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

Chilean officials are stunned by an “extremely unusual” visit from an intrepid New Zealand penguin from an island more than ...

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.

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

A new kiwi champion has been crowned. I'm of course talking about the Mr Bear New Zealand competition which took place at the ...

A once-thought extinct native bird is now beating the odds, with a further release of 18 birds into the Rees Valley near ...

Shane Jones wants to undo a 2021 Forest & Bird court case limiting the ability to consider economic factors in fishery decisions ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.

A striking image of a pūkeko in flight has seen Northland hunter and photographer David Towgood named winner of the Game Bird ...

It hasn’t taken long for The Bird Dance to catch on in harness racing trainer Antonia Storer’s stable. A 10-year-old ...