New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

Beyond the incredible blue badlands and crystalized fossils, the Petrified Forest National Park has connections with a handful of Native American groups. A short walk to the Puerco Pueblo takes ...

This Petrified Forest National Park one day itinerary is the perfect Route 66 detour to explore this unique spot.© Discovering Hidden Gems US (English) Discovering Hidden Gems Affiliate Link ...

According to Forest & Bird, there are fewer than 3,000 of the birds across New Zealand and Australia, but that number was even lower a few decades ago and has been steadily increasing thanks in ...

The year was 2014. The troop had been on a spring hike in the park, a rather regular occurrence thanks to the elder Parker’s interest in sharing Petrified Forest’s extraordinary prehistoric resources, ...

New Zealand’s original forested landscape has been greatly fragmented since human arrival, limiting connectivity and habitat quality for forest-dependent fauna. We review the limited available ...