They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.

the webbed feet ending in delicate curved claws, the pale beak, a black eye staring back at me. This is a black petrel, a tākoketai - a seagull-sized bird that only nests in New Zealand.

He is observing the arrival of Leach’s petrels, whose burrows are underneath ... reached for me with their clinging claws, and crawled upon my limbs, seeking an opening to bury their heads ...

The beak is strong and sharp, as are the claws. It is all but impossible to hold them in a way that leaves one’s hand safe from biting beak and scratching claws.’ So much for those tourist-pleasing ...

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ packs a larger 8-inch display and a solid 10-15% performance boost over its AMD rivals, proving Intel’s handheld ambitions are taking shape. But at $899, it’s among the ...