Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...

The population of New Zealand's treasured kākāpō has now reached 252, the highest number of the endangered birds seen in almost 50 years, the country's Department of Conservation announced Tuesday.

Flightless birds, despite their inability to fly, exhibit remarkable survival strategies through unique adaptations and ...

This kākāpō's name is Sirocco, and he is a good bird. Credit: Xinhua / Yang Liu via Getty Images "It’s a hiatus. It’s definitely not a lifetime ban," a Forest & Bird spokesperson Ellen Rykers said to ...

In 1932, the Australian military went to war armed with machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. They lost. Their ...

Now, let's delve into solving the Flightless bird crossword clue, featured as 41 Down in the USA Today Crossword on November ...

Scientists have found a new species of flightless bird on Calayan Island in the Philippines, the conservation group BirdLife International said Tuesday. The rare find is dramatic because flightless ...

Looking down the western slope of our home airstrip, one’s first impression is of a lot of very large trees, both bounding the runway and beyond. The second thing you notice is the striking, ...