From the Galapagos Islands to New Zealand, species of birds that exist today model characteristics of their ancestors that provide clues to the environmental forces that shaped their evolution.

New Zealand’s unique wildlife faces a serious threat from an unexpected source – the common household cat. Conservation ...

A Newmarket resident has been fined $7000 after neighbours complained about unsightly and unhygienic effects from her feeding ...

Unlike some of New Zealand's other extinct birds, the biological heritage of ... are most closely related to the northern hemisphere common merganser. Their ancestors arrived here at least seven ...

Wellington, New Zealand: The mutual dependence of a colorful pigeon and some of New Zealand’s iconic trees is at the centre of a landmark Year of the Forests project in that country. A project to help ...