In 2024, researchers found many of New Zealand's endangered flightless birds, including the takahē, weka and great spotted kiwi, are surviving in the same cold and isolated mountainous areas ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

Five years of data collected from more than 65,000 traps between 2020-24 paints a stark picture of the risk to native wildlife, with 431 weka and ... throughout New Zealand from 2008-24.

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

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

But now, by examining prepared specimens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, scientists have discovered what could be yet another tool in the kit of the tropical birds — a ...

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 ...

The title of Mr Bear New Zealand 2025 has been awarded to Luke Bird, who took the sash in an unforgettable night of celebration, community, and generosity. Luke competed alongside three other ...

On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered all live bird markets in New York City and a few surrounding counties to close temporarily in an effort to stem the spread of the virus. “Safeguarding public ...