The drama and grandeur of Ruapehu is power-packed as a year-round wonderland for outdoorsy adventure. Crowned by the triple ...

As well as the more common forest birds such as tui, kereru, fantail and shining cuckoo, there are nationally threatened New Zealand falcon/karearea, long-tailed bat/pekapeka, skinks and geckos. The ...

kūkupa (wood pigeon/kereru), North Island robin/toutouwai, whitehead/popokatea, kāhu/harrier hawk, threatened invertebrates, bats/pekapeka, several bird species from offshore islands like kākā, ...

Videos made at night with image-intensifying equipment have captured possums eating eggs and chicks of native birds such as kokako, kereru and kaka, and pos­sums have been found to prey on the large, ...

A new report on the state of birds in the United States has an urgent warning: bird populations across nearly every habitat are declining, with about one-third of U.S. bird species in critical ...

Share on Pinterest A recent CDC MMWR report shows three new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be slowly spreading. Johanna Moya/Getty Images A growing bird flu ...

A woman in Wyoming and a farm worker in Ohio marked the latest Americans hospitalized with bird flu, as the virus continues to disrupt the poultry and cattle industries. Since the summer ...

Bird flu may be spreading between people and cats more than previously thought, a new federal study said. The findings published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

The insult “bird brain” should probably be retired. Eurasian jays can pass the marshmallow test, some species have ”culture”, and even extinct avians like the dodo were probably smarter ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...