If we told you there was a species of parrot in the world that can’t fly, would you believe us? We couldn’t believe it ...

New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition has excluded fat parrot kākāpō from from this year's ballot due to the two-time winner's popularity.

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...

How New Zealand saved a flightless parrot from extinction. Native Maori took a leading role in efforts to revive the iconic kakapo. “People came together because they knew the bird was bigger ...

DEIDRE VERCOE: Yeah, I can. So kakapo used to be prolific, found right throughout New Zealand. And they were a real feature, particularly of the night forest– really raucous, loud birds. But when ...

The population of New Zealand's treasured kākāpō has now reached 252, the highest number of the endangered birds seen in almost 50 years, the country's Department of Conservation announced Tuesday.

A "weird puking bird" with a bizarre mating dance has won New Zealand's annual avian beauty contest, triumphing after British comedian John Oliver launched an unlikely global campaign.

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’s record ...

The puteketeke, a bird that pukes, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century title in a competition where American-British comedian John Oliver's ...

The kakapo is native to New Zealand. Since their numbers are dwindling, they technically only live on three islands off New Zealand’s coast: Codfish Island (Whenua Hou), Anchor Island, and ...