In a significant discovery that reveals New Zealand’s epic biodiversity, researchers identified a 19-million-year-old ...

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

The yellow-eyed, shy bird is thought to be the world’s rarest penguin and is the largest of New Zealand’s mainland penguin species. The birds, with their distinctive pale yellow bands of ...

Almost a decade ago, in 2016, then New Zealand prime minister John Key announced the government’s seemingly audacious goal of completely eradicating major predator species by 2050.

If we told you there was a species of parrot in the world that can’t fly, would you believe us? We couldn’t believe it ...

Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. An international team of researchers ...

Shy penguin species wins New Zealand's Bird Of The Year after contest without the controversies of previous years. The birds, sometimes referred to as hoihos, have dropped in numbers by 78% over ...

Of the 350 parrot species alive today, the heaviest is the kakapo, a flightless bird also native to New Zealand. But the extinct parrot, dubbed Heracles inexpectatus, crushes the kakapo’s record ...

CANBERRA/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It's noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand's bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country's fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering ...

They are “New Zealand’s largest reptile,” measuring up to about 1.5 feet long and weighing just over 3 pounds. Takahē are flightless birds also native to New Zealand.

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