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

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.

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

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.

Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...

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

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 ...

New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since ...

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

The northern species of takahē is extinct and much of its southern ... In 2024, researchers found many of New Zealand's endangered flightless birds, including the takahē, weka and great spotted ...

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