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Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

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Because of their appearance, many people mistake kakapos for another bird called the kea, but the kea is different and can fly. The kakapo is native to New Zealand.

It’s a heartbreak that echoes through empty branches—a silence that once was unthinkable. Imagine walking through a lush, green New Zealand forest, expecting a chorus of birdsong, only to be met with ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...

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Science News: Researchers are conducting genome sequencing of the critically endangered Kakapo parrot, native to New Zealand, to address the challenges of limited g.

Before humans arrived in New Zealand, parrots called kākāpō freely roamed across the islands. They are the world’s only living flightless parrots, and they’re a bit smaller than the average chicken.