The weka, a flightless bird in New Zealand, brings plants to new areas by eating their fruit and excreting the seeds. But some choose to stick close to humans and their food, limiting their range. By ...

A contestant on the reality show “Race to Survive: New Zealand” killed and ate a weka during filming. The contestant, who said he was hungry, has apologized for “disrespecting New Zealand.” By ...

The Department of Conservation is defending its trapping methods after images of a dead kiwi in a pest trap raised questions over the safety of the traps. Five years of data collected from more than ...