Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts don’t always paint a complete picture of an ancient creature ...

Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Shootings, nests deliberately set alight, live traps, slug guns, blow darts, dogs and quad bikes. These are the cruelties ...

Otago Fish & Game said it was the first known major outbreak of the bacterial disease in the region, while in Timaru rescuers ...

Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this ...

The Fairy or Little Blue Penguin, the smallest penguin species, stands at 13-17 inches and weighs just over 1 kg. These ...

A bird flu outbreak poses a significant risk to wildlife in New Zealand but the country's conservation volunteers could provide a crucial defence line.

A striking image of a pūkeko in flight has seen Northland hunter and photographer David Towgood named winner of the Game Bird ...

The Philippines won’t be importing domestic and wild birds from New Zealand for the meantime due to a bird flu outbreak.

Boast and a team of researchers, for example, are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand. Coprolites helped ...

Conservation in New Zealand depends on the goodwill and enthusiasm of passionate people who walk our beaches doing shore bird surveys, monitoring bittern calls in wetlands and tramping our ...