New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world's only flightless parrot, from ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...

Quick Take The kākāpō is a flightless parrot inhabiting just a few islands off New Zealand’s coast. Females breed only when ...

If we told you there was a species of parrot in the world that can’t fly, would you believe us? We couldn’t believe it ourselves until we saw this wild YouTube video. Those cute little creatures are ...

The kakapo, a flightless parrot native to New Zealand, is experiencing a population resurgence thanks to conservation efforts and a bumper berry harvest that has spurred mating activity.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A 2020 study published in Science Advance reveals just how ...

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said. Only 236 of the rotund and ...