WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Research linking New Zealand’s diminutive kiwi with a giant extinct bird from Africa is prompting scientists to rethink how flightless birds evolved. A report published ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They might be the odd couple of the bird world. Scientists on Thursday identified the closest relative of New Zealand's famed kiwi, a shy chicken-sized flightless bird, as the ...

(AFPTV/CNN) – In a nation that celebrates the kiwi, the population of the flightless bird has plummeted. However, there are now efforts to keep the species alive in New Zealand. Conservationists said ...

There are only about 70,000 wild kiwi left in New Zealand but numbers are rising thanks to dozens of community initiatives to protect them - Copyright AFP Marty ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — 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 ...