Thought to have disappeared many years ago, the Takahē, a sizeable flightless bird, has reemerged in the woodlands of New Zealand’s South Island. Their unexpected return on the alpine terrain is a ...

A wildlife ranger in New Zealand filmed “rare footage” of a fight between a flightless bird and the country’s “largest reptile,” officials said. Photo from New Zealand’s Department of ...

Birds are weird little guys. Some scream. Some talk. Some steal your fries and fly off like it was a heist. And somehow, they’ve become meme royalty. These funny bird memes capture everything ...

Efforts to expand a wild population of takahē near Queenstown began yesterday with the release of 18 birds in the Rees Valley. After travelling from Burwood Takahē Centre near Te Anau and Orokonui ...

If you've ever doubted that birds are the tiny agents of chaos, pet bird memes will undoubtedly change your mind. Birds are affectionately mean, in a 'knock my drink over and judge me' kind of way.

In 2024, news broke about the successful reintroduction of the takahē, a beautiful prehistoric bird, back into the wild. Thought to be extinct for years, this milestone was achieved through an ...

Forbes details how these striking birds, aka the South Island takahē, (the North Island takahē did become extinct), hold deep cultural significance for the Māori. In their legends, they are a taonga ( ...

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Conservation efforts bring prehistoric bird native to New Zealand back to the environment. Credit: Kathrin & Stefan Marks / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The recent release of eighteen Takahē birds in the ...

Takahē have had their best breeding season on Te Motutapu a Taikehu (Motutapu) since breeding pairs were established at the site in 2011. Five pairs have each successfully raised a juvenile bird on ...

This becomes apparent even before you leave Australia: Air New Zealand’s current whimsical pre-flight safety briefing features a little girl taking a takahē on a tour of the country’s bird ...