South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged landscapes—have become a shining ...

It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”— will it actually work?

The first mention of this bird in literature was made in Polack's “New Zealand”, 1838 ... indeed part of the skeleton of a large extinct flightless bird. This pronouncement was read before ...

Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world's rarest birds becoming extinct. The pair, Waitaa and Bendigo, sprinted out of their ...

The kiwi bird is so iconic because it has been an essential part of the culture and economy of New Zealand for a long time.

A very large collection of moas from New Zealand, including several type specimens and the original fragment of long bone that allowed Richard Owen to deduce the existence of these large extinct ...

A bat has been named as New Zealand's bird of the year ... as the pekapeka-tou-roa and is only the size of a thumb, beat a flightless parrot to win the title. More than 56,700 people cast their ...

New Zealand’s native animals, including flightless birds like the kiwi, evolved without ground-dwelling mammalian predators.

Protecting rare bird species is crucial for biodiversity ... efforts to ensure their survival. This flightless parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered, with a population of around ...