Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.

Honey-hunters in northern Mozambique rely on honeyguide birds to locate three-quarters of their harvest each year, a new ...

Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this ...

Artificial intelligence is making conservation efforts faster and easier in the fight for total pest eradication, with new ...

Russ Cook, aka Hardest Geezer, is to run the length of New Zealand on the 3,000km Te Araroa Trail. Callan Elliot grew up in Annan but is now battling for honours with newly-formed Auckland FC.

Ben Gold couldn’t go to his family, so his family came to him. The New Zealand native doesn’t make it back home very often, and not at all in the throes of a busy season for the 10th-ranked ...

For millions of people across the globe, the end of January signals Chinese New Year, with celebrations taking place on January 29 in 2025. Know for its parades and intricate decorations, animals ...

Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts don’t always paint a complete picture of an ancient creature ...

Fossilized feces—also known as “coprolites”—can shed light on “the last day or two [of] behavior of an animal ... flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand.

Not all of the species on the new lists are in crisis. But27 percent of all of Wisconsin's native birds, animals and reptiles -- 152 of 556 native species -- are in some stage of decline. "We are ...

Experience beauty and birdsong on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island – an open wildlife sanctuary that’s home to many of New Zealand’s rarest native bird species. While you’re there ...

While its sharpness ensures competitive kite flying, it leaves behind a trail of destruction—injured birds, maimed humans ... The threat isn’t limited to animals. Glass-coated threads have caused ...