By establishing trap lines along the riverbanks - targeting the stoats and wild cats that prey on the birds - the project has ...
An intrepid penguin hailing from New Zealand’s Snares Island has popped up in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas, more than 7500km away; The Snares penguin’s visit was described ...
For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
A team of ornithologists from the University of Cape Town, in South Africa, and wildlife managers with the Niassa Carnivore ...
New Zealand has so far avoided the strain of avian influenza causing mass mortalities of wild birds and mammals around the world. But geographic isolation was not enough protection for one ...
“Elated” ecologists at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary wasted no time. Scarlet-chested parrots are “threatened and understudied,” ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.
"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.