New Zealand's unique birds are at risk of extinction, like the kiwi. So the country is trying to eradicate the invasive species that prey on them.... To save its rare birds, New Zealand is relying on ...

Peter Jackson is best known for directing and producing movies such as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films and "The Beatles: Get Back." Now, he's helping direct a project to resurrect ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...

Some endangered species have been saved in the nick of time, right before extinction. And their populations are growing through breeding programs. The problem is many of these species don't have a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t ...

A breeding pair of endangered takahē birds in New Zealand were found to be rearing a chick, having previously been thought of ...

WASHINGTON — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led ...

Adventurers driving their 4WDs along beaches could be oblivious to the impact they’re having on native shorebirds. A picture snapped by ecologist Peter Langlands highlights that vehicles can legally ...

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Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think ...