Kiwi vs. Predator

In New Zealand, a nationwide extermination campaign is underway. It's one of the most ambitious in the world. The country is ...
WVXU

New Zealand's bold plan to save endangered animals: kill millions of invasive animals

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has a long beak that makes it adorable or awkward, depending on who you ask. New Zealanders are even known as ...
The New York Times

After Decades of Decline, a Feathered Icon Breeds in New Zealand’s Capital

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort. By Pete McKenzie Reporting from ...
Arizona Daily Star

In New Zealand, symbolic kiwi is rescue-effort focus

KARORI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, New Zealand — As national symbols go, the kiwi makes up in curiosity value for what it lacks in good looks. The squat, flightless bird appears a bit like a cross between a ...
CNN

Kiwi birds born in New Zealand’s capital for first time in over a century

Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births recorded for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years. The two new chicks come just a year after the ...

Safari out of the budget? Five wildlife experiences you can do right here

If you’re an animal lover, chances are your travel bucket list is already bursting with wild encounter dreams: maybe it’s ...