"I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is for the conservation world," an expert says.

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday.

Colossal Biosciences announced an effort to genetically engineer living birds to resemble the extinct South Island giant moa ...

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

New Zealand officials say they have contained an outbreak of bird flu to a single site in the southern region of Otago. Farms linked to the original site, which tested positive for avian influenza ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- It's noisy, smelly, shy - and New Zealand's bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country's fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering ...

Kiwi knocked off its perch as the original ‘native’ bird of New Zealand. Flinders University. Journal Geobios DOI 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.03.002. Keywords ...

New Zealand has a land area of 100,000 square miles, ... Stoats are a deadly threat to alpine species, such as the endangered flightless takahe, a blue-green-bodied bird with a bright red beak.

A wildlife ranger in New Zealand heard something in the undergrowth and found an unusual pair of native animals fighting. The “rare” video shows the “predatory” bird and the country’s ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s noisy, smelly, shy — and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday ...