New Zealand's native birds evolved before the ascent of mammals and are vulnerable to predation by land predators introduced by human settlers. Getty Images The takahe have a cultural significance ...

New Zealand conservationists believe the feat ... Rats are now a rarity on the peninsula and many native birds have made a comeback. The distinctive call of the tui, whose numbers in Wellington ...

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, ...

Kiwi birds look a lot like the fruit with their soft, fluffy feathers, but they're meant for hugging, not eating. Before you ...

In Japan, the common cuckoo recently switched ... another bird’s language can be very valuable. New Zealand saddlebacks, starling-like birds, occupy the same territory for years.

A massive fire is ripping through a protected wetland in New Zealand, threatening its delicate ecosystem and the rare species ...

A rat and predator-free Palmerston North? The return of native bird song? That’s the lofty goal of a community group taking ...

Judges noted the progression from a quirky experience to a “machine that constantly tunes itself up – a tour-de-force in ...

Australia has intensified biosecurity measures amid escalating fears the destructive bird flu strain H5N1 could decimate ...

Hunting, habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species doomed it ... The flightless moa birds endemic to New Zealand, including the South Island giant moa that rivaled the ...