But perhaps even more impressive is the return of a prehistoric bird to New Zealand that was declared extinct in 1898: the takahē. Takahē populations are returning to the wild in New Zealand as ...

A wildlife ranger heard “rustling” in the bushes and spotted the odd pair of animals attacking each other, officials said.

Scofield Of the 350 parrot species alive today, the heaviest is the kakapo, a flightless bird also native to New Zealand. But the extinct parrot, dubbed Heracles inexpectatus, crushes the kakapo ...

A new artificial insemination method helps rare Kākāpō parrots breed again, offering hope amid global bird decline.

This recently discovered species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighed 154 kilograms and is thought to have been taller than any ...

The “rare” video shows the “predatory” bird and the country ... are flightless birds also native to New Zealand. “Historically thought to be extinct twice, there are now just over ...