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

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

New Zealand’s only falcon, the kārearea, has been crowned as the bird of the year 2025.According to The Guardian, the ...

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

Many of New Zealand's unique birds are heading toward extinction. So the country is taking on an ambitious conservation ...

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

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: ...

One of 11 kiwis returned to the wild outside Wellington gets a health check. The results: “Excellent,” says Paul Ward. Predators in the area have been reduced to the point where these birds have a ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Alexander Verry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

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 ...

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