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

The kiwi bird, symbol of New Zealand, has turned out to be a true blue Australian. Research published in Nature this week says the brown, flightless bird is more closely related to the Australian ...

Kiwi may be Australian export. Friday, 9 February 2001 . Kiwi - image Aukland Zoo. The kiwi bird, symbol of New Zealand, has turned out to be a true blue Australian.

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 ...

Kiwi is not from Australia after all, study finds New research based on ancient DNA has disputed the idea that New Zealand's kiwi bird is a close relative of Australia's emu.

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 ...

Trevor Worthy, a research fellow at Australia's Flinders University and a paper co-author, said it's likely the kiwi stayed small and took to eating insects at night because it didn't want to ...

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 ...

In a finding likely to be a bitter blow for many New Zealanders, researchers have found the country's iconic kiwi bird probably descended from an ancestor that flew in from Australia.

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 ...

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort. By Pete McKenzie Reporting from ...