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The result of an extraordinary ecological history, many of New Zealand’s birds are highly unusual but all are beloved

MIAMI — Zoo Miami has stopped offering its “Kiwi Encounter,” where guests could pet, feed and photograph the rare, flightless bird after viral video on social media sparked outrage over the treatment and handling of the bird named Paora.

Zoo apologises after videos of a bird being handled and petted by guests under bright lights prompted uproar in New Zealand

A US zoo has apologised after sparking a diplomatic incident with footage of a young kiwi being handled by visitors under bright lights.

DALLAS — Long after the Dallas Zoo closed at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, Davion Irvin waited for the right moment.

A massive snake — believed to be a Burmese python — was spotted slithering through Doral last week.

A loggerhead turtle is rehabbing at Zoo Miami’s new Sea Turtle Hospital after a shark bit off most of her left fin

It was Florida Democrats’ worst nightmare materializing. With the party’s chances of winning elections looking bleaker, out-of-state donors began writing the state off, the Miami Herald reported last week.

MIAMI — What would it take to knock Lin-Manual Miranda’s soundtrack for the animated Disney film “Encanto” from the top of the album charts where it’s been encamped for two months?