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 ...

IMPORTANT PATIENT: The sick baby kakapo, known as Solstice One, which has been sent to Wellington Zoo for diagnosis and treatment. KENT BLECHYNDEN / Dominion Post A chick with "precious genes" has ...

There is new hope for the world’s fattest parrot, the critically endangered kakapo, after the birth of a record-breaking number of chicks. Fewer than 150 adult kakapo live in New Zealand today after ...

Kakapo (Strigops habroptila), the rare and endangered flightless parrots of New Zealand, breed only two or three times per decade. After 11 kakapo chicks were born in 2011, no new mating happened in ...

Preserved droppings may help find new food sources and habitats for the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), a critically endangered bird native to New Zealand. These large flightless parrots are like the ...