Important new genetic research reveals that New Zealand's bird of the year is actually three subspecies, and this could help ...

Genomic research has found the endangered hoiho is made up of three distinct subspecies, a discovery that may help guard ...

From fish smoothies to oral antibiotics, researchers are taking matters into their own hands in a radical effort to save New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguins After female penguins lay eggs, parents take ...

G enetic analysis of the hoiho, also known as the yellow-eyed penguin, has revealed that this species is in fact made up of ...

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 ...

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Sept. 16 (UPI) --A golden-eyed, endangered penguin has once again been named New Zealand's Bird of the Year after a competition involving bird costumes, craft beer and Dr. Jane Goodall. The hoiho or ...

Conservation groups are calling on the government to put an emergency fishing ban in place to save one of the world's rarest penguins, the hoiho yellow-eyed penguin, as a knife-edge breeding season ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It's noisy, smelly, shy — and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to ...

The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) has filed High Court proceedings against the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, challenging a recent decision to close a portion of northern hoiho habitat to ...