Three New Zealand islands will join an international initiative to remove invasive species and restore native wildlife. With the addition of Maukahuka (Auckland) Island, Rakiura (Stewart) Island ...

The hoiho yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) is unlike other penguins in several ways. As its name suggests, it has a peculiar set of yellow peepers. The color is caused by carotenes ...

Bats that can hunt in the dark using echolocation, spiders that use water surface tension to detect prey, and rugby-ball-shaped birds who look like they are wearing formal attire as they dive through ...

Welcome to the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year collection for 2023. Our involvement with this competition is very much part of our mission to encourage photography of our ...

There are twenty-one living species of penguins, though two of them are thought to be extinct. According to the conservation status provided by the International Union for Conservation (IUCN). The ...

Professor Roe is a veterinary pathologist with a special interest in marine mammals. She graduated from Massey University with a BVSc in 1990, and spent 10 years in companion animal and mixed practice ...

Leopard seals and penguins are different animals. However, they still have some things in common, such as the fact that both can be found in Antarctica. Finding differences between them, on the other ...

Endangered yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) are central-place, benthic-diving foragers that search for prey in the productive marine areas off the coast of the South Island, New Zealand.

Here’s a list of Penguin species. In total there are 18 species in the penguin family, of which 11 are Globally Threatened according to BirdLife on behalf of the IUCN Red List. The list of penguins ...

The winner by a nose (not a beak) was pekapeka-tou-roa, also known as New Zealand's long-tailed bat. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...