There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin continues to dwindle in numbers across the country. The endangered and shy yellow-eyed ...

DUNEDIN, New Zealand - Only a keen-eyed observer can spot the rare yellow-eyed penguin in the impenetrable forest hills that hug New Zealand's South Island beaches. Native to this region, the birds ...

The endangered yellow-eyed penguin is vanishing, and commercial fishing is likely to blame. Close to half of the island's breeding population, already tiny, has disappeared. The current numbers are ...

The arrivals of humans in New Zealand, a disastrous event for moa and other vulnerable birds, was actually good news for the rare yellow-eyed penguin, research suggests. It took the yellow-eyed ...

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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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the ...

After two weeks of intense campaigning, New Zealand has crowned its 2019 bird of the year: the yellow-eyed penguin. Known as the hoiho in Māori, the bird was named victorious after a nail-biting final ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. Reaching heights of four feet, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) ...