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Schoolkids in New Zealand discovered a new species of giant penguin
The new fossil is one of the most intact specimens of giant penguins we have.
The battle to save one of the planet’s best fossil preserves
Paleontologists and local activists took on a mining company at New Zealand's Foulden Maar. So, who won?
What we can learn from New Zealand’s successful fight against COVID-19
The island nation knows COVID-19 will likely return—but it’s prepared.
New Zealand has eliminated COVID-19. Here’s how they’re keeping it that way.
Epidemiologists are starting to predict when various aspects of life will get back to normal.
New Zealand’s bold rat-control campaign sees its first wave of successes
A nationwide offensive seeks to save the country’s unique bird life. Now, one area is down to its last few varmints.
Giving legal rights to nature could reduce public health threats like toxic algae
Rights of Nature laws generally are designed to encourage people to rethink their relationship to the environment.
This three-foot-tall parrot proves New Zealand is the mecca of giant weird birds
Island gigantism strikes again.
The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds
Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
You’d have to give birth to a 30-pound baby to truly know how a kiwi bird feels
If it looks like a fruit and acts like a mammal, what is it?
New Zealand just took care of a $3.6 million mouse infestation
The million dollar mouse is dead. Long live the million dollar mouse.