The kiwi was originally hatched in May 2011 with a rare genetic trait that caused her to have white feathers instead of brown Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

A rare, snow-white kiwi bird that inspired a children’s book and was the first of its kind ever hatched in captivity has died in New Zealand after multiple surgeries to remove an unfertilized egg. The ...

It’s a white Christmas at Pukaha Mount Bruce with the surprise hatching of a second rare white kiwi at the national wildlife centre. The chick hatched last Sunday in the centre’s kiwi nursery, where ...

Talk about a rare bird: The Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Center in New Zealand released this photo Nov. 11 showing Manukura, a rare white kiwi, after she returned home from surgery at the ...

Manukura the white kiwi is among the rarest of birds. And she appears to have regained her mojo after a heart scare during surgery on Friday to remove a stone from her gizzard. Now, she's grouchy and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand >> A rare white kiwi chick hatched at a New Zealand wildlife reserve will have a protected early life — unlike wild kiwis that face nonnative predators that are slowly wiping ...

Manukura the white kiwi is among the rarest of birds. And she appears to have regained her mojo after a heart scare during surgery Friday to remove a stone from her gizzard. That means watch out - ...

New Zealand’s famous kiwi bird has little rudimentary wings, no tail, and a long, slender bill with nostrils at the end. These endangered birds are also nocturnal with a highly developed sense of ...