The iconic flightless kiwi bird, a national symbol of New Zealand, may actually have evolved from an Australian ancestor, according to new research.

THE RELATIONSHIPS OF the large flightless birds of our planet’s southern continents have always been very difficult to tease apart.. The bone structures of the emu and cassowary (Australia), the moa ...

Kiwi, the iconic flightless bird of New Zealand, is not a migrant from Australia, a new DNA study conducted by the University of Adelaide said, adding that the chick-sized Kiwi’s closest ...

In this undated photo released by Canterbury Museum, a skeleton of adult brown kiwi, or Apteryx australis, is displayed next to an egg of a huge elephant bird, or Aepyornis maximus.

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 ...

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 ...

"I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is for the conservation world," an expert says.

A recent announcement that kiwi and moa are Australian immigrants is not borne out by available evidence. Working out when birds arrived in New Zealand requires both fossil evidence and genetics.

New Zealand on Friday opened its first hospital exclusively treating kiwi birds, and vets have already nursed the first patient back to health -- a chick nicknamed "Splash" that tumbled into a ...

Zoo Miami has apologized for mistreating a kiwi bird after a video surfaced online of visitors petting the nocturnal bird in a bright environment and staff showing guests how it moves away from ...