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 a year after the ...

The kiwi was originally hatched in May 2011 with a rare genetic trait that caused her to have white feathers instead of brown Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

A rare, snow-white kiwi bird that inspired a children’s book and was the first of its kind ever hatched in captivity has died in New Zealand after multiple surgeries to remove an unfertilized egg. The ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – 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 ...

Turns out the kiwi bird was never related to the emu after all. That's according to new research in Australia. Scientists have long thought the kiwi was a close relative to Australia's emu — a much ...

Its unusual biological characteristics make the flightless kiwi a unique kind of bird. Researchers have now sequenced the genetic code of this endangered species and have identified several sequence ...

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. Hong Kong (CNN) — ...