For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

In 2024, researchers found many of New Zealand's endangered flightless birds, including the takahē, weka and great spotted kiwi, are surviving in the same cold and isolated mountainous areas ...

The New Zealand Wildlife Service ... it represents an incredible recovery for a bird once presumed extinct. The takahe is currently listed as “Endangered” on the IUCN Red List, reflecting ...

Northland's largest wetland has suffered significant damage to an area the size of 54 rugby fields after a landowner allowed ...

While last month's New Zealand election means Jacinda ... to raise awareness of the country's endangered wildlife, and organisers Forest and Bird say that there are as few as 3,000-7,000 kea ...

Renowned conservation artist Anna Gibbs is proud to present her first solo exhibition, South Island Songs, at Little River Gallery in Christchurch. Over a year in the making, Gibbs’ new collection ...

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The eight birds were all juvenile rowi kiwi, the rarest sub-species of New Zealand’s emblematic flightless ... The rowi sub-species is regarded as critically endangered, with only 400 left ...

The Fairy or Little Blue Penguin, the smallest penguin species, stands at 13-17 inches and weighs just over 1 kg. These ...

The new Māui Drone Project is a one-year collaboration between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), non-profit wildlife technology organization MAUI63 and WWF-New Zealand.