Just as the bald eagle represents freedom in the United States, the Kiwi bird is a symbol of national pride for the island nation of Aotearoa, or New Zealand. The name “kiwi” encompasses five distinct ...
Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and Pacific island nations are the only countries that remain free of highly pathogenic avian ...
Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanised by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and ...
Forest & Bird is calling for a ban on mining on public conservation land. Draft legislation was prepared during the previous government following a commitment in the 2017 Speech from the Throne.
The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says DOC, with the number of known nests dropping by 80 ...
A pod of more than 30 pilot whales were rescued after being stranded on Ruakākā Beach near Whangārei in northern New Zealand on Sunday, officials say. The Department of Conservation (DOC ...
Sure, 2024 wasn’t what you’d call a “feel-good” year for the natural world. But if your heart sank at each new blow to ...
On a busy comments page hosted by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation, devoted fans track the birds’ locations on an app, discuss significant moments and even create art inspired by the ...
New Zealand's conservation department said the spade-toothed whale was the "rarest whale in the world". The species was first described in 1874 from just a lower jaw and two teeth collected from ...