When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard is cautiously optimistic that a bird flu outbreak at an Otago farm has been stamped out, ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

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 ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Chair of Birds New Zealand, a science and community-focused organisation dedicated to the study and appreciation of wild birds. He emphasises that BirdCare Aotearoa’s impact extends beyond ...

An intrepid penguin hailing from New Zealand’s Snares Island has popped up in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas, more than ...