The Environmental Law Initiative has filed court proceedings against the oceans and fisheries minister, saying the ban fails ...

The three-month emergency closure, which took effect on September 16th, extended an existing 4-nautical-mile setnet ban, ...

The kārearea New Zealand falcon has taken out the top spot in the 20th anniversary Bird of the Year competition.

The New Zealand falcon has been crowned the winner of the country's annual Bird of the Year competition, taking 21% of the valid votes. The high-speed hunter, which goes by the Māori name the kārearea ...

The New Zealand falcon is also known by the Māori name, the kārearea. Māori are people indigenous to New Zealand, which means they were the first people to live in the country. In second place was the ...

The high-speed hunter, which goes by the Māori name the kārearea, is capable of reaching 200km/h in a dive The New Zealand falcon has been crowned the winner of the country's annual Bird of the Year ...

Four months after Samuel Bird disappeared from his west Edmonton neighbourhood, police have reached a grim conclusion — the 14-year-old is no longer alive. At a news conference Wednesday, police and ...

The mighty kārearea New Zealand falcon has been crowned Aotearoa’s 2025 Bird of the Year. Forest & Bird said the coveted award saw record engagement in its 20th year running, with more than 75,000 ...

Celebrating bird beauty and diversity around the world, the Bird Photographer of the Year has released the winners and finalists chosen from more than 33,000 images entered into the competition this ...

Large clusters appearing on weather radars are likely massive flocks of migrating birds, not storms. A record-breaking 1.2 billion birds were estimated to be migrating in a single night during the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t ...