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 ...

Inside a hut on remote Whenua Hou/Codfish Island off the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, there’s a chart on the refrigerator depicting the future of a species. That species is the kakapo, an ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. The kakapo is an unusual bird. The world's largest parrot was once ...

The kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) is a large flightless parrot native to New Zealand. It adapted to life on the ground because New Zealand has few natural terrestrial predators. They are accomplished ...

The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled. Could that spell trouble? By Jacey Fortin For decades, the kakapo has been ...

The kakapo is a strange little bird. Native to New Zealand, this flightless parrot feels its way through the forest night with a set of modified, whisker-like feathers. And, as Last Chance to See made ...

Imagine a bird that cannot fly, is active mostly at night, and lives in some of the most remote places on Earth. Now imagine that only a small number of these birds exist today. This is the story of ...

The world's heaviest parrot was at risk of dying out completely, but thanks to the work of Maori tribe members and conservationists the kakapo population has now reached its highest number in over 40 ...

The world’s heaviest parrot cannot fly. It does not breed every year. It only lives in one country. The Strigops habroptilus, known widely as the kakapo, has puzzled scientists and conservationists ...

Conservationists in New Zealand are celebrating after an extremely rare kakapo chick hatched from a cracked egg held together by nothing more than tape and glue. The bird joins a global kakapo ...