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

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 ...

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

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

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 kiwi bird is so iconic because it has been an essential part of the culture and economy of New Zealand for a long time. The Kiwi is a flightless bird; because of this, it has evolved to have ...

Bizarre birds like the Kakapo and Secretary bird are uniquely striking birds, making them the weirdest-looking birds in the ...

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

A very large collection of moas from New Zealand, including several type specimens and the original fragment of long bone that allowed Richard Owen to deduce the existence of these large extinct ...

Sirocco the lonely kakapo is New Zealand’s wildlife superstar. Kakapos are the world’s largest, and arguably strangest, parrots, being also green, nocturnal and flightless. There aren’t many ...