New Zealand conservation group Forest & Bird announced this year's winner of the annual Bird of the Year online poll: the ...

This year marks 20th anniversary of the poll which raises awareness for native species considered to be at risk.

New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be ...

Some endangered species have been saved in the nick of time, right before extinction. And their populations are growing through breeding programs. The problem is many of these species don't have a ...

Kārearea, the Indigenous Māori name for the New Zealand falcon, was crowned Bird of the Year in a fiercely fought annual ...

Rats and brushtail possums spread across New Zealand after being introduced by human settlers. Rats (left) eat bird eggs and ...

Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...

BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) — A school district in New York City’s suburbs agreed this week to change its “Thunderbirds” nickname to simply the “T-Birds” in order to comply with the state’s mandate to retire ...

School Changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to Comply With NY Ban on Native American Team Names BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) — A school district in New York City's suburbs agreed this week to change its ...