Boast and a team of researchers, for example, are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand. Coprolites helped ...

Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers say they are "cautiously optimistic" about this Summer's breeding season for New Zealand's rarest bird. Fewer than 40 tara iti, or New Zealand fairy terns, ...

The birds were not thought to get any sleep during their journey as they were noted to almost constantly be flapping their wings. However, upon arrival in New Zealand, they were found to be dozing ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ...

Mark Chapman waged a lone battle but New Zealand folded for 150 in a chase of 290 ...

New Jersey is also asking its live markets to voluntarily clean, disinfect and temporarily close. By Lola Fadulu All live bird markets in New York City and in several nearby counties must close ...

A Waffle House menu explains 50-cent surcharge to every egg sold because of "nationwide rise in cost of eggs." (Gianrigo Marletta/AFP via Getty Images) ...