Can New Zealand’s extinct birds help save the living? Photographer captures species ‘haunting’ a nation’s history

Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as ...
Colossal

Spectral Birds Endemic to New Zealand Find New Life in Fiona Pardington’s Portraits

There is an air of the spectral to Fiona Pardington’s recent photographs of birds. While they are actual specimens, captured ...
KPBS

To save its unique and rare birds, New Zealand is turning to AI and genetic research

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.
New Scientist

Documenting the battle to protect New Zealand's endangered birds

The country’s Predator Free 2050 project, documented here by photographer Robin Hammond, has the bold aim to completely eradicate three species introduced to the island nation by humans: rats, stoats ...
NPR

To save its rare birds, New Zealand is relying on a nation of backyard trappers

Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...
NPR

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 ...
CNN

A falcon with no qualms about eating its opponents wins New Zealand’s annual bird election

New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.