Its diet includes seeds, fruits, leaves, and even rhizomes. Without the ability to fly, kākāpōs make good targets for New ...

Bird lovers navigated a pandemic and rising living costs to gather priceless data on the country's native birds, an expert says. After five years, the country's largest citizen science project to ...

Hello, old friends: New Zealand is a place where defunct American brands live on. We not only found such popular mainstays as ...

New Zealand hosts unique flightless, nocturnal birds, evolved in isolation and adapted to predator-free conditions, symbolizing the country's rich biodiversity. The weka, a bold flightless rail ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was ...

WELLINGTON (AFP): Five extinct species have been included on the ballot to find New Zealand's most popular feathered friend as competition organisers hope to draw attention to endangered birds.

The birds were not thought to get any sleep during their journey as they were noted to almost constantly be flapping their wings. However, upon arrival in New Zealand, they were found to be dozing ...

Department of Conservation kākāriki karaka operations manager Wayne Beggs told Morning Report the birds have been declared ...

Hawke's Bay Fish & Game said it was working closely with Napier City Council and Hawke's Bay Regional Council to collect any ...