The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

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 ...

A citizen campaign is returning New Zealand's flightless kiwi bird to the hills around the capital Wellington more than a century after Europeans – and the animals they introduced – decimated their ...

It is not often that one or two animals can be singled out for saving an entire species. But thanks to their exceptional ...

“We can’t hold their hands for the next few thousand years. We have to let them do their own thing,” says Andrew Digby, ...

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: ...

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.

New Zealand’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The ...

New Zealand is turning to artificial intelligence to find new ways to protect incredibly rare species of birds that were once thought to be extinct. The country's bird population was decimated when ...