The project plans to use transmitters to monitor the two new kiwi chicks as well as any others that hatch. The flightless birds, which once numbered around 12 million in New Zealand, have seen ...

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 ...

A zoo in Miami has apologized for offering an "encounter" in which zoo guests could physically touch a kiwi, the flightless bird that is a national symbol of New Zealand, after social media videos ...

The population of native flightless birds such as the kakapo and kiwi plummeted. The New Zealand Department of Conservation estimates that there are only about 70,000 wild kiwi left in the country.

When we think of birds, flying is usually the first thing that comes to mind– wings spread wide, gliding through the sky.

The kiwi, New Zealand’s national bird ... Most remarkable is the way these flightless birds are being moved: by plane. After the hunt, I drove to Waikato Airport behind a van full of squeaking ...