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Moa Extinction: How Humans Wiped Out New Zealand’s Giant Birds In Just 300 Years
New research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human ...
Moa Went Extinct in Just 300 Years. Scientists Reveal Why
New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...
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Loss Of Forests Brought New Birds To NZ During The Last Ice Age – We’re Witnessing A Similar Process Now
Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes – in particular how exotic species took advantage of the shifting landscapes to make New Zealand home. Native birds responded to the ...
Hunstman spiders in New Zealand: Movement of introduced insects driven by a warming climate, expert says
But they’re not the only crawlies on the move, and more will come as the climate warms. Michaela Gower reports. A few years ...
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From the Ice Age to now: How repeated invasions have shaped New Zealand bird life
Using mitogenome data from nearly all living and recently extinct New Zealand mainland bird species, researchers discovered many species associated with grass and shrubland, like pīhoihoi ...
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Repeated invasions shape NZ's bird life
Using mitogenome data from nearly all living and recently extinct New Zealand mainland bird species, researchers discovered many species associated with grass and shrubland, like pīhoihoi New ...
What the Dodo Tells Us, 300 Years After Its Extinction
What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...
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Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age—we're witnessing a similar process now
Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes—in particular how exotic species took advantage of the shifting landscapes to make New Zealand home. Native birds responded to ...