IMPORTANT PATIENT: The sick baby kakapo, known as Solstice One, which has been sent to Wellington Zoo for diagnosis and treatment. KENT BLECHYNDEN / Dominion Post A chick with "precious genes" has ...

Lee, a male kakapo suffering from weight loss and toxic levels of lead in his system, is now fighting fit and ready to return to the wild after a two-month stay at Auckland Zoo’s New Zealand Centre ...

An important breeding kakapo who had the misfortune of injuring her “private parts” when she unintentionally sat on a sharp stick, has been successfully rehabilitated at Auckland Zoo, and is to return ...

The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled. Could that spell trouble? By Jacey Fortin For decades, the kakapo has been ...

Inside a hut on remote Whenua Hou/Codfish Island off the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, there’s a chart on the refrigerator depicting the future of a species. That species is the kakapo, an ...

The world's heaviest parrot was at risk of dying out completely, but thanks to the work of Maori tribe members and conservationists the kakapo population has now reached its highest number in over 40 ...

Yesterday morning, a kakapo chick hatched on a small island in New Zealand. The newborn bird brings the world population of kakapo—a flightless parrot and one of the world's rarest birds—back to 125 ...

Vets at the Auckland Zoo have been working tirelessly to save the birds. Veterinarians in New Zealand are working to save the critically endangered kakapo parrot species, which is at risk of being ...

When humans first settled in New Zealand in the 13th century, they found a wonderland of strange creatures—including a green, bumbling parrot with the face of an owl and the mien of an old gentleman.