Australia can no longer lay claim to the origins of the iconic New Zealand kiwi following new research showing the kiwi’s closest relative is not the emu as was previously thought. Instead, the ...

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 ...

The Kiwi, New Zealand’s National Bird, Isn’t From Australia After All 1 minute read A keeper holds in his hands two Kiwi chicks at the zoo on June 19, 2012 in Berlin.

The researchers compared elephant bird DNA to the other birds and saw a close genetic link to the kiwi despite obvious differences in size, body shape and lifestyle - and the fact they lived about ...

Australia's living flightless birds -- the emu and cassowary -- once roamed alongside larger birds that resembled dinosaurs. New research reveals their origins.

The Department of Conservation flew ranger Iain Graham and his dog Brew to Adams Wilderness. They found the elusive female kiwi and collected feathers for DNA confirmation-called “almost miraculous.” ...

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

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 ...

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 ...