New research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human ...

By Kristine Sabillo Conservation authorities and groups, along with Māori people, recently established a new population of ...

It comes after an American bio-engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, told RNZ it’s interested in extinct New Zealand ...

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

Using mitogenome data from nearly all living and recently extinct New Zealand mainland bird species, researchers discovered many species associated with grass and shrubland, like pīhoihoi ...

Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes—in particular how exotic species took advantage of the shifting landscapes to make New Zealand home. Native birds responded to ...

Fish & Game has announced that game bird hunting licences for the 2025 season are now on sale. With the season fast ...

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.

Using mitogenome data from nearly all living and recently extinct New Zealand mainland bird species, researchers discovered many species associated with grass and shrubland, like pīhoihoi New ...

Pascale Lubbe currently receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Michael Knapp has received funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand (Rutherford Discovery Fellowship). Nic Rawlence receives ...