An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...

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

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

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

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

From kiwi spotted on CCTV in Wellington backyards ... the biggest threat to the flightless, iridescent blue birds. The national takahē population now numbers around 500, with annual growth ...

Lyall’s wren was formally described in 1894 and extinct by 1895. Walter Buller’s comment that the scientific world heard “almost simultaneously of the bird’s discovery and ... and the rest were from ...

Birds were abundant, and included the now extinct moa and koreke / quail, as well as weka, kererū, kākā, kiwi in the forest, and a variety of waterfowl and freshwater fish in the streams. Māori used ...

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.