Mrs N produced two eggs before leaving Norton sitting ... genome sequences as a guide.” Twelve birds – six rowi and six little spotted kiwi – have been sequenced. Their genetic information ...

There are five species, in fact, including: The great spotted kiwi (Apteryx haastii) The little spotted ... Kiwi lay the largest eggs in comparison to their own size of any bird species.

Another bizarre kiwi fact: they lay very large eggs relative to their ... grounds for kiwis and other birds such as the kakapo, a flightless parrot. The Little Spotted kiwi (the smallest species ...

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington ... as Sean Duggan navigated his mountain bike around a sharp bend, he spotted two strange shadows.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Comedian John Oliver has succeeded in his campaign to have what he describes as a weird, puking bird with ... votes for the little spotted kiwi. And two years ago ...