From now until 6 July people are encouraged to get outside look at and listen for birds for one hour, on one day, and record the highest number of each species they notice.

From wild nests to the Auckland Zoo, the rarest bird in New Zealand just wrapped up its breeding season — and it was a ...

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, ...

Thousands of New Zealanders have their pencils sharpened and at the ready for the start of the 19th New Zealand Garden Bird ...

A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago ...

Magpies may be considered Aussie immigrants, but new research reveals that their relatives lived in Aotearoa New Zealand 19 ...

To support learning and engagement, especially among younger generations, a bilingual lesson plan developed with the Science ...

New Zealand has never had a case of bird flu. What does it mean for humans? While more research is needed into how bird flu is spreading, it doesn't look too good for people.

Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a prehistoric giant penguin unlike any other deep in the craggy coastlines of New Zealand’s South Island. Named Kumimanu fordycei, this enormous seabird ...

Tui Garden Products, Wētā Workshop and Save the Kiwi are just some of the organisations backing the campaign, including by ...