The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, nearly 250 years after it was first used as a symbol of the ...

If Old Man’s Cave is the rockstar of Hocking Hills, then Ash Cave is its spiritual center – a massive horseshoe-shaped recess ...

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19-million-year-old bird fossil identified as ancient relative of Australian magpie Paleontologists in New Zealand identified a new avian species which had been previously not known to have lived ...

A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago challenges the understanding of ‘native’ species.

For the first time in more than six decades, an endangered bird has returned to a small New Zealand Island. A total of 40 tīeke, or saddlebacks, were reintroduced to Rakitū Island on Aotearoa ...

A driver in Ōtanewainuku, New Zealand captured an epic moment with a rare kiwi bird crossing a road—a heartwarming sign of successful conservation efforts.

A wildlife ranger in New Zealand filmed “rare footage” of a fight between a flightless bird and the country’s “largest reptile,” officials said. Photo from New Zealand’s Department of ...

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

New Zealand wants to kill millions of invasive predators to save these fragile birds It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”—will it ...

New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island.

The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote after a fierce contest without foreign interference and controversies.