Whatever else 2026 may bring, for kākāpō the year is off to a great start. The critically endangered, owl-faced night parrots ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...

"We are preparing for what might be the biggest breeding season since the program began 30 years ago," one conservationist ...

Kākāpō parrots in New Zealand begin breeding again after a four-year pause, with rimu trees triggering a rare and important ...

The world’s rarest parrot is suddenly back in the spotlight for the best possible reason: after a four year lull, New Zealand ...

After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding.

After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population ...

The first kākāpō breeding season in four years is officially underway, the Department of Conservation and Ngāi Tahu announced ...

High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a Genomics Aotearoa project, is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species. Not only ...

A new study published in PeerJ has provided crucial insights into the factors that affect the fertility of the critically endangered kākāpō, a flightless parrot species native to New Zealand. The ...

High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kakapo population is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species. High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō ...