Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has a long beak that makes it adorable or awkward, depending on who you ask. New Zealanders are even known as ...

The flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird ...

Colossal Biosciences, known for its de-extinction efforts with woolly mammoths and dodos, is now targeting the restoration of New Zealand’s giant moa. This move reignites debates within the scientific ...

After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding.

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

Feral and domestic cats are estimated to kill as many as 100 million birds every year in New Zealand. But that’s not all they ...

But other native animals such as bats, lizards, and invertebrates, are also particularly vulnerable, Hawkes Bay Regional Council says.