New Zealand hosts unique flightless, nocturnal birds, evolved in isolation and adapted to predator-free conditions, symbolizing the country's rich biodiversity. The weka, a bold flightless rail ...

Land birds also display a surprising diversity, considering the limited land area available, with a large number of threatened endemics including one of the world’s rarest ducks. More than 95% of the ...

By Kristine Sabillo Conservation authorities and groups, along with Māori people, recently established a new population of the critically endangered kākāriki karaka, or orange-fronted parakeet, on a ...

New research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human arrival. A study published in Science of the Total Environment reveals that ...