For the first time in more than a century, kākāpō have been heard booming on the North Island of mainland New Zealand. Iwi ...

It’s a heartbreak that echoes through empty branches—a silence that once was unthinkable. Imagine walking through a lush, ...

Merton is the most senior member of New Zealand’s government-run Kakapo Recovery Programme, and Elliott is its research scientist. Their efforts on behalf of the shy, flightless parrot known as ...

The Kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. They are, in fact, the only parrot that cannot fly. They cannot fly because they also hold the record for the heaviest parrot, hitting the ...