Haitana, who was at the kiwi’s naming celebration in 2019, told New Zealand outlet RNZ he was concerned over the zoo’s treatment of the national bird. “It’s our signature,” Haitana said.

The kiwi was originally hatched at Pūkaha in May 2011, with a rare genetic trait that caused her to have white feathers instead of brown. After she emerged from her egg, Manukura was touted as ...

Paōra was the first kiwi to hatch in the state of Florida. The bird was part of Smithsonian's National Zoo breeding program that aimed to ensure the survival of the threatened species.

Since last year, Capital Kiwi has released about 60 birds. Tatsiana Chypsanava for The New York Times With the kiwi, conservationists have become more ambitious.

Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years. The two new chicks come just a year after ...

More than 1,500 fake votes were slipped into New Zealand’s Bird of the Year 2020 contest in favor of the kiwi pukupuku. By Mike Ives The voter fraud, perpetrated on Monday in New Zealand, was ...

The name “kiwi” encompasses five distinct species, the rarest of which is called a rowi kiwi. The species is endangered, with just several hundred birds remaining, according to the New Zealand ...

The North Island brown kiwi was hatched at Pūkaha in May 2011, with a rare genetic trait resulting in white feathers instead of the standard brown. Manukura was seen as a “huge blessing” by ...

The researchers compared elephant bird DNA to the other birds and saw a close genetic link to the kiwi despite obvious differences in size, body shape and lifestyle - and the fact they lived about ...

As a treasured national icon, the kiwi inspired the nickname for human New Zealanders, who launched an online petition to “help save” the US zoo’s “mistreated” bird.

Some birds are iridescent because of the physical make-up of their feathers, but scientists had never found evidence of this structural color in the group of birds containing ostriches and ...