One of the world’s rarest birds, the kakapo, is on the brink of extinction. Found only on some New Zealand sanctuaries, it is the planet’s only flightless parrot. The current population number is at ...

Department of Conservation staff will transfer 17 kakapo, among the most threatened bird species in the world, between two remote islands tomorrow (NOTE: Saturday July 3) to improve their breeding ...

The kakapo parrot (Strigops habroptilus), recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a critically-endangered species on the organization’s Red List of Threatened ...

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 kakapo, native to New Zealand, is one of the world's rarest birds and is at risk of being wiped out by pests and habitat destruction. The New Zealand Department of Conservation is charged with ...

The endangered kakapo bird is nearly extinct - but scientists have come up with a new way of keeping track of them. Special drones can fly near the birds and monitor their activity, helping scientists ...

A rare bird chick has received lifesaving surgery at a veterinary hospital in a risky first-of-its-kind procedure. Surgeons at Massey University Wildbase Hospital in New Zealand treated the 56-day-old ...