A kakapo is a species in the parrot family. It is the heaviest type of parrot in the world and the only one that cannot fly. The green feathers and rugged appearance are why the parrot is often ...

A Momentous Waitangi Day on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island has seen a male kakapo rediscovered 21 years after vanishing and world-first artificial insemination using the sole surviving Fiordland kakapo ...

Though it may sound like a fun idea, you cannot keep one as a pet. The main reason is that the kakapo population is dwindling and conservation efforts are ongoing.

Can You Keep a Kakapo as a Pet? Though it may sound like a fun idea, you cannot keep one as a pet. The main reason is that the kakapo population is dwindling and conservation efforts are ongoing. So, ...

Kakapo Parrot. Image via Depositphotos. New Zealand’s flightless parrot, the kakapo, utilizes a rather unusual and complex mating call. Males produce a series of deep, resonating booms followed by ...

With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, conservation efforts to save this unique species include intensive management of breeding opportunities, making the kakapo’s distinctive boom an increasingly ...

Puget Sound orca pod threatened by salmon decline The orcas lurking beneath the surface of Washington state's Puget Sound are some of nature's most magnificent, imposing and endangered species ...

The sound team has anxiety-heightening tricks. “Whether it’s some repetitive sound that starts speeding up, like some chopping or whatever. Just adding, adding, adding, adding,” Giammaria says.

Designing a structure that can create an acoustic rainbow is complicated, thanks to the intricacies of manipulating sound waves of varying wavelengths. So the researchers used a computational ...

The Soundpeats Air5 Pro are budget earbuds with hi-res audio codecs, and sound surprisingly good for the $79 price. However, they're not perfect.

Sound artist Sara Retallick has discovered that music, composed just right, can be crystal clear to listeners, even when they're submerged in water.