A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...
You’ve likely heard the term New Zealander referring to people living in the island nation east of Australia. However, they often go by the name Kiwi as well. If you’re curious where the moniker comes ...
The kiwi, an adorable flightless bird from New Zealand, is disappearing, largely because of invasive species brought to the country’s islands by humans. So New Zealand has set a goal of exterminating ...
This visual puzzle will test your memory, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and visual-spatial reasoning. Are you ...
Meet MB127 from Pūkaha National Wildlife Center, the super cute kiwi chick who needed a little help getting out of his shell.
New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford makes the case that investing in a secure and democratic country is a good ...
Discover the lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), a flightless bird of the pampas, and learn about its unique feathers.
Madagascar was once home to the elephant bird, the largest bird species ever known, standing over three metres tall and weighing around 450 kilograms. These herbivorous giants played a crucial role in ...
Birds are usually praised for their capability to glide along the skies, but it has been found that the predecessors of today's flightless giants once engaged in skilled flight and covered long ...
The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn't stopping Dallas' Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird. On Sept. 17, the "de-extinction" ...
The dodo, a flightless bird from Mauritius, disappeared in the 17th century due to human activity and introduced predators. Advances in cloning may allow insertion of dodo DNA into closely related ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. All the answers here are linked in some way. Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first ...