This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The death of an adult female kakapo (Strigops ...

Few animals have come as close to extinction as the kakapo. The Kakapo, a large flightless parrot found only in New Zealand, once seemed destined to disappear forever. By the late twentieth century, ...

Kakapo (Strigops habroptila), the rare and endangered flightless parrots of New Zealand, breed only two or three times per decade. After 11 kakapo chicks were born in 2011, no new mating happened in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Kakapo (Strigops habroptila), the critically ...