When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...

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.

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ...

New Zealand is well known for its Bird of the Year competition, which has seen winners ranging from a delightfully round, ...

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

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

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

Because of the scale and complexity of the Auckland Island project, it’ll take eight years and $78m to remove all pigs, cats and mice. It’s been described as the “last piece of the puzzle” for a ...

Mineralogy International Limited - owned by controversial mining magnate Clive Palmer - applied to surrender 15 of its 16 ...

In partnership with Bird of Paradise Productions and NZ On Air, the Herald has launched the investigative podcast Mr Asia: A Forgotten History, exploring one of New Zealand's most notorious drug ...