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Many animals are known to use tools, but a bird named Bruce may be one of the most ingenious nonhuman tool inventors of all: He is a disabled parrot who has designed and uses his own prosthetic ...
The kea bird, New Zealand’s native parrot, makes other keas laugh with a so-called “play call,” scientists reported in a new study.
Kea Conservation Trust staff flew the bird to Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital, where he underwent “complex treatment” and a lengthy recovery, according to the ...
The bird swipes the GoPro from the railing and takes off across the New Zealand landscape as the device’s owners watch in astonishment. With the camera still recording, the parrot soars across ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New safeguards are in place on Mauna Kea to protect an endangered bird once thought to have disappeared from the mountain ecosystem. The uau Hawaiian petrel seabird was ...
A couple of New Zealanders passing through the South Island were helped out by a friendly kea bird who opened two bottles of beer for the pair. In the funny video, captured at Milford Sound, Ryan ...
From the bird's eye view up Puuhuluhulu, one can see how the encampment has changed. In July, there were hundreds of cars that lined Daniel K. Inouye Highway or Saddle Road plus many pop up tents.
East Coast MP Kiri Allan is backing the cheeky kea for the high-profile Bird of the Year title. Online voting for the Forest and Bird of the Year/Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau 2021 started on Monday.
At issue is the TMT’s planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano revered by some Hawaiians as the piko, or “umbilical cord,” that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens. But ...
New Zealand's highly intelligent parrot, the playful kea bird, has a contagious "play call," like human laughter, that makes other kea birds want to play more. A new study in the journal Current ...
The kea bird, New Zealand’s native parrot, makes other keas laugh with a so-called “play call,” scientists reported in a new study. Photo: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images ...