Huge eagles 'dominated NZ skies'
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A massive eagle which became extinct five centuries ago was once New Zealand's chief predator, scientists believe.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Two Andean condors, considered the world's largest flying bird, were set free on Tuesday in the Andes foothills just east of Santiago by veterinarians of the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo.
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The world's biggest passenger plane is set to be unveiled for the first time - with more riding on it than just the 550 passengers the aircraft can accommodate.
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LOS ANGELES  - There was an audible grumble traveling through the Nokia Theatre about 15 minutes into the venue's inaugural headlining set Thursday. The Eagles had just played their fourth consecutive new song to open the show.
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Aviation industry analysts expect Qantas to head in a different direction now the Air NZ alliance is off. Picture:Reuters. Qantas&#39; plans to take a 22.
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Austrian Airlines Group, which owns Austria s largest carrier, is seeking 119 passengers from a flight last week that Belgian authorities said may have been exposed to bird flu from two infected eagles in a ...
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s Auckland International Airport Ltd. (AIA.NZ) Thursday posted double digit annual profit growth, buoyed by a surge in passenger travel, and said it expects to meet market consensus for the 2005 fiscal year earnings.
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Sonic boom, purple and red flames, the works New Zealand was earlier today treated to a suspected meteor crash-landing which "rattled windows across the Pacific nation's South Island", Reuters reports.â¦
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New Zealand had moved through to 352-9 at lunch on the second day of the opening test against Australia in Brisbane on the back of a fighting century from Jacob Oram.
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America's Cup challenger New Zealand lost two tests at sea yesterday. First it could not control its own sails. Then it was defeated by defending champion Alinghi.
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DHAKA, October 21: Brendon McCullum hit his highest Test score to help New Zealand to a 225-run lead over Bangladesh on the third day of the first Test on Thursday.
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Made in Central Va. All that was missing were the eagles. There s an eagle s nest in one of those big old trees over there, said Paula Jones of the Virginia Department of Transportation Sunday, pointing across ...
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The largest bird known to have taken to the skies would have been a remarkable glider, scientists say.
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the Air New Zealand of September 2004 is a vastly different company from the one that feared annihilation by Qantas just two years ago.
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Whether it's Edmund  Hillary, the beekeeper who became the first man to conquer  Mount Everest, or director Peter Jackson, who went from B-movie  auteur to A-list Oscar winner, New Zealanders pride themselves  on their underdog status.
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Modern-day raptors can kill and eat primates more than twice the birds' body weight, suggesting that ancient eagles could have hunted early humans.
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New Zealand has reached a major milestone in its 110-year effort to save many native birds from extinction and reintroduce them to their old mainland habitats.