“For decades,” explained Worthy, “the extinction of New Zealand’s birds was viewed primarily through the lens of human ...

For a long time, New Zealand’s ancient past felt incomplete. Bits and pieces here and there. A few fossils. Large gaps. Now, ...

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...

Fossils unearthed from the cavern provide a "missing volume" in New Zealand’s natural history, say researchers.

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said. Only 236 of the rotund and ...

The world’s heaviest parrot cannot fly. It does not breed every year. It only lives in one country. The Strigops habroptilus, known widely as the kakapo, has puzzled scientists and conservationists ...

New Zealand's endangered kakapo has a unique breeding cycle. Now, for the first time in four years, the parrots are in the mood.

Million-year-old fossils have been found in a cave near Waitomo painting a picture of New Zealand wildlife in a period very little was known about. The fossils were found at a cave in Waitomo known as ...

The kākāpō is New Zealand's chunky, flightless parrot. They like eating fruit and making sounds like little tubas all night ...