The endangered Australasian bittern likes to keep a low profile, and if it feels threatened it's known to stand still, extend its wings and pretend to be a reed. It has the nickname 'bunyip bird ...

The rare Australasian bittern has been spotted twice in the Pōrangahau Estuary during pest control rounds by Pōrangahau Catchment Group trapper John McCaslin. McCaslin has worked as a trapper ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands.

The news comes after Fire and Emergency New Zealand handed the fire’s management to the Department of Conservation (DoC) over ...

Photo / Susan Botting LDR Northlanders are among 600-plus New Zealanders signed up to be part of the country’s first nationwide citizen-science Australasian bittern count. The Great Matuku ...

A fire is burning in the central bog of the internationally recognised Whangamarino Wetland in Waikato - home to threatened ...

Niwha Jones, the Department of Conservation’s operations manager in Waikato, told CNN affiliate Radio New Zealand (RNZ) that those birds include the Australasian bittern, or the matuku-hūrepo ...

A fire that burnt through more than a thousand hectares of the Whangamarino Wetland is now fully under control, but the ...

We strongly advise you to read all "Author instructions" in the "Journal information" area prior to submitting. We are delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in the ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands.

A massive fire is ripping through a protected wetland in New Zealand, threatening its delicate ecosystem and the rare species ...

This title is part of a longer publication history. The full run of this journal will be searched. TITLE HISTORY A title history is the publication history of a journal and includes a listing of the ...