Bird lovers navigated a pandemic and rising living costs to gather priceless data on the country's native birds ... the distribution and abundance of New Zealand birds has been completed.

Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes – in particular how exotic species took advantage of the shifting landscapes to make New Zealand home. Native birds responded to the ...

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. An international team of researchers ...

A count that year found the total New Zealand population of these rare birds had grown to 500. With these two populations reaching capacity, the Department of Conservation (DOC) announced on ...

here are some weirdest-looking birds you won’t believe exist. Despite its owl-like appearance, the Kakapo is actually a parrot. Native to New Zealand, this flightless parrot has moss-green ...

"Arrival of people in New Zealand more than 600 years ago caused one of the largest and most rapid losses of native species across the Pacific. The iconic moa were giant, flightless birds that ...

New Zealand has trialled a vaccine on five endangered native birds and said it could be rolled out to more species. "We're super paranoid about those five species, because the risk to them of ...

Beyond the spectacle of the falls, the Huka Falls Lookout Walk provides a deeper connection with New Zealand’s natural beauty. The Waikato River, which flows from Lake Taupō, is lined with lush native ...

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great changes. The landscape of today bears little resemblance to that of a ...