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

Scientists uncover a ‘lost world’ inside a New Zealand cave, revealing fossils of extinct birds and frogs from 1 million years ago. The discovery offers rare insight into ancient ecosystems.

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...

Deep beneath the rolling hills of New Zealand’s North Island, a long-sealed chamber has opened a window into a world that ...

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

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 2026 breeding season for endangered kākāpō could produce the most chicks in decades. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop. Staying in the air for 11 days straight, a bar-tailed godwit (Limosa Lapponica) flew from ...

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo, the first time a ...

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's North Island, the first time ...

A feline gift of a dead bat has led to the discovery of a new colony and inspired a Hawke’s Bay guardian to become “a voice ...

Past, present and future intersect at 18 Wynyard Street, where Māori and European stories are entwined in remarkable ways.