign clean energy plan

    WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The United States and New Zealand committed to a plant that helps develop clean energy on island nations and territories, a U.S. official said Thursday.
  • Internet in New Zealand explored

    A study has thrown light on New Zealand's Internet habits and attitudes, showing for instance that 22 per cent of New Zealanders don't use the Internet at all.
  • Internet in New Zealand explored

    A study has thrown light on New Zealand's Internet habits and attitudes, showing for instance that 22 per cent of New Zealanders don't use the Internet at all.

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