The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from ...

For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue to surprise them.

The Waimea Inlet has been transformed by wide-ranging environmental restoration work over the last decade, but future ...

Winter transforms vistas as the skies darken, mountains rising from the horizon are dusted in snow and the seasonal passing ...

India overcame a shaky start with Shreyas Iyer’s resilience, while Chakravarthy’s surprise inclusion proved decisive in the ...

Royal spoonbills are thriving in New Zealand, with birdwatchers spotting their extravagant head feathers in more and more estuaries and lagoons. The population is now growing at a rate of 10 per cent ...

Dogs wag their tails in all sorts of ways—side to side, up and down, round and round—as well as up high or down low. They use ...

Wellington, 3 March 2025 - Six years ago, rat sightings on Mamaku/Indian Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound were more common than ...

A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving ...

Throughout history, numerous marvels like New Zealand’s Pink and White Terraces and Malta’s Azure Window have vanished due to ...

One bird that should be showing up in early March is the killdeer. You are likely to hear it before you see it. We will also see our first turkey vultures. As I mentioned in my last column, several ...

Without birds entire ecosystems would look drastically different with unchecked insect populations fewer seed dispersers and disrupted predator-prey balances. Birds play critical roles in pollination ...