In early May, a group of keen kiwi conservationists met deep inthe Maungataniwha Native Forest, in inland Hawke’s Bay, to find as many adult male North Island brown kiwi as they could.

Kiwi Coast evaluates their progress by conducting an annual census by ear, as well as an electronically recorded “Kiwi Listening Blitz” every five years. This year’s blitz was an overwhelming success.

Finding out about these underrated climbers is like being granted access to a landscape architect’s little black book. The ...

Need a mobile home? An incubation chamber? Dinner? Hundreds of species have hit on an elegant solution: find a nice juicy ...

Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

Willows can stop a river flooding a farm. Or they can turn a river dark and mean. Trying to control them, we’re realising, ...

A pet bird named Kiwi took quite the trip. The family thought the small bird was gone forever, but she made it back with the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Both kiwi, a male and female, were wild-hatched.

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

1 / 2 Male kiwi flowers bear pollen and nectar, which attract the bees and butterflies that carry the pollen to female flowers. HELEN CHESNUT ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

PetHelpful. Lovebirds are sweet, smart, and—as their name implies—very romantic. A small type of parrot hailing from Africa, ...