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

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.

Kiwi is a Maori word used to describe the ratites, or flightless birds without a keel bone, endemic to the islands of New Zealand. It has also grown to describe a fuzzy-skinned fruit native to China ...

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 ...

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 ...