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11,000+ Giant Wētā Released in New Zealand Comeback
A 15-year captive-breeding programme has pulled New Zealand's wētāpunga — believed to be the world's heaviest insect — back from near-extinction to four wild generations.
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Kākāpō Population Hits 325 After Record Chick Season
New Zealand's flightless kākāpō parrot has climbed to 325 birds after 90 chicks fledged this year — the biggest single-season gain in the species' recovery.
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90 Chicks Push Kākāpō Population to Record 325
New Zealand's flightless kākāpō just had its biggest breeding season in decades, adding 90 chicks and pushing the critically endangered parrot past 300 birds for the first time in 75 years.
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New Zealand's Kākāpō Population Hits 325 Birds
Down to just 51 birds in 1995, New Zealand's critically endangered kākāpō just posted its best breeding season of the recovery era, reaching 325.
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New Zealand's Kākāpō Population Surges to 325
A bumper rimu berry harvest triggered New Zealand's best kākāpō breeding season on record, adding 90 chicks to the critically endangered parrot's ranks.
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New Zealand Creates 5 Marine Reserves for Dolphins and Kelp
308 square miles of protected ocean near Otago will safeguard Hector's dolphins, yellow-eyed penguins, and ancient kelp forests — New Zealand's biggest marine protection step in a decade.
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New Zealand Creates 5 Marine Reserves Across 191 Square Miles
The country's first new marine protected areas in a decade will safeguard yellow-eyed penguins, albatrosses, sea lions and kelp forests off the South Island.
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New Zealand Parakeet Pair Produces 55 Chicks, 10% of Wild Population
Nacho and Trixie, a breeding pair of critically endangered orange-fronted parakeets at the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust, have hatched 55 chicks in two years — a tenth of the entire species.