New research into the kākā population in Pureora Forest shows a 50:50 sex ratio for the first time – a result credited to ...

The sand martins are back from Africa now and it seems to be a lottery whether they return to previously dug tunnels or ...

The kiwi translocation season is an "epic effort across the motu to look after our national symbol", a conservationist says.

Fittingly, the giant wētā of the south were shaped by mountains. As the land rose, the wētā were driven skyward and forced to ...

There’s something almost magical about the kiwi. Imagine a bird so shy and mysterious that most New Zealanders have never ...

A female snowy owl leaves her nest as a human ... Some scientists believe snowy owls and other predators—such as stoats and foxes—drive these trends. When lemmings are plentiful, the creatures ...

“If the bird only knew its powers, it wouldn’t fall such an easy prey to stoats [a kind of weasel ... Merton despaired. Had every female kakapo been wiped out by some disease or predator?

As the female is a hole-nester she is vulnerable to predators such as stoats and possums during the breeding season and eggs and chicks will also be at risk from rats. Morepork are possibly threatened ...

Nestlings are fed by both parents but the male does most of the hunting with the female guarding close to the nest until ... as a problem for ground nesting falcons. It is likely that stoats and other ...