Reconstruction of the giant parrot Heracles, dwarfing a bevy of small New Zealand wrens known Kuiornis – scuttling about on the forest floor. (Illustration by Dr. Brian Choo, Flinders University) ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CENTRAL OTAGO, New Zealand — About 19 ...

While most parrots today are small enough to perch on your shoulder, you probably wouldn't want to do that with a newly discovered ancient ancestor of the bird. Palaeontologists in New Zealand have ...