Our top story for January was Storm Henk... or more specifically, the roads closed by flooding as a result of Storm Henk.

Animals go extinct for all sorts of reasons. In fact, most animal species that have ever existed have already gone extinct, ...

The almost perfectly preserved skull of a prehistoric bird could be a sort of "Rosetta Stone" for understanding the evolution of avian intelligence - a process that has been a mystery until now.

Tūmai Cassidy from Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori tribe of the South Island, says that “They’re almost prehistoric looking. Seen from the front, their bodies can seem almost perfectly round. With ...

Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

Declared extinct in 1898, the South Island takahe, a vibrant blue-green bird, was rediscovered in New Zealand's Murchison ...

A 13-million-year-old species of turtle has been discovered after its fossil sat in a display case at an NT museum for ...

These birds, known as northern bald ibises, were once a common sight in parts of Europe, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. However, due to hunting and habitat loss, they were declared extinct in ...

Five of the ‘alalā birds were released on the island of Maui in November, the latest effort to try to help a species ...

Conservationists say ʻalalā are the last survivors of all Hawaiian crow species. Known for being intelligent and charismatic, ...