Backyard bird counting: Wainui Beach School students who have contributed backyard bird information as part of the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey. From left are Daniel Pilkinton, Daniel Batten, ...

Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

New Zealand has some of the most unique birds in the world. Many are endangered, so the country has a nationwide project to save them. It's trying to eradicate invasive animals that are harming them.

New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.

The threatened karearea, New Zealand's fastest bird, was crowned Bird of the Year. There are between roughly 5,000 to 8,000 karearea left.The karearea, New Zealand's only falcon, was crowned Bird of ...

Heading down the path, suddenly two bright blue birds the size of turkeys appear, all aquamarine plumage and bright red beaks. These are two Takahēs, and, nodding like chickens, they creep around, ...

The flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird ...

New Zealand’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.

The flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been ...