Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

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.

Mid Canterbury could be on course for introducing some form of cat management policy after conservationists asked for help to keep bird songs ringing out.

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 ...

The product is not used in New Zealand, because trials showed it was not very effective ... The Tui payload, named after the native bird, was built by a team of scientists from the NZDF’s Defence ...

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 ...

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 ...