This flightless bird wanted to fly. A small blue penguin waddled onto the runway at the Wellington National Airport in New ...

A team of environmental scientists at Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, in New Zealand, the University of Adelaide and the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

I write about the world of biology. South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged ... [+] landscapes—have become a shining beacon of conservation ...

In 2024, news broke about the successful reintroduction of the takahē, a beautiful prehistoric bird, back into the wild.

according to New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC). The flightless, nocturnal parrots were once one of the country's most common birds, but only 147 adults are left. This year ...