Following the viral success of John Oliver's pūteketeke (Australasian crested grebe) campaign, which garnered over 290,000 votes and raised $600,000, this year’s Bird of the Year competition is set ...
Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) ...
The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says the Department of Conservation (DOC), with the number of known nests dropping by 80 percent over the past decade and a half. The ...
The same technology used to first detect the coronavirus has revealed the cause of a mysterious disease that’s been killing critically-endangered hoiho chicks. The Kiwi researchers behind the new ...
An emergency set net fishing ban has gone into place around the Otago Peninsula to protect a threatened penguin population, following urgent calls from conservation groups who feared one of the ...
The yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, has been crowned New Zealand’s Bird of the Year for 2024, securing 6,328 votes for its second win in the popular annual competition. The hoiho, considered the ...
ELI says Fisheries New Zealand needs to act quickly to improve its long-term options for protecting hoiho, as the urgent ...
Vets in Dunedin, New Zealand, are making strides in helping endangered penguins. Determined, yet bitten and flipper bashed, they're treating these patients one bird at a time. 50 Reasons to Love the ...