Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 0:28 
The cold, wet southern spring has impacted fruit supplies for kakapo, which will affect the breeding season.Hopes for a solid kakapo breeding season now look unlikely, following a cold southern spring.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 14:38 
Meet Sirocco: he has more than 12,000 followers on Facebook, and may or may not have a preference for blondes.Sirocco the star of recovery programme
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Oddities Monday, October 1, 2012 at 15:59 
"SURPRISING" DISCOVERY: Researchers have found that kakapo may be able to pollinate wood rose, an endemic New Zealand plant.Researchers are hoping to pollinate one of the country's threatened plants with the critically endangered kakapo.
Landcare Research palaeoecologist Janet Wilmshurst said Landcare Research, the Department of Conservation and the University of Adelaide had made a ''surprising'' discovery while analysing 1000-year-old fossilised dung from the kakapo, a rare flightless parrot.
The dung, found near Nelson, contained high concentrations of dactylanthus pollen, or wood rose, an endemic New Zealand plant that parasitises the roots of native trees.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Evolution, Oddities, Research Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 12:27 
After months of munching macadamias Sirocco the kākāpō conservation superstar has moved onto Manuka. Photo: Chris Birmingham.As the kakapo's conservation funding faces a $200,000 cut, Nikki Macdonald explores the debate about commercialisation of conservation.
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 15:36 
Bird's eye view: Conservation Department ranger Alisha Sherriff hand feeds Sirocco the kakapo to the delight of Hora Hora Primary School teacher Joanne Synge and students Maia Johannas, six, and Emanuele Zanoli, 12. Photo: Peter Drury'He's such a cool dude'
Strigops habroptilus - Kakapo | in Conservation, Fun 
