The flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird ...

The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

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: ...

New Zealand was once a quiet world ruled almost entirely by birds. For millions of years, the islands had no native land ...

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.

Living like mammals in a land without them, Aotearoa New Zealand's flightless birds are an evolutionary enigma.

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 ...