A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago ...

For the first time in more than six decades, an endangered bird has returned to a small New Zealand Island. A total of 40 tīeke, or saddlebacks, were reintroduced to Rakitū Island on Aotearoa ...

Pateke mother and ducklings show the release of the threatened native species as part of Waitakere Forest & Bird Society's Habitat Te Henga project, is going well. Jeremy Painting / Norwest-News ...

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Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...

The first sighting of the spider in New Zealand occurred in Porirua, just north of the capital Wellington. But they’ve since ...

On our second anniversary, we look back at our inaugural subject: the Paul Koretz Westwood Greenway, which is gearing up to ...

Animals range in size, shape, and appearance. Some possess drab, plain-looking feathers, scales, or skin, while others sport brightly-colored features. Typically, females appear less colorful than ...

New Zealand is the last place you'd expect to see California redwoods, but this forest boasts leafy giants along with an epic ...

Dear editor, I worked for Beef + Lamb New Zealand for approximately eight years as sector capability and Maori agribusiness ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

From wild nests to the Auckland Zoo, the rarest bird in New Zealand just wrapped up its breeding season — and it was a ...