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Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute bird keeper Wesley Bailey (center) presented molted kiwi feathers to New Zealand Ambassador to the United States Rosemary Banks (left) for ...

A hunter who heard an unfamiliar kiwi call on the South Island’s remote West Coast alerted the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), which confirmed that the cry came from a female Kiwi ...

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 ...

Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years. The two new chicks come just a year after the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo — a seal and a flamingo — died of bird flu last week, the zoo announced Wednesday. The Chilean flamingo, Teal, died Wednesday, Jan. 8. The harbor ...

PHOENIX — A number of animals at a Valley zoo collection were confirmed to have bird flu, Arizona health authorities announced Wednesday. The unspecified animals at the Wildlife World Zoo in ...

ARE DOING. THE ZOO HAS HAD PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR TEN YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AVIAN FLU, AND THOSE PROTOCOLS KEEP EVOLVING. WE HAVE OVER 220 BIRDS IN OUR COLLECTION HERE AT THE ZOO, AND ANY OF THEM ...

SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury Zoo is installing additional mesh netting over bird exhibits this week as part of its ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of avian influenza. With bird flu continuing ...