Several million years ago, a small bird flew to New Zealand. Arriving there, it found few threats and plenty of opportunities. In the absence of mammals, its descendants gradually lost the ability to ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Research linking New Zealand's diminutive kiwi with a giant extinct bird from Africa is prompting scientists to rethink how flightless birds evolved. A report published ...

New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, has won Forest & Bird’s title of Bird of the Year for 2009. In a flying finish, this earth-bound bird winged its way to victory with 1586 votes, only taking the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They might be the odd couple of the bird world. Scientists on Thursday identified the closest relative of New Zealand's famed kiwi, a shy chicken-sized flightless bird, as the ...

They might be the odd couple of the bird world. Scientists on Thursday identified the closest relative of New Zealand's famed kiwi, a shy chicken-sized flightless bird, as the elephant bird of ...

Its unusual biological characteristics make the flightless kiwi a unique kind of bird. Researchers have now sequenced the genetic code of this endangered species and have identified several sequence ...

A kiwi, New Zealand’s national bird, is at the center of an international controversy involving Zoo Miami. Wikimedia Commons A bird housed at Zoo Miami has made international headlines after media ...

Don’t you love when you find out a super cool, “everything I knew about everything is wrong” fact? Of course you do, because then you can share it with others and watch them marvel at your superior ...

An expert biodiversity ranger was called in to respond to a tip about a local bird species in New Zealand previously thought to be extinct, the Miami Herald reported. After multiple days of failed ...