New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...

A rare strap-toothed whale has died after an attempted stranding on East Clive Beach on Wednesday. Locals spotted two of the ...

The Department of Conservation (DoC) is embarking on a new survey to discover how many Māui dolphins are living in waters off ...

The veterinary advice service, PangoVet, has just released a 2025 list of the most pet-friendly airlines, but only one allows ...

The Fairy or Little Blue Penguin, the smallest penguin species, stands at 13-17 inches and weighs just over 1 kg. These ...

The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used to assess the threat status of our taxa (species, subspecies, varieties and forma). What to do if you find a dead bird, beached whale, or other ...

Most animals have two eyes, but the tuatara, a reptile from New Zealand, has three! Its third eye doesn’t see but helps ...

The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey – I was hesitant about a novel from a magpie’s perspective but was caught up by ...