A bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) flew for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand ... The bird was named "4BBRW" for the colored identification rings on its legs, stacked blue, blue ...

Deep within Nelson Lakes National Park, in New Zealand’s South Island, lies a magical blue-violet lake ... taking new species with them. Most of all, through signs and videos broadcast on ...

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.

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

From 19 February 2025, the organisation will dedicate its resources, clinical expertise, and conservation efforts to protecting species unique to New Zealand ... for all wild birds in need.

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 ...

The title of Mr Bear New Zealand 2025 has been awarded to Luke Bird, who took the sash in an ... OFC Men's Tournament To Feature All-female Officiating Team For The First Time An OFC men's ...

Boast and a team of researchers, for example, are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand. Coprolites helped ...

“We took swift action to limit the spread of the disease at the site in question, all infected birds are being humanely culled, and cleansing and disinfection of the premises will be undertaken.” ...

Bird flu means mass chicken killing. Some 200,000 hens in Otago were gassed in December to halt the spread of an avian influenza that had become highly pathogenic. Shocking as the numbers sound ...